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Neon Boards
Blog: 7ustm3 - 27 October 2009
The brightness of N-Seoul Tower (here and here) looks so small compare with these neon boards. There…can u see the N-Seoul tower back there? I think these neon boards are one of the uniqueness in MyeongDong. Somehow it looks like those neon boards are competing each other, try to be as big and bright as possible~ Here is [...]
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Ten-Ten in Ten
Blog: 7ustm3 - 26 October 2009
I just realized today that the name of this stall (포장마차) is Ten-Ten Kimbab (텐텐 김밥). I used to call it mini kimbab’s stall instead of its name. This stall is located in front of YBM – Jongno Branch. The place that I use to go every week for my language class. It’s a good place [...]
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Eating octopus muchim in Gwangju
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 20 October 2009
Today, we hitched a ride from near Damyang back to Gwangju. I was slightly freaked out, but my wife’s Korean friend had no qualms and jumped at the offer. I figured he’d be safer wth me in the car and jumped in after him. Along the way, the driver suggested some sights to see and a [...]
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What to do in Seoul? 5+5 fun do's
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 19 August 2009
There's nothing truly spectacular in Seoul. It's no Tokyo in terms of things modern and no Beijing in terms of things ancient. Yet I think the city borders on sheer awesomeness. Here's what I'd do if I had five days in Seoul.
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Changdeok palace and the secret garden
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 13 August 2009
Our second outing in Seoul was one that many do – Hitting the palaces. While many would start with Kyeongbokgung, the largest of the Korean palaces, Changdeokgung (창덕궁) was our first call. We had a large group in tow, so our ambitious thoughts of getting through two palaces in a day were put to rest pretty [...]
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Always Pack Your Toothbrush In Your Carry-on
Blog: Ottsworld - 9 August 2009
Many people hate airline travel. They hate overpriced airline tickets, they hate the cramped space, the crying babies, the lost luggage, and the swine flu or myriad of other viruses you tend to catch on the plane. However airline travel is usually necessary to accomplish a vacation, so no matter how much you hate it, [...]
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Bampo Bridge Fountain
Blog: Seoul Survival - 9 August 2009
Finally got around to seeing the Banpo Bridge Fountain in action – this spectacular sight has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records at the world’s longest bridge fountain. A total of 380 nozzles spaced down 570m of each side of the bridge spout 190 tons of water per minute in graceful arcs into [...]
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On the town for the first time – Hanbok, Hongdae, Gangnam and baconduck
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 5 August 2009
As I was in Korea to get married, and my wife is particularly well organised, it was a case of first-things-first. That meant we immediately began to attend to wedding matters. We started by going to the photo studio where we were going to have our pre-wedding photos taken. Unlike weddings in Australia, couples in Korea typically go [...]
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The Great Wall of Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 30 July 2009
Since the late 14th century a 18.2km wall has defined the city of Seoul linking up the peaks of Bukaksan (342m), Naksan (125m), Namsan (262m) and Inwangsan (338m). Today only about 10.5km of the wall remains, most of it snaking across the highest peaks with just major gates such as Dongdaemun (see previous post) surviving [...]
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Designs on Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 29 July 2009
In 2010 Seoul will become the World Design Capital. Among the many projects that are happening across the city connected with that is the building of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park (DDPP) to a plan by starkitect Zaha Hadid termed “Metronymic Landscape”. To find out more I visited the DDPP Information Center which sits at [...]
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Korea House
Blog: Seoul Survival - 28 July 2009
Last night I attended a performance at Korea House followed up by one of their delicious royal cuisine banquets. As a succinct introduction to traditional Korean performing arts the show is perfect and has very high production standards, with accomplished performers dressed in beautiful costumes. Over the course of an hour you get to see [...]
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Architecture as Art
Blog: Seoul Survival - 27 July 2009
While the northern half of Seoul has some notable pieces of contemporary architecture, it’s south of the Han River that you’ll see the most ambitious buildings, most of which benefit from showcase spots along super-wide boulevards. Apgujeong and Gangnam are both worth visiting at night to admire the lighting effects playing across luminous shell façade [...]
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Art Gallery Walk
Blog: Seoul Survival - 26 July 2009
The following is a preview of a walk around some of Seoul many commercial art galleries – it’s going to be part of the Seoul chapter in the new guide book – here you get to see some photos taken along the way. Photographs highlighting climate change; dreamy modern renditions of traditional Korean landscape paintings; quirky [...]
