So, for those who aren’t in the know, I arrived safely home on Monday night. I will recount here the last three weeks of my Asian journey, in Busan, Bangkok and Manila. Arriving in Busan slightly after 6PM Tuesday, I hopped on subway to Seomyeon, where I found a nice little hotel just off the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Korea’
19 Dec
Gyeongju
Arriving in Gyeongju shortly after 5PM, I found the closest hostel to the bus station and checked in. Gyeongju is the former capital of the Silla Kingdom. Hundreds of buildings and landmarks have been well-maintained and preserved and, as such, it is known as the “Museum Without Walls”. There isn’t a great nightlife here (as [...]
17 Dec
Seoul
Less than a week and I’ll be home (although I haven’t yet booked my flight home). The past five and a half months have flown by so quickly its ridiculous. So I arrived in Seoul at 10PM on November 19th. I hopped on a bus into the city centre where I had heard about a [...]
28 Jun
South Korea
My flights to Bangkok are booked for July 2nd, ie, Thursday. One would assume that nerves and/or excitement might be kicking in at this stage but no, it still feels like an age away…. Gyeongju: I’ll first get a bus from Kyoto to Hakata, followed by a beetle ferry from Hakata to Pusan and finally, [...]
1 May
Asia
So, as I mentioned in my first post, my destination is Asia. At the moment, the countries I’m visiting will be Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan and South Korea. I’m still not sure how long I will travelling for, or how long I will be spending in each country, [...]
