Saturday morning I started off when I left the overnight sauna at a Paris Baguette bakery. I think I've been overlooking these. They are on almost every block and do have some nice cakes and breads, though not as nice or as cheap as they were in Taiwan. The Itaewon neighbourhood also has english speaking tourist info guides patrolling the neighbourhood. They are they to provide free maps and any information about the neighbourhood or the city. I've seen them a co...

Everytime I come to Seoul I try to find a good place to stay. Seoul is a costly trip for me as not only do I have to pay 44,000w KTX Train Ticket each way ($40), I have to find overnight accomodation so it easily costs me $100+ depending on how many nights I stay there. I was hearing motels would cost 70,000w ($65) in Seoul while I only pay 35,000w ($30) in the rest of the country. I did find a good place to stay at Bukchon Hanok Village in traditional homes duri...

Here is the brief segment Arirang TV did on the bloggers http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View .asp?nseq=127309&code=Ne2&categ ory=2 I'm seen 30 seconds in getting my award certificate and they didnt speak with any of the guys just the two female bloggers. You may have to change your settings if the player doesnt work. Look for a pop-up in your browser and say 'allow' to activate the player. Also the live morning show did another feature on the bloggers...

After the welcome ceremonies for this years new and returning bloggers we were taken by bus to the National Museum of Korea. It was very heavy rain and I have been cursed every time I come to Seoul that there is a massive all day rain storm (Chuseok 2010, May 2011, July 2011, again today). Security is tight in the city due to the Nuclear Summit being attended by Obama and many world leaders. There was a bomb squad doing a practice exercise near the entranceway. A...

Friday I was invited to Seoul for this years welcome ceremony of the Worldwide Korea Bloggers. We are a group of bloggers submitting our blog articles about Korea to KOCIS (Korean Culture and Information Service) which is run by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Sports. Last year they had given us a guided tour of Chang Wa Dae, the Korean Presidential House after the welcoming ceremonies. http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1299853976/tp...