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      some of my kids in the student washroom
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      bibimbap breakfast at the Seoul airport
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Other Place to Go   Seoul

Other Place to Go, Seoul

 22 Reviews  I would definitely take them to the Jong-ro district. The center of the city has many exciting places, restaurants, cafes, fashion stores. They can buy a lots of stylish clothes and accessories at... 

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Gyeongbokgung (Palace)   Seoul

Gyeongbokgung (Palace), Seoul

 16 Reviews  Gyeongbokgung was the main palace during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). One of five palaces in Seoul, it has a 500 year history. It was built by the founding King of Joseon dynasty, Lee Seong-Gye, in... 

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Other Stuff   Seoul

Other Stuff, Seoul

 59 Reviews  1) Money (listed in KRW - won) to bring if you are traveling on a budget: accommodation could be 15000 ~ 50000 won per day depending on where you book -food will run you about 5000~10000 won per meal... 

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Shopping & Money   Seoul

Shopping & Money, Seoul

 21 Reviews  South Korea's monetary unit is the won (KRW) and due to the financial crisis, It had depreciated 35% to the US Dollar. The Exchange rate today is 1 USD: 1,380 KRW! The Won is available into ₩1,... 

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Pleasent/Amusing Surprises   Seoul

Pleasent/Amusing Surprises, Seoul

 16 Reviews  If you happen to be a non-Asian in Seoul (a Caucasian, as shown in photo), do not feel alarmed if some students approach you with a notebook, a camera, and/or a tape recorder. A lot of the kids there... 

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Lotte World   Seoul

Lotte World, Seoul

 7 Reviews  Give your baby a relaxing time at Lotte world with their luxury Inglesina Zippy strollers. Inglesina is the world famous Italian brand since 1963. Rental Place: 1st floor of Lotte world Tel:... 

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Changdokgung (Palace)   Seoul

Changdokgung (Palace), Seoul

 6 Reviews  Seoul is a city of royal palaces. There are five of them in all. One of my favourite things is looking inside the palace rooms. They have a simple, uncluttered style, quite different to that of... 

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Jongmyo (Royal Shrine)   Seoul

Jongmyo (Royal Shrine), Seoul

 2 Reviews  Now follow me over a footbridge ... and we are arrived at Jongmyo Royal Shrine, another "Must See" of Seoul and another area, which is registered on the UNESCO´s World Cultural List. They put it on... 

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Myeongdong   Seoul

Myeongdong, Seoul

 2 Reviews  This quarter has two faces, each of which seems totally different from each other. First, it is a most important financial district of Korea, having headquarter buildings of the nation's... 

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Toksugung (Palace)   Seoul

Toksugung (Palace), Seoul

 2 Reviews  Tracking down the Past along the Palace Walls Doksu Palace Lane winding along the stone wall of the palace is often compared with the streets on the Mont Martre hills of Paris. But the bustling... 

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Korea House & Namsan Hanok Folk Village   Seoul

Korea House & Namsan Hanok Folk Village, Seoul

 2 Reviews  Namsum Village of Traditional Houses. If you can?ft get out to Folk Village, you can still visit traditional homes near the city center. The homes were moved from around the country and really give... 

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Hiking   Seoul

Hiking, Seoul

 3 Reviews  If you ever get the chance, hike up Mt Soraksan, about 3 hours north of Seoul by bus, on early autumn and just take in the colourful view of the countryside and mountainside. An easier way would be to... 

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Events   Seoul

Events, Seoul

 4 Reviews  The annual Seoul Drum Festival last weekend (8 -10 October 2004) was a free display of many different styles and cultural drum performances. Each set lasted about 20 minutes and each session lasted... 

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National Folk Museum   Seoul

National Folk Museum, Seoul

 1 Review  The museum is located at the back of Kyongbok'kung Palace. It also had free entry on National Day. The museum was very, very good. It wasn't possible to take pictures inside but there were some... 

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Changgyeonggung (Palace)   Seoul

Changgyeonggung (Palace), Seoul

 1 Review  No More Cherry-blossom Viewing Here Tragically, the Japanese colonists at one time transformed the Changgyong (Palace), one of the five main palaces of the Choson Dynasty, into a leisure facility,... 

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Tapgol Park   Seoul

Tapgol Park, Seoul

 1 Review  This park celebrates the Declaration of Independence from Japanese occupation. The last time I was here there were photo exhibits of the horrors perpetrated by the Japanese. This time the mood was... 

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Korean War Memorial   Seoul

Korean War Memorial, Seoul

 2 Reviews  War Memorial. A great museum (though you might want to skip the first floor if pressed for time). I learned a lot about the Korean War. I came close to crying quite a few times. Make sure you read the... 

