Survive & Thrive in Korea
This past Sunday I ventured to the area around Ewha Women’s University which is known as Edae. The University was founded in 1886 by American Missionary Mary Scranton. Edae can be reached by takeing the green line to Ewha Women’s University Station. It’s part of the trinity of trendy which also includes Hongdae and Shinchon. […]
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On Saturday we woke up in the wee hours of the morning to catch a cab in order to meet up with the Adventure Korea tour bus. We signed up for another outing and this time the Adventure Korea folks were shuttling us off to Chungju Lake and Kosu Cave in Chungcheonbuk province. The trip […]
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The third tunnel is one of four digging attempts by the North Koreans to dig their way into Seoul and invade. Unbelievable, right? Scary to think they actually tried it four times! They are nothing if not persistent. The DMZ theater showed a docudrama of a little girl wandering among the barb wire and mine […]
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We stopped for lunch at the Village of Tongilchon. This village serves as a small community for the soldiers and their families to live. It’s also a pit stop on the DMZ tour. We were served a traditional Korean meal that not proved to be quite good. Any meal with kimchi is okay by me. […]
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Dorasan Station will be the first station to connect travelers from between North and South Korea by rail! The station is on the Gyeongui line. When the station opened a big production was made with even the US President everyone likes to hate making an appearance. However, the plans to begin service have yet to […]
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A few weeks ago my friends Sam, Ryan, Samarra and I went on an Adventure Korea tour trip to the DMZ. Adventure Korea plans day and weekend trips around Korea. They do everything from the DMZ to hiking, to festivals to temple stays.They provide the transportation and often times the meals as well. It makes […]
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