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Other Place to Go: Ice cream!
Just walk a few steps from here & you'll discover 'Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream'. Amazing, isn't it?

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Other Place to Go: How about a portrait of yourself?
This could be a great idea as a souvenir for oneself?!

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Other Place to Go: Bukchonhanok-gil
Around the Anguk area, there's a slope of traditional residential houses with a view of the tower on Namsan in the distance. You'll also get an rooftop view of the palace. If you're a K-fan, this area is also near to the filming site for the house of one of the protaganist in some sad love story. Souvenirs hawked aggresively nearby (i believe it's right across a high school).

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Other Place to Go: Bukchon Hanok Village Area
Bukchon is numerous Korean-style houses standing close together in Gahwe-dong, Samchong-dong, Gyedong, Jaedong, Hwa-dong, Sogyuk-dong, Sagan-dong, Anguk-dong and Wonseo-dong. Since the old days, the place attracted many families of influence, given the proximity to the palace, its location in the foot of mountain with a great view, and being a lucky place according to Fung Shui. Such traces can be found in landmarks around the Seongsan-Gate and Maengsa-Castle. Although the village was filled with the private residence of aristocrat with 100 chambers, in the post 1930, it was divided into blocks of Korean-style houses to make up for the shortage of houses following the sudden inflow of the population. And on the hill of Gahwe-dong and Samchong-dong, 20 pyung thereabout modernized Korean-style houses were built in clusters to form the village of today. As such the history of Bukchon began. The village located between Gyungbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace and on the northern area of Youlgok road. Subway Line3 Gyeongbokgung Stn, Exit no 5/ Line3 Anguk Stn, Exit no 1,2

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    Other Place to Go: The Dong Dae Mung market area
    For a (flea)market addict like me this was going to the Walhalla of markets. Block after block I found myself in yet another shopping heaven.

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    Other Place to Go: More Dong Dae Mung
    I was dropped off near a major intersection opposite the Stadium and headed West (after consulting a local police officer with hand and feet). This turned out to be the wrong way for me, but I went through an interesting book section, followed by curtains and bedware, clothes (everywhere). The kitchen and tools area told me I was coming into more familiar territory.

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    Other Place to Go: Gye-dong Traditional Houses * * * *
    Traditional houses at Gye-dong - Seoul
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    If you have an afternoon free in Seoul, wander around the Gye-dong area to look at the wonderful traditional Korean houses. Most of these residences have wooden roofs and stucco-type walls. This narrow-alley residential area is located just north of Anguk Station on Subway Line 3. Ex-President Yun Bo-Seon's residence is in this area at 8-1 Anguk-dong, and is a Korean National Historic Site. It was constructed in the 1890s.

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    Other Place to Go: Nanta
    If you liked Stomp or Bring in the Noise/Bring in the Funk then I recommend this show to you. It translates into COOKIN’. The basic plot is that a group of restaurant cooks have a deadline but are saddled with the boss’ nephew. The cast uses just about everything in the kitchen to make beats. There are few words, it’s easy to understand, very audience-interactive, and a good mix of tourists and Koreans.

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    Other Place to Go: Hamultang at Jagyakdo (island)
    Jakyakdo is an island just off the Incheon coast between Incheon city and the islands that make up the Incheon airport, literally just a stones throw from the mainland. It's a charming little island not much larger than a few city blocks and consists of a wooded hill with lovely vegetation and a circular concrete walkway right around the island with charming Korean restaurants dotted all around. Catch the line 1 train to Incheon Station, get a taxi to Youanan Budu ferry warf and catch the ferry to the island. It runs quite often and does not take long as the island is so close. There are many other island ferries from here so get some brochures. Magical day escape from the Seoul rat race, walk around the island, have an amazing seafood meal in one of the Korean restaurants, no Enlish-i-uhuuu but ask for hamultang, a spicy seeafood stew cooked in front of you, hmmm, divine, or just point at something interesting that someone else is eating or whip out your Korean phrase book and make a fool of yourself trying to order a grandiose dish that will not be understood. Beware the attendant ajuma as she will make you eat live squid legs like they made me do!! Real jewel of a place.

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    Other Place to Go: Korea Stock Exchange
    Located on Yeouido Island, the Korea Stock Exchange is a non-descript, enclosed office complex-a let down if you're expecting something similar to the NYSE. But worthwhile to see where the heart of the Korean market is traded everyday.

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