Early morning at the market

South Korea's Got Seoul

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January 16th 2006
We left Singapore to return to Seoul for a day and a half and this time we stayed with Lindsay’s relatives, Ken and Mary. They showed us a great time in Seoul. We saw some fun neighborhoods, a few temples and palaces, went hiking in Bukhansan National Park near their home, and ate some delicious Korean food. After Seoul, we hopped back on Korean Airlines for our flight back to San Francisco. ... 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