Some weeks ago I arranged to take part in a scientific experiment in Incheon; basically I get payed 30,000won to sit in an MRI scanner and watch commercials for 45mins. And in return I get to see the inside of my brain! Couldn’t pass up an opportunity like that, so I headed down to Incheon [...]
Archive for November, 2007
The Weird and The Wonderful…
Posted in South Korea, miscellaneous, tagged dr fish, Incheon, love motel, mri scan on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My first Adventure Korea experience…
Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, tagged Adventure Korea, hiking, Joryungsan, Songnisan on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…and boy was it good! I went rock climbing at Mt Songnisan Adventure School and ridge hiking along Joryungsan, Chungcheongbuk-do (about 3 hours south of Seoul).
Here’s the description of my weekend from the Adventure Korea website:
The first day, we will be trained climbing and rappel at the natural rock. Height will be 35 meters. 4 [...]
Changdeokgung Palace
Posted in South Korea, heritage sites, tagged Changdeokgung on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to my Lonely Planet, “Seoul has five ancient palaces, which is probably three more than most travelers need to visit. If you have time to visit just one, try to arrange your schedule to visit this one.” Having already seen Deoksugung, I decided Changdeokgung would have to be next on my agenda.
It’s a UNESCO [...]
Halloween
Posted in South Korea, culture, tagged Dongdaemun, Halloween on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Although Halloween is not celebrated in Korea, for me the preparations and celebrations went on for a whole week. It started with shopping on friday. We went to Dongdaemun in search of a wholesale shoe market – which we never actually found – but there were more than enough other stalls and shops open that [...]
