Crafty in Korea

Day one (and two?) journey to Vietnam

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July 15th 2008
Greetings! While I have a place with internet, I'll try to update my blog. (Of course we all know how well I kept up with Prague -- ha!) Day One of our trip to Vietnam: We left Portland at 9AM, bound for Seattle, Seoul, and eventually Saigon (aka Ho Chi Minh City). The trip to Seattle was short, and we thought that our layover would be way, way too long. We arrived before 10am and our ne ... 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