Destination: South Korea

9/27

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [854]

Septeber 27, Wednesday Seoul What a whirlwind!  I'm doubley glad we kicked back and took it easy in Thailand because we've been going virtually nonstop since we arrived in Korea at 0455 last Tuesday morning.  I had slept most of the way from Hong Kong ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Spam = classy gift, and Konglishee tshirts

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 | By annielovett | Views [4288] | Comments [1]

Spam really is a luxury item here! It’s true, really really. A product that none of us would touch is an item of class here. Apparently South Korea is the second largest consumer of the lovely pink gelatinous meat, and people give it as gifts ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Gallery: October fun

Wed, 1 Nov 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

A Belated Summer update

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 | By annielovett | Views [1186] | Comments [2]

Your latest update of all things Korean... I think I left off last time as I was about to go to Jeju Island, Korea's 'Hawaii'. Like a lot of things in Korea, it wasn't 'number one' or 'world best' (they have a habit of attributing these labels to a ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Chuseok holiday

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cemetary where my great grandmother is buried

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Weekend in Korea

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Royal Palace - Korea

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Korea

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chris's August visit

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Jeju-do

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

6 months in...July update

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 | By annielovett | Views [712]

Hi all, Just a little update from a wet and miserable Korea (the rainy season is now apparently nearly over, albeit with typhoon season just around the corner!), to what I see is a sweltering UK, hope you're all cooling off with plenty of ice cream ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Muddy Blues

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 | By realeyes | Views [970]

I've been a little blue lately, but... nothing cures the blues like painting yourself in mud, running full speed into the ocean to wash it off, re-applying the mud, diving into the ocean once again, and continuing the cycle until the weekend is ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: Boryeong Mud Festival, Korea

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 | By realeyes | Photo Gallery

Korea as seen from Hyatt

Sat, 1 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Views [556]

Well, the eighteen hours in Korea wasn’t as I thought or hoped it would be. The only Koreans I got to see were the well staffed Hyatt that we stayed at close to the airport. My hope for a bit of culture was dashed, but hey, those luxury beds were fffffine! ... Read more >

Tags: Airports