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Day 3 - Palaces, Gangnam & Dr. Fish

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June 9th 2008
Thurs. May 29th Today decided to do some real sightseeing. With Matt - our travel guide - in tow - we headed out to see some palaces. Our first stop was at the Gyeongbokgung Palace and the next was the Changdeokgung Palace. At the Gyeongbokgung Palace we saw a reenactment of the Royal Guard Changing Ceremony. This is the largest and grandest of five palaces and was originally built in the l ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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