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Urban immensity of Seoul city - part 2

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March 25th 2014
Elfi left Seoul after only 3 days. I stayed longer, I felt like I needed to explore this city a bit more. I had met an American guy at the hostel and went around the old part of Seoul with him. We went to Bukchon Hanok village between Gyeongbok palace and Changdeok palace. There we found a place where they make makgeolli and we learned the fermentation process. Then, we randomly passed a house ... 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