Lotte Ocean Castle Resort, Anmyeongdo

Farewell Anmyeongdo

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October 17th 2007
After 2 fabulous days around Anmyeongdo and Taean-gun, we left with Mr. and Mrs Choi to drive to Mr. & Mrs Kuk's. We visited a traditional country town market in Seosan-si and bought some pickled seafood to send by courier (taekbae) to Young Ok's mum. For lunch, we enjoyed "son calkuksu" - a noodle soup with hand-made noodles - and some suhndae, a Korean pork dish with pork meat, offal and sausage ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do

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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