Category: Traveling

We finished our ice skating activity at the Seoul Plaza past 11AM, and it was about time to figure out lunch and also for the kids to find a place to sit down and rest their legs after all the

We received alerts on our mobile phones yesterday evening that Seoul was expecting heavy snowfall that was going to start late at night. That was very welcomed news for us: because we’ve been in Seoul for a week now and

We didn’t know quite what to expect at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, but we’d certainly heard that the place is a must-stop spot when in Seoul. We headed to the multi-purpose cultural complex in the early afternoon after our visit

We had a free day today after we cancelled our day trip to visit the Wondae-ri Birch Forest as the itinerary activity was changed to Mt. Sorak in lieu of adverse weather. We kept our free day’s activities light and

The missus did quite a bit of research to find tide timings at Tando Port, just so that we would be able to walk the paved surface that cuts across the mudflats to see the wind turbines up close, and

We left the Irwol Botanical Garden at 11 AM, and drove for 45 minutes to reach the Tando Port Area. The Klook itinerary was for us to find lunch in the area first, but it seemed that our driver misunderstood

We had a relatively long stretch of time to spend in Seoul during this trip. And as this was our second time to South Korea, we were deliberately trying to avoid doing similar things, even though the previous trip was

It was 3PM by the time we got back to Seoul city from our day trip to the DMZ. Too early for dinner, so we opted to be dropped off at Hongdae Station to explore the area a little bit

After the very informative but also sobering visit to the DMZ, our visit to the Gamaksan Suspension Bridge felt like filler! The bridge is about 30 minutes outside the DMZ, and was opened in 2018. The bridge is 220 meters

No visit to South Korea is complete without a visit to the DMZ, and I really looked forward to this day trip. However, since summer 2023, the Joint Security Area section of the DMZ has been closed to tourists. That

Our initial plan in the itinerary was to explore Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggyecheon Stream, then finish the day at Dongdaemun. We were fairly tired though at this point, with each of us already having clocked around 18,000 steps. We also

Insadong was an easy 20 minute walk from the Bukchon Hanok Village. The area is actually famous for its pedestrianized main street, and both sides of the street are filled with cafes, teahouses, restaurants, and shops. What particularly fascinated us