Blogs from South Korea, Asia - page 26

I was too tired to write anything last night, but basically I met one of the girls I'll be living with and together we went to Sinchon and looked around a bit... We almost didn't make it home because we forgot which bus we had to take and we were too shy to ask for directions haha but we made it! The apartment is very cute, and there's still lots of stuff from the previous volunteers all over the place (shampoos, danish flags, snacks etc.) which is kind of fun. I don't know when the others are going to arrive, so for now it's just the two of us here. We have the day off today because the camp officially starts tomorrow, so we're going to explore Seoul soon!... read more

Ihwa Mural village is located in Seoul, close to Daehaengno. I visited Gaemi mural village a few months ago, and I had been wanting to visit its more famous sister, Ihwa mural village. Ihwa is a 'moon village' like Gaemi Mauel is, and the murals were painted to gentrify the area. In 2006, a local public art committee carried out what was called the Naksan Project to improve the local area. Around 60 artists participated in this project either by painting murals or installing pieces of art. The mural village is pretty easy to get to. Lots of people have written blogs about visiting it. Sometimes the directions are spot on, however other times they leave a lot to be desired. I took the subway to Hyehwa, and came out of exit two. I walked straight, ... read more

After being in South Korea for longer then what I expected, I left Seoul yesterday and already I'm missing the place. I was only in the city for 8 days but by god I packed in a lot and not just during the day, hangovers were not planned! Arriving from Jeju Island I had heard so much about Seoul from westerners that lived there. Around South Korea while I was there it seemed to be the holiday season and I met a few people who were working as English teachers and there seemed to be lots of them. Seoul was the place to be they all said with so much to do, see, eat and drink! I booked the hostel for one night online as usual, just in case it turned out to be nothing like ... read more

Seoul, zum Glück war es der zweite Besuch in dieser Stadt, denn mein steter Begleiter war der Regen. An 4 von 5 Tagen die ich in Seoul war, hat es praktisch durchgehend geregnet. Ich habe trotzdem versucht das Beste daraus zu machen, zugegebenermassen war das am Anfang nicht viel, da ich die ersten Tage in Seoul immer noch viel zu müde war (siehe letzter Abschnitt im Blog Burma). Eine typische Schlechtwetter Beschäftigung ist der Besuch eines Museum, und so ging ich also in das Kriegsmuseum. Auch wenn ich das Museum beim letzten Mal schon besucht habe, so habe ich doch einige neue Dinge entdeckt. Was ich aber bei meinem ersten Besuch in Seoul nicht gesehen habe, da noch nicht gebaut, war das Some Sevit Areal. Das Areal enthält eine Gallerie, Cafes, Souvenirshops etc. Die eigentliche Attraktion ... read more

After my time in Busan it was time to hit the road and try to get to my next destination which was to be Jeju Island. This wasn’t a planned area to go to but when you listen to people who have travelled to the countries you are going to go to, you take up their recommendations of where to head for and Jeju was one of them. Due to the failed attempt of trying to get the ferry from Busan which had been cancelled for the unforeseeable future I decided to get the ferry from Mokpo on the west coast while staying the night at the nearby city of Gwangju for a couple of days to see what was about. I looked online on Hostelworld and found a decent enough hostel with enough good reviews ... read more