Showing posts with label south korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south korea. Show all posts

Well, I am glad I did not toss the black dress I packed for Kay's wedding because I got to use it in yet another wedding, this time... ...

A Korean Wedding and Sokcho!!!

Well, I am glad I did not toss the black dress I packed for Kay's wedding because I got to use it in yet another wedding, this time... Korean style!

I do not know if there is such a thing as a Korean style wedding but the wedding I attended was a weird mix of Western with some (maybe) Korean aspects.

We got to the wedding hall and it was full of people and big flower arrangements that looked like the coronas we send back home in El Salvador when people pass away!


I have to start by saying that I made a huge mistake and I underestimated the beauty and the traveling potential of South Korea!!! I really...

Seoul

I have to start by saying that I made a huge mistake and I underestimated the beauty and the traveling potential of South Korea!!! I really haven't heard much about South Korea and it is not really in the "traveling map" of a lot of people.

Before going to South Korea of course I reached out to my friend Bianca for some advice since she has been living there for 13 years. She said that I could spend a year in South Korea but I know just how much she loves it so I settled for 10 days... HUGE HUGE HUGE mistake! South Korea is beautiful! It deserves twice that much time or even more but the good part is... I will be coming back for more!!!

After Busan I took a fast speed train all the way to Seoul and spent the next 6 days staying with Bianca, having fresh green smoothies (thanks to her awesome vitamix skills) every morning and eating fresh almond butter... I was in heaven!

First things first... Dinner...
Bianca cooked a delicious meal and made salad... ahhhh I missed salad and veggies so much! In Japan there was such a lack of fresh vegetables and they consider a salad a bed of cabbage with some shredded carrots on top and 5 pieces of corn... but now... it's fruit and veggies galore! I'm happy!

After eating dinner we went for a looooong walk around Seoul.

We started right outside of her door and walked through the wall of Seoul


I spent my last night in Japan in Fukuoka but there wasn't really anything to do in there. I went to the tourist information to ask fo...

Made it to South Korea!!!

I spent my last night in Japan in Fukuoka but there wasn't really anything to do in there. I went to the tourist information to ask for some guidance and the girl just kept saying "shopping, shopping" after many back and forth of "shopping" and "no shopping" she gave me a map to Canal street (or something like that.) I imagined a little Venice... but no... it was a shopping mall that the only thing it had in common with Venice was how easy one can get lost in the alleys!

The next day I took the ferry to Busan from Fukuoka in the late afternoon. Once I got to South Korea I got my passport stamped and the officer had a good laugh at the fact that I was staying at the "Kimchee guesthouse" haha. 
I Proceeded to the metro and made it to my hostel. In the room I met one girl from Jakarta, Indonesia, and soon after 2 Czech girls walked in.  We started talking and soon we were all on the floor talking about the sightseeing spots in Busan. 

I really find it better to stay in hostels with shared rooms than hotels by myself since I get to meet other travelers and explore the city with them. After planning some sight seeing we were all starving so we went to grab some Korean food together!

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