Seoraksan National Park

Super Seoul

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August 13th 2006
Seoul Arrived safe and sound in Seoul on Sunday night. We went out to find something for dinner which proved hazardous as Carol spent the next 24hrs very ill. Anyways, she ok now. I wandered around a little and went to the tourist office (about the only place anyone speaks english) and booked some places around the country to stay. Seoul doesn't feel like a city of 10 million. It ... 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