After several rainy days in Busan we hired a van for a day-long excursion north to visit Gyeongju, home of the Silla Empire. In historic times Korea had three kingdoms: Gorguryeo, Baekje and Silla. Around 600 AD Silla united / conquered the other two to unite the country that is now Korea. They would go…
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Korea DMZ
The Korea DMZ (demilitarized zone) splits the country in half and is located a few tens of kilometers north of Seoul. For my generation the Korean War is somewhat lost to history, obscured between World War II and more modern conflicts such as the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Our only context is faint childhood memories…
Around Seoul
There’s so much to see on the streets of Seoul, but it’s also nice to see Seoul from different perspectives. Here’s three videos that do that. Gangnam AirBnB: We stayed in the modern Gangnam district, made famous by the K-Pop song Gangnam Style, which was a parody on the faux rich of the district. Our…
Seoul Day 1
Finally getting caught up on the video editing after a slow start due to software issues. We have set up a youtube channel which we will figure out how to link to at some point. Don’t worry though, all videos will be linked from this blog. Here’s a few covering our first full day in…
Seoul Thoughts
Our first week in Korea was spent in the bustling city of Seoul. We came, we ate, we conquered. While we hit some of the top “things to do” such as the Imperial Palace and the DMZ, and enjoyed them immensely, it was the spontaneous adventures that we loved most. On the first day…