Last week we said goodbye to some more friends before heading to Seoul for the weekend to visit the DMZ. Seven of us took the 1am night bus, and met another friend there for the 7.30am tour. It was great to travel in such a large group, and felt like a real family outing! We had strict guidelines on what we could and couldn't wear on the tour. This was partly for practicality and also because the North Korean soldiersapparently take photos of the tour groups ...

Last Thursday we did the Speakeasy quiz again, and this time we came joint second.The second prize is that your team gets their entry fee back (the winners take the rest) so we had a beer chug off to determine second and third places.We volunteered Graham for this challenge, but he was up against Arlo, the beer chug, 'das boot' champion, so we knew we had little chance.Graham put in a good effort, but Arlo managed to down the 1 litre 'das boot' just slightly fa...

Very early on Saturday morning we took the bus to Suwon.One of our friends recently moved here, so a few of us went to visit him and the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress and Palace.This is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sight, and apparently the best detached Palace Architecture of the Joseon Dynasty.We started at the Palace, which was built between 1789 and 1796. Outside there was a stage, with traditional performances.We saw dance and music performances with traditi...

Last Saturday, 8 of us took an early bus from Gwangju up to Seoul, for the St Patrick's Day Festival.We decided to go for the luxury bus, with the big reclining chairs, so we could sleep, and it was only about 14.00GBP each for a single.The bus got there early, so it only took about 3 hours and 15 minutes.We met a couple more people there, and the 10 of us checked into our hostel.Surprisingly this was our first time sleeping in dorms, but it was really clean an...