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The ABC are currently playing reruns of Pilot Guides on Monday afternoons at 1pm. One of the recent shows was on South Korea. While I was watching I was left with the impression that there isn’t much to see in Korea and it is very hard for tourists to get around. And this is coming from a seasoned traveler who I know, since watching the show has basically traveled across many countries and in the most remote places like Lapland in Norway and the Gobi desert Mongolia. I guess South Korea is a lower priority destination unless you are desperate to checkout their mountains or the DeMilitarised Zone (DMZ).

Flight Plan:
1. Seoul
2. Day trip to DMZ demilitarized zone
3. Jinbu mountains
4. Anding – Traditional village
5. Busan – Russian town
6. Cheji

47 million people
10 million have Kim as surname

Seoul
Hardly any street signs in English
National Korean tourist board provides a free volunteer guide

Black luxury taxis – driver speaks English or if they don’t they provide a phone for you to talk to someone who can speak. $ expensive

Tae Kwon Do

Tube station – train decorated by artists

Nightlife – Korean drinking etiquette: other person pours your drink for you while you hold your glass with both hands. When going to drink, turn your back to the person and drink?

Instant noodles from a vending machine

DMZ 1 hour from city – 1950s Korean war treaty a ceasefire – no mans land 2000m’s, war never ended?
Conference row – only part of the border where two sides are literally metres away from each other

Hanggo –korean alphabet + phrases necessary

Jinbu “chin poo” $9 for 3 hour bus ride

25% Buddhist temple 548BAD

Train to Andong village Hu Heng – 600 yr old working vollage

Busan
Beach
Largest Port
Fish market

Ferry to Cheju 11 hrs $20

Cheju
Honeymoon – dragon head rock a must

The henyu women, no tank or snorkel diving for fishing – farming the seas wearing rubber suits

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