Palaces, Palaces, Palaces

Touring Seoul

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April 16th 2009
The next morning (no too early) we hopped a subway for downtown and hooked up with the half-day bus tour of Seoul’s palaces. It’s not really a full half-day since we only get one ride around the city for a 1½ hour tour of the palace sites, but it was just right for us. We were most impressed with the canal area with its sculptures of Korean life. WE could get off and get back on as many tim ... 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