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Kyonghuigung (Palace)   Seoul

Kyonghuigung (Palace), Seoul

 1 Review  Resting Place for Citizens The kyonghuigung had been used as the main royal palace for the period of the reigning of ten kings since being built in 1617 by Prince Regent Gwanghae. Counted one of the... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Tranlatate (cooking ingredients, directions, etc.)

by DSwede

While you may know how to cook, finding and recognizing ingredients when they are written in Hongul can be difficult.for example, how do you know you are getting, flour, sugar or salt when all you see is a white bag... for example, "sogum" (소금) is salt, but this forum does not support hongul characters. Flour is "ka-ru" (가루). Sugar is "seul-tang" (설탕). Milk is "oo-yu" (우유)First, it is not as daunting as it may sound, but you need to learn the Hangul alphabet. There are only 24 letters in the phonetic alphabet.Best translator that I've found from English to/from Korean Hongul for simple translations is:http://www.stars21.com/translator/english_to_korean.html

Bibimbap - do try it

by Arial_27

One of the most delicious Korean dishes (in my opinion) is bibimbap. "Bap" means rice. Sometimes the rice portion of the meal is served separately in a small bowl (as seen in photo) or already in the larger bowl with the rest of the ingredients - usually vegetables, egg, soybean sprouts, tofu, spinach, mushrooms, zucchini and other vegetables. Occasionally, bibimbap can be made with pork too - the ingredients vary. The vegetables are usually placed in the bowl in a way that their contrasting colours compliment eachother. I've seen at times instead of the egg being fried, they just poured in a raw one so the yoke was lying in the middle (this is also common) and if it happens to you, just stir around the yoke and egg white until it is completely mixed with the rest of the meal. Its still very healthy and good like that.Bibimbap is usually eaten with a spoon (most rice is) and very common...

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medicine, seafood

by Sanpetiro

Thanks,Up to this moment, I have been visited Seoul 8 times.I have some friends from South Korea, they are my local guides.I like a lot Korean food, hot and spicy.This sommer I try traditional Korean medical doctor. I also visite southern cities Pusan and Inje. Very cheap and good seafood.

So hot when you wear this from South korea!!

by fabulous36

My favorite things in South Korea is hanbok.Hanbok is traditional apparel in Korea.I think it introduced to foreigner officially from fashion show infamous fashion city NewYork first.It have beutiful color and unique design.If you wear hanbok, you can feel superiority in sense of fashion.Also, it is good for party or meeting, wedding.New style that combine Asian and Westerner is going to invent continuously now.Find your hanbok style and be a hotty!! I lived in southkorea. I think everyday in Southkorea is best memory to me.

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Seoul, soul of Asia...

by trickymi

Seoul has an excellent range of beauty products that use natural ingredients like Brown Rice, Olive Oil and Jojoba Oil. Reasonble price. Ladies here have such nice skin too! Food! Kimchi voted one of healthiest food in the world. The enzymes in the kimchi help with digestion. very good fo health. You must try the Cold Noodles in Spicy red sauce. Excellent.They put in some seafood, octopus tenticles and some pork. very delicious...

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Adaptor plugs in S Korea

by DSwede

S Korea uses 220V, 60HzTypical outlet will be the 2-pin outlet with side grounding:http://electricaloutlet.org/type-fThis will universally accept the European 2-pin plug:http://electricaloutlet.org/type-cNice hotels may have a universal outlet that allows for 110/220V and USA/Japan 2-pin, or British 3-pin rectangular blade plugs:http://electricaloutlet.org/type-ahttp://electricaloutlet.org/type-bhttp://electricaloutlet.org/type-g

Interactive English Map

by DSwede

Here is the best interactive map in English that I have found. For some reason, it always opens to a location in Seoul:http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx--> If you know an address, you can change the option to "Address", then select the district, city and areas. Example: " Ulsan / Nam-gu / ... "It requires you to know the exact address before it will search. But for example, if you go to Ulsan / Nam-gu / Mugeo-dong, then type in address of "123 - 1", you will now see DaeHekYo...--> But you can also select "Landmarks". For example, you can then select " Daegu / Buk-gu / .. ". If you type "Lotte", you can then find Lotte Castle Apartments, Lotte Cinema, Lotte Department Store, etc...

Foreign Cards in ATM's

by DSwede

Foreign cards are taken at ~half of ATM's in the city. And I guarantee there will be machines at the airport that will accept your card. But just be forewarned that it may not be the first machine, so try again and don't give up hope.Honestly speaking, if you go into a convenience store and it has a "Cash Zone" ATM, you card should work just fine.Of the banks, the bigger the branch the better as some small branches do not have "global services" ATM's. Best shot for always getting cash is for going to a KEB (Korean Exchange Bank), and looking in the row of machines for the ones labeled "global ATM".At other ATM's your card may or may not work. I have yet to find any real rhyme or reason to it.

USEFUL LINKS

by pieter_jan_v

Korean Visa InformationKorea National Tourism Organization (KNTO)Korean PicturesKorean Information Service

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A number you should know...

by Mr.Sparkle

1330 is a telephone should tattoo on your arm. 1330 is the number for the Korean tourist help-line. its free to call and they can help with all kinds of things.before coming to Korea, I used the number to help book hotels. When in Korea I used the service to help translate between a Korean hotel whom didn't speak any English. Most useful indeed!

Top 3 Hotels in South Korea

Lotte Hotel Seoul  Seoul

 7 Reviews and 696 Opinions  We stayed here for a week. It is very nice but DO NOT have your laundry done by them, a piece of... 

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The Westin Chosun Busan  Busan

 4 Reviews and 150 Opinions  My wife and I have stayed twice at the Westin Chosun within the last three months. The rooms are... 

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Youngpyung Resort  Kangwon-do

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hi all, I am traveling to South Korea from 4/15-4/21 for a friend's wedding on 4/19 in Seoul. The majority of the wedding... 

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A: Have a nice trip and fun. Be sure to visit the two tourist kiosks to get maps and guides. One is next to the express bus terminal while the other is beside the main train... 

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