First Day in Korea Photo 4

First Day in Korea

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August 3rd 2011
First day out and about in Seoul today. Had a rough start in the morning due to jetlag. Woke up at 4 AM. Laid there like a zombie until I fell back asleep around 10, then woke up again at 11:15. Thereafter I was promptly sneak attacked by the bidet in the bathroom and couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Later went and toured Changdeok Palace and it's Secret Garden with Peej. Ate ... 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