OrientalTrips » Korea http://www.orientaltrips.net Asia travel guide Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:23:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Do you need a hair cut? http://www.orientaltrips.net/do-you-need-a-hair-cut/ http://www.orientaltrips.net/do-you-need-a-hair-cut/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:23:00 +0000 Hyunwoo Sun

Getting a hair cut is costing more and more in Korea as time goes by (well, I guess it's natural) but men are still on the lucky side. It's still much cheaper than in other countries and cheaper than for women to get a hair cut. The place I usually go to is the most expensive one around my neighborhood (I keep going back there because I really like their service there) but it's only 9,000 won - and I only go once every two months!
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I was meeting my friends at Caribou coffee in Sinchon and took this video while I was walking from Sinchon station (which is on Line #2 of Seoul subway line).
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I was having lunch in this restaurant a few days ago and saw a cat on the roof of the house across from the one I was in, and thought it was funny that a cat was watching us eating, so I made this video. Haha.
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[photographs by 애림]

It takes about one or two hours to just look around 쌈지길 (ssamjigil) if you're not interested in shopping or eating there, but you can literally spend the whole day just eating, drinking tea, and going souvenir shopping. I sometimes go souvenir shopping to 쌈지길 even though I'm living in Korea! Haha. It's in 인사동 (Insadong) and you can go there on food from either 종각 (Jonggak) or 종로3가 (Jong-ro sam-ga) subway station.

The phots were taken by 애림. She's going to help me by taking photos of things around her and some places she goes to. Thank you 애림.

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A few weeks ago, on a warm winter day, in a very nice tea house in 삼청동 (Sam Cheong Dong)
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The Spring is here!! Yay! I don't have to wear a coat or a jacket anymore!!!
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Seoul city government recently redesigned the look of the street stalls in Seoul for registered vendors. They look pretty neat, but they could have made a little more space inside. People who sell stuff at these street stalls are usually very old, and they will have a hard time not being able to stretch their legs all they want. T.T
]]> http://www.orientaltrips.net/prettier-street-stalls-in-seoul/feed/ 0 Have you been to Jeju Island? http://www.orientaltrips.net/have-you-been-to-jeju-island/ http://www.orientaltrips.net/have-you-been-to-jeju-island/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:32:00 +0000 Hyunwoo Sun

[Photo by Hyunwoo]

제주도 (Jejudo - Jeju Island).

제주도 is the largest island in Korea, but more importantly, probably the most beautiful place in Korea (in my opinion, at least). You've GOT TO check it out while you're in Korea!

It takes about one hour to fly from Gimpo Airport (in Seoul) to Jeju Airport, and a one-way flight costs about 100,000 won but you can get cheaper tickets too if you use the cheaper airlines.

I've been there three times, and I can't wait to go back there soon!
]]> http://www.orientaltrips.net/have-you-been-to-jeju-island/feed/ 0 The city of Cheon-an http://www.orientaltrips.net/the-city-of-cheon-an/ http://www.orientaltrips.net/the-city-of-cheon-an/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:38:00 +0000 Hyunwoo Sun

I went to 천안(Cheon-an) earlier this week, where I had a very good time and met some great people, and in the photos above you see one of the main downtown areas of 천안(Cheon-an) near the Express Bus Terminal and the Ya-woo-ri Department Store. For Koreans, even if one doesn't know anything else about this city (a lot of people can't pinpoint exactly where it is located on the map), one thing that everybody is sure to know is the it's famous for it's 호두 과자 (hodu gwaja), which means small walnut cakes or cookies.

I went there by express bus, and it took about 1 hour and 10 minutes, and a one-way ticket to 천안 from 서울's 경부선 고속 버스 터미널(Express Bus Terminal, Seoul-Busan Line) was only 4,800 won. And you can even go there by subway, which takes about 1 hour and a half.

So if you're near Cheon-an or in Seoul, be sure to check out Cheon-an! And have some walnut cakes while you're down there. Personally, I was so impressed by how much kinder and warmer people were in general when they meet or talk to strangers while I was there. : )
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