Musings

We received alerts on our mobile phones yesterday evening that Seoul was expecting heavy snowfall that was going to start late night. That was very welcomed news for us: because we’ve been in Seoul for a week now and only

We didn’t know quite what to expect at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, but we’d certainly heard that the place is a must-stop spot when in Seoul.  We headed to the multi-purpose cultural complex in the early afternoon after our visit

We had a free day today after we cancelled our day trip to visit the Wondae-ri Birch Forest as the itinerary activity was changed to Mt. Sorak in lieu of adverse weather. We kept our free day’s activities light and

The missus did quite a bit of research to find tide timings at Tando Port, just so that we would be able to walk the paved surface that cuts across the mudflats to see the wind turbines up close, and

We left the Irwol Botanical Garden at 11 AM, and drove for 45 minutes to reach the Tando Port Area. The Klook itinerary was for us to find lunch in the area first, but it seemed that our driver misunderstood

We had a relative long stretch of time to spend in Seoul during this trip. And as this was our second time to South Korea, we were deliberately trying to avoid doing similar things, even though the previous trip was

It was 3PM by the time we got back to Seoul city from our day trip of the DMZ. Too early for dinner, so we opted to be dropped off at Hongdae Station to explore the area a little bit

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