The Intrepid traveler 1st trip to Seoul

The Intrepid traveler

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September 30th 2008
1 day down 364 days ahead  On my second day I decided I’d go and open my bank account. With much sign language, an attempted name change (The bank clerk was desperately trying to give me a Korean name, cause he had no idea how to write Julie-Anne Marchington in Korean characters) and I had a bank account an hour and a half later, I still am not quite sure what my name is in my bank book! Its ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Incheon

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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