carvings on Namsan

Sex museum, snow and Seoul - trips around Korea

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March 18th 2013
February gave us a long weekend for the Lunar New Year, and rather than doing something cultural, Conor and I headed away for a drinking weekend with our Ulsan friends! We all met at the beautiful city of Gyeongju, where we rented a pension at a Western-themed resort called Eurovill. We were staying in the 'Roman' room in 'Italy'! This was basically a studio flat with a bathroom, a ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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