Now that the big afternoon events were done we had time to wander around. First we looked around the royal palace which I had been to before. There were traditional buildings with manniquins in the buildings showing scenes from royal life. Then I wanted to do a different part of the wall from what I had done last time.I walked back to the south gate entrance for start of the wall. From here there is a very long and steep rock staircase as the wall climbs the side...

This weekend was another overnight trip to the town of Suwon, just an hour south of Seoul by train. Technically Suwon is Gyeonggi-do province but is connected to the Seoul metro so is an outer suburb commuter city. Suwon is famous for the folk village theme park where many dramas and movies are filmed, and the Suwon fortress which is probably koreas largest fortress and a Unesco listed sited.I had visited both before briefly during chuseok 2010 when I first arriv...

so this morning was a bright clear sunny day and the weather had finally turned for the better. breakfast was a fish noodle soup and i had to tell my landlady that would be enough for today. i noticed a lookout point on the mountain from the bus so i walked over to get a clear city view shot of all the skyscrapers and the seoul tower. then took the long train ride to suwon again with vendors peddling shaving machines to magic wipes!video : mountaintop panaroma ht...