South Korea - July 2006

After 6.5 hours flying toBali, 4 hours on the ground, and another 6.5 hours on to South Korea we were not feeling bright and cheerful when we landed at Incheon at 8.30 am on Sunday, July 23. However from then on it has been fantastic. Seoul would have to be the best kept tourist secret, as there aren't many tourists here that we have seen. On checking into our hotel, Fraser Suites, we were upgraded to a 3 bedroom apartment, with stunning views over central Seoul, and high speed internet access in our study!!!!!


Andy arrived not long after this and we went exploring this area, Insadong, which is full of art galleries, craft shops and wonderful traditional Korean restaurants up every little alley.








We ended up at a tiny authentic restaurant for lunch, with Andy ordering in Korean, thank goodness as none of the menu was in English....not unusual in fact, so we were grateful that he was there. It was fantastic to see him after 6 months and to catch up on his activities.


After lunch he took us to see the Cheonggyecheon Stream which was the original water supply for Seoul six hundred years ago and it has recently been restored making it a beautiful place for the locals to relax, and then we walked on to Dongdaemun Markets. Not what we were expecting as I have never wanted to wear a T-shirt emblazoned with Mickey Mouse or any of his mates!!, but the locals seem to love him.











We ate at another traditional pancake restaurant that evening, so by the time we leave we are hoping to have tried every different style of Korean delicacy.