In front of the Forbidden city

China dream

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January 17th 2010
China was a dream come true. We visited there from Dec. 26- 31. Then we returned to Korea to celebrate the New Year. We stayed in an historic neighborhood called Hutongs. Our hotel was a restored home built around two courtyards and it was aptly called Courtyard 7. I would highly recommend it to any visitors. Our two rooms overlooked the back courtyard where unmarried daughters usually stayed. The ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gyeonggi-do » Paju » Gyeonggi English Village, Paju Camp

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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