Blogs from Seoul, South Korea, Asia - page 2

Hi fellows , If you can believe it or not I have made a trip to South Korea and specifically to Seoul . I wanted to to this since I was a little fella and now my dream dreams came true . its was a lovely trip if I reflect what I did and of course to not forget whatI have eaten . It was one of the best experiences I have ever made . I love the culture and the food haha , It actually so good not gonna lie . I mean if I would live there I would never cook at home again . Because the restaurants aren't that expensive and the food is extremely delicious . This time I was alone and I am just amazed by the beauty of the city ... read more

The Gwanjung markets is an undercover clothes by day/food by night market. The Netflix series ‘street food', the Seoul episode, focused on this market and one proprietor in particular. We had a snack of kimchi + meat dumplings there, washed down with a cold Cass beer, before heading off to another stall to have Toppoki (rice cakes with chilli pepper sauce) and Gimbap, a Korean type of nori roll filled with beatle leaf, rice and vegetables. While we were eating, we noticed photos of British chef Gordon Ramsay , and as we left, the owner insisted on feeding us more gimbap like she did to Gordon! Afterward, we stopped by a really nice craft brew pub near our hotel which was blasting K pop videos! The next day, we headed off early to wander around the ... read more

We went in search of an animal cafe. These cafes are scattered around Seoul and each has an animal speciality: dogs, cats, raccoons, meerkats, goats and so on. Where these animals come from I am not sure. We decided to go check out the meerkat cafe mainly because neither of us knew what exactly a meerkat was. For once, we found the spot without getting lost first. But I was not prepared for what we walked into. Shoes are left at the door and everyone is given slippers to wear to protect the animals. The cafe doesn’t serve food or coffee (so I decided cafe is false advertising). You can purchase bottled beverages which maintain appropriate sanitation for both the animals and humans. The first shock was the cafe had more than just meerkats; there was ... read more

This may go on record of the longest day of my life. We left Kathmandu last night and our first play had a movie station for each seat. Now normally, I am not the movie person but after 2 months of almost no tv, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I ended up picking an incredibly sad movie (note to self read the summary first ’tear jerker‘ is a hint to pass). This had to be followed up with two documentaries: the truth about exercise and the rise of vertical farming (I recommend this one). All was well and good going into Seoul, found our hotel and was excited to check in a take a nap at 9 AM. The unfortunate part was we couldn’t check in until 3 PM. WHAT TO DO!!!??? Shelby ... read more

Ubytko na jednu noc ok ale naviac isto nie. Izba mala a ked bola pustena klima dost to fucalo na mna. Pri baleni ako som sedel na posteli, tak na nej bolo dost cudzich vlasov. Pesi presun k blizkej city hall, kde od 12.00 zacina program na friendship festivale Do zaciatku este asi dve hodiky, odpocinok v pekne upravenom umelom (?) kanali na ulici cheonggyechon. Na slnku susenie topanok, ponoziek, batohov. V chladku relax. Po relaxe pobratie sa k festivalu. Riecku prekracujem po kamenoch, skoro som jednu indku zhodil do vody aspon by sa konecne umyla :) Po schodoch sa dostavam hore na ulicu. Tu uz culi ruch, kopa ludi, stanky pootvarane. Najskor idem okolo africkych stankov s jedlom. V niektorych stanoch su ludia aj v krojoch. Kazdy stan je zvlast krajina s tradicnym jedlom a ... read more