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By children, drawings on umbrellas. 1

Day 8 and 9: Gyeongju and Gwangju

After we checked into Hanokstay at Gyeongju, we were ready to explore the city, The plan was to walk around the city and eat some good food. It was already dark so we went to see Gyeongju Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond. It looks great as the palace, trees are lighted in a...

Morning chanting service hall. 1

Day 6 and 7: Golgulsa Temple Stay

We caught an early bus from Sokcho to Gyeongju. The bus started at 06:40 and it took more than seven hours to reach Sokcho. I think we took a local bus which stopped everywhere. We probably could have taken express bus. But it was nice to see the rural side of Korea. We...

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Day 5: Hiking in Seoraksan National Park

We planned to get up early and start the hiking by 7 at least, mostly to avoid crowd. But we were very tired, woke up only by 930 and by the time we left Honeymoon Rooms it was 1030. We had a quick ramen for breakfast and left the luggage at the hotel...

View from Jeondongjin beach. 1

Day 4: Watching Sunrise at Gangneung

As planned we took the train from Cheongnyangni Station (Seoul) at 23:30 and reached Jeondongjin Station at 4:30. Sunrise was at 6:30 so we had to wait for couple of hours. The station doesn’t have a locker room. We really didn’t want to carry our luggage everywhere. So we freshened up in the...

Dressing up and taking pictures inside the palace campus seems to be a big thing. 0

Day 2 and 3: Wandering around Seoul

Day 2 and 3 in Seoul was mostly wandering around the city and eating whatever we could. Started the day with brunch at Migabon Korean Porridge. The musroom and beef porridge was yummy and filling. From there we went to Gyeongbokgung Palace. I think we got to watch royal ceremony (not sure what...

Plain Old Telephones inside a metro station. 0

Day 1: Seoul

We landed this morning around 6am. Hostel was in the middle of the city so we took the metro to Seoul Station (center) and then caught another one to reach the station near hostel. We found the hostel very easily. But then I was dead tired and get-lagged. Only after good food at...