What to expect at the Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)

It’s difficult to overhype the Boryeong Mud Festival as being the ONE thing a majority of foreigners experience while here in Korea. It is safe to say that it brings foreigners from all over the country together, and is one of the only times I’ve been surrounded by...

Destination: National Palace Museum of Korea – a historic look at Korea’s royalty (Seoul, South Korea)

Visiting the National Palace Museum of Korea has been on my to-visit list for awhile, and I finally found the time to get out that way recently. While polished, pretty, and free, more than a few elements seemed repeated from other museums of the sort. It also seems a...

Destination: Deoksugung, part 2 (Seoul, South Korea)

Sometimes the 2nd time around is just as much fun as my first time to Deoksugung. That the area has been under renovation / reconstruction work for the past year means it seems to be always changing in some ways. Some things, however, don’t change, such as the...

Destination: Incheon Central Park / Jungang Park (Incheon)

Recently, I wanted to check out the new section of Incheon’s subway system – a portion of the city that hasn’t been accessible via subway until recently. You may recall that Incheon lengthened their subway on June 1st, so that was all I needed to...

Destination: Busan Aquarium (Busan, South Korea)

Note: I actually visited Busan Aquarium during my recent trip to Haeundae Beach, but have been so busy that I hadn’t actually written the post until just yesterday. Without further ado, here’s Busan Aquarium. Right along Haeundae Beach is Busan Aquarium, a...

Destination: Olympic Park, part 3 – and the Olympic Museum

I would be remiss if I didn’t link to my first trip to the Olympic Park area or the second trip more recently. As mentioned before, Olympic Park is one area where the 1988 Seoul Olympics were held. It’s also a huge park offering everything: wide open...

Destination: Haesindang Park – the park of wooden phalluses, anyone? (Samcheok, Gangwon-do, South Korea) (NSFW)

Author’s note: This post contains some NSFW photos – skip on by if you’re at work, or keep reading if you’re ready for a ride! Haesindang Park (해신당 공원) is quite possibly one of the most… er, unique parks in Korea, rivaled only in stature...

Destination: Expo Park — or — is that a overflowing, radioactive, wedding cake? (Samcheok, Gangwon-do, South Korea))

We continued our Samcheok experience by checking out Expo Park. Within walking distance from Samcheok bus terminal, it’s one of the few tourist enterprises in the area worth coming all the way out here for. We had visited the other one (Haesindang Park –...

Destination: Chuncheon (day trip to Gangwon-do)

This weekend’s trip took my girlfriend and I to Chuncheon. An area of Korea that’s worthy of a daytrip instead of just an afternoon, we hopped on the bus for the hour-and-a-half trip and settled in. After finding ourselves in Chuncheon – and without...

Destination: Hyochang Park – a historic park with tombs (Seoul, South Korea)

Like quite a few places I’ve visited in Seoul, Hyochang Park is a great park with some dead bodies inside. The tombs inside the park hold patriots and martyrs, but no tombs need to be visited to have a good time. The park as a whole is worth an afternoon, and...