Leaving Seoul behind for the final time we boarded the train for a little city called Pyeontaok. An unlikely stop on most itineraries, we headed there to visit Kim, an American we met on our tour of China. She works for the US military base Camp Humphreys and invited us to stay with her for a few days. Minutes after getting picked up from the station we arrived at Kims apartment and were greeted enthusiastically by her new dog, a long-haired dachshund called Dex...

A short but pleasant flight (just two hours but it included a free meal and personal TV) took us from Taipei to Seoul and a 45 minute train journey later we reached Hongdae, a lively area packed with bars, restaurants and twentysomethings. After some fun and games trying to get cash from every ATM in a 3 block radius we had our first meal in South Korea...a burrito! Not very traditional but we did order some Soju to go with it. Soju is a popular Korean spirit, si...