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E-Stars Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 26 July 2009
Second only to soccer in popularity as a “sport” in South Korea is playing computer games, or E-Sports as they are known. To get an idea of how big the scene is I dropped by the E-stars Seoul 2009 event being held at the SETEC convention hall south of the Han River. Yuni Lee from [...]
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Whats for Dinner? – Top 5 Exotic Food Experiences
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 25 July 2009
In the spirit of our up and coming Asia trip I decided to take a look at some of the most exotic foods I have come across over the last few years. Some are delicious, some are…not delcious but everything is worth a try right? 5) Caribou, Arctic Canada Probably the most common food source for Inuit [...]
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Arriving in Korea – Part 2
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 25 July 2009
So arriving in Korea required a chance meeting that led to marrying my wife. We met in Australia, but that part of the arrival still brought with it a lot of the cultural shocks, learnings and joys of Korean culture. Until I set foot in Korea though, I didn’t realise just how much of [...]
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Do you know this man?
Blog: Seoul Survival - 21 July 2009
At Gwangjang Market with Bill eating excellent bindaetteok (crisply fried mung-bean pancakes) and boribap (rice and barley mix topped with a variety of veggies) and he suddenly shouts “Get a photograph of that man in the hat – he’s famous!”. I chase after the black-clad figure as he hurried through the market and snapped the [...]
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Pine Bud Juice
Blog: Seoul Survival - 18 July 2009
Soft drink discovery of the day: some might think it too reminiscent of bathroom cleaning supplies or freshener, but I was quite taken with the sweetened walk-in-a-pine forest taste of Solhinun – a pine bud drink. My guide bought it for me try and translated the marketing slogan on the can as “feel fresh from [...]
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An Oasis in the City
Blog: Seoul Survival - 17 July 2009
My eagle-eyed colleague Yu-Mei is a great source of info on what’s going on in Korea. She passed on this interesting piece about the restoration of Seoul’s Cheonggye Stream. This revived waterway is indeed a boon to the city and I’ve made a point of diverting to meander along it as I cross town – it’s [...]
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081109 – The 8th Annual Manhwa Day @ N Seoul Tower
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 11 July 2009
From Namsangol Hanok Village, I walked to the bus stop in front of the Chungmuro subway station and took a yellow bus No 2 to N Seoul Tower. Since I been there previously, I went there to take a good picture in the N Seoul Tower vicinity without buying a ticket going up to observatory deck.
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081109 – Namsangol Winter Retreat Festival Event
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 5 July 2009
The 2008 Namsangol Winter Retreat Festival will be held for two days, from November 8 to November 9, at the Namsangol Hanok Village, a popular tourist attraction in Seoul displaying traditional Korean houses. There will be a variety of performances and events to celebrate the Korean tradition of “Woldong (wintering)”, where Korean ancestors would specially prepare and store away Kimchi, and would carry out other winter preparations, before the weather became too cold.
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081102 – Samcheongdong Walkway
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 5 July 2009
If you have free time, this should be the highlight of your visit when you are in Seoul. During autumn season, the weather was cooling, breezy and calming. I took a slow walk to Samcheongdong to capture some moments with my new DSLR Nikon D90. On the weekend, lots of people will stroll along the famous walkway in Samcheongdong stretches from Gyeongbokgung to Samcheong Tunnel. It’s located in the middle of city of Seoul; this area surprisingly was quite peaceful.
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081102 - Insadong
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 4 July 2009
Insadong has been at the heart of the nation’s capital for 600 years and it has been the center of culture since the time of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Over forty percent of the nation’s antique stores are in Insadong. The antiques sold tend to be more valuable than those sold on other art streets in Korea. Most of the stores sell old books, pictures and calligraphy. Among the antiques are old pictures, pottery, wooden containers and jewelries. Besides that, there are many art galleries where local artists displayed their masterpieces.
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080906 – Panmunjeon (Joint Security Area)
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 27 June 2009
This simplified winning article was selected in the local newspaper.
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080903 – Dongdaemun Market and Misc Foods Adventures
Blog: Andy's Rotten Ideas - 27 June 2009
I had a mission to discover more of Seoul, so I took a 20 minutes walk to Dongdaemun market. It is the largest wholesale and retail shopping center in South Korea. That whole area in Dongdaemun is basically filled with shopping malls, specialty stores and wholesale stores. They sell everything and anything you want. It’s cheaper if you buy in bulks at the wholesale prices. The area here is always alive as there are some stores still open until wee hours.
