Namdaemun, the ultimate market
Before leaving Korea, we went to Namdaemun Market in Seoul. We have seen many shopping area in Korea by now, but this was the ultimate one. In one leather shop, when I said ‘oh,…
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Jump!
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…
Korean BBQ, again
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…
Craft shopping centre of Seoul
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…
Korean Bullet Train
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…
Countless crabs
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…
Tumuluses in Korea, too…in Gyeongju
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…
Vegetable was too thick and hard…
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…
Celadon Porcelain
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…
