After dinner snack at the Soju Lounge!

A week in Korea

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August 25th 2007
Hi all! Well we arrived in Pusan, Korea mid-afternoon on the hydrofoil - quite a different way to arrive in a country! There we were met by Vanessa’s brother Andrew and his friend Seok, who picked us up in a good old Hyundai Excel - left hand drive though! After an afternoon of sightseeing around the harbour and beaches of Pusan (quite pretty though apparently they get so busy during summer tha ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more