South Korea travel inspiration. In depth looks at beautiful Korean locations through photographs, essential visiting information, cultural insight, and first hand stories.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is bustling with excitement, light and color yet, not far from it’s loud city center, pockets of tranquility can be found. I’ve loved exploring the hiking trails and beautiful temples in Seoul, but one day I decided to venture […]
With little need for some profound or perfectly encapsulating introductory sentence, I’ll start off by simply saying: I really love Korean food. It’s a unique and vibrant cuisine that I can always characterize by its heartiness and bold flavors. With ample use of fermentation and pickling, I’ve come to love Korean dishes for their distinct
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Seoul, South Korea is such a vibrant, exciting city. You can find so much sleek, modern architecture and innovation in South Korea’s capital. Yet it has enclaves of tranquility and traditional Korean culture that give this wonderful place a unique character. As a person often traveling on a tight budget, I quickly discovered that one
South Korea is a dynamic country of contrasts where tradition and heritage mingles with modernity and innovation. The abundance of luxury delights gives many people the impression that South Korea and Seoul in particular are very expensive. I always say in response: well… Seoul can be expensive if your taste gears towards the expensive themed
Seoul, South Korea is a beautiful, exciting city where one can enjoy the intermingling of modern innovation with history and traditional culture. With ample luxury department stores and the pervasive love of beauty treatments and physical perfection; it’s easy to see how glitz, glamour and consumerism gets pushed to the forefront of South Korea’s international
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Incheon, South Korea is a large city neighboring Seoul. Most may only know Incheon for its world-renowned airport, being many a tourist and resident’s first point of entry into the country. When I lived in Incheon for some time, I delighted in discovering that it is so much more than an airport hub. Getting spontaneous
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Busan is a lively city on the southern coast of South Korea. Being on the coast, people of course enjoy it’s lovely beaches and seafood. One of it’s most popular tourist destinations decorates the hills near one of its ports. The colorful neighborhood has come to be called: Gamcheon Culture Village (감천문화마을). Its appearance as
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On one of my trips to South Korea, I opted to stay in Seoul’s slightly more affordable neighboring city of Incheon. On a day that I did not fancy the commute into Seoul, I was curious if there was anything interesting to explore nearby. Sometimes, when I’m just in the mood for spontaneous exploring, I
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Having spent a fair amount of time exploring Seoul, I was quite familiar with perhaps its most famous hanok village: Bukchon Hanok Village. These villages that one can find throughout South Korea are areas/neighborhoods with renovated or reconstructed traditional Korean buildings. Eager to see more of these beautiful neighborhoods, I decided to venture a ways
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