Category: Traveling

No visit to South Korea is complete without a visit to the DMZ, and I really looked forward to this day trip. However, since summer 2023, the Joint Security Area section of the DMZ has been closed to tourists. That

Our initial plan in the itinerary was to explore Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggyecheon Stream, then finish the day at Dongdaemun. We were fairly tired though at this point, with each of us already having clocked around 18,000 steps. We also

Insadong was an easy 20 minute walk from the Bukchon Hanok Village. The area is actually famous for its pedestrianized main street, and both sides of the street are filled with cafes, teahouses, restaurants, and shops. What particularly fascinated us

Pictures of the sloped alleys and streets at the Bukchon Hanok Village is perhaps some of the most iconic pictures of Seoul. The village is where you’d find hundreds of Hanok – i.e. traditional houses – that date back to

We had another full day of exploration of Seoul on our own on Day 11: and this time, we headed to the general vicinity of Insadong to take a look at the several attractions there. We’d initially intended to visit

Our last stop for the day trip was the Garden of Morning Calm, a park that has a number of thematic gardens. From the park notes, the garden is home to a collection of more than 5,000 plant speciies, including

We visited Nami Island in 2006 during our honeymoon. As we were not consumers of K-dramas at all then, we couldn’t quite appreciate the significance of the island, particularly that it was the filming location of the hugely popular Korean

We had our first of four day trips out of Seoul on Day 10, and this trip today included three places in the Gangwon province. That we were on the road for almost six hours in all is an illustration

After almost 3 hours of exploring Ewha Street and Sinchon, we were ready to move on. We still had a good portion of the afternoon left though at 2PM, so we decided to head to Myeongdong – Seoul’s very famous

We’d at the midway point of our 18 day vacation in South Korea. On Day 09, our plan was to relocate from Suncheon and head to Seoul which we’d be using as a base for most of the rest of

Our decision to change our 4D3N middle segment of our vacation from the city of Ulsan to Suncheon was mad just 6 weeks before we were to fly off, and it was again on account that the places we would

Our next stop – Nagan Eupseong Folk Village – was quite some distance away from the Suncheon Drama Film set, but we easily found a cab to bring us there. The journey took 38 minutes, and we again had a