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Jump!

[april 2012] We went to a theatre to see something called “Jump!” in Seoul. It is a comedy with Kung-Fu  performance. My sister loves it and this was her second time to see this. It…

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Korean BBQ, again

[april 2012] We went to eat Korean Barbecue in Seoul again this year.It was a bigger restaurant than last year and Japanese tourists were coming in one after another.They came to pick us up in…

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Craft shopping centre of Seoul

[april 2012] We went to a shopping area called Insadong in Seoul. Here there are a lot of craft shops. I was surprised to see so many people were around here, but I learned that the…

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Korean Bullet Train

[april 2012] We moved from Busan to Seoul by a train very similar to Japanese Bullet Train called KTX.Our guide took us to the Busan station and at Seoul station, there was another guide waiting…

Busan

Countless crabs

[April 2012] These are the crabs sold in Gijang Market in Busan. Here there are lots of tanks with numerous crabs being kept alive. Only a few days ago, we were in Kanazawa in Japan…

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Tumuluses in Korea, too…in Gyeongju

[april 2012] After lunch in Gyeongju tour, we visited tumuluses’ park. One of the tumuluses is called Cheonmachong and we could enter there to see how it was made. But they do not know whose tomb…

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Vegetable was too thick and hard…

[april 2012] In Gyeongju in Korea, we had a meal called Ssam Pap.This means 'wrapping rice' apparently.We had some colourful vegetables to wrap the rice and others, but they were so thick and hard, which…

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Celadon Porcelain

[april 2012] In Gyeongju, we were taken to a celadon porcelain shop, instead of a folk museum. The sales person there was a very aggressive middle aged woman with permed hair, and I did not…

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Green is the colour for charm

[april 2012] The second place we went in the Gyeongju was a temple called Bulguksa. The wooden building was rebuilt in the 16th century, but the stone staircase was original one from around year 751….