Seosan City

Team I was just given this link by a very special friend of mine. I am thinking of going to Seosan now to see the place. It looks really interesting and a little off the track so I think it is worth my visit.

You can see more about it here...

http://www.seosantour.net/cnt/en/main.do#pop2

I will give a full report of the place when I see it.

cheers.

Korean Air tribute

I just found this on youtube team. I think it is good. It shows the good things about KAL. A good video read indeed !

Incheon International Airport

Team

I managed to get out of this from Youtube about Incheon International Airport. This is a really cool video about a really nice airport. Its a young airport on the move team, and you should have a look at this and be a genuine part of it. View til your heart melts.

Up up and away ....

Time to go flying with Korean Air !!!!!

Namdaemun Markets

Hi there team,

I was recently fortunate enough to be able to get to the Namdaemun Markets in Seoul.   It sure is an interesting place !!

Its a smorgasbord of blend-o-rama.    You can find almost everything and certainly anything here.   You have scrumptious foodstalls, Weird and wacky accesories, gym and health supplements, all the latest sports merchandise.... you have it all team !!!!

Here are some neat youtubes about Namdaemun Market...



Thanks to Joytraveller for that one. And another...




Namdaemun Market is an institution team.  

To find out more about it you can check it out here......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namdaemun_Market

http://www.namdaemunmarket.co.kr/

http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_2.jsp?cid=273760

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Travel2/4

Do yourself a favour and drop on by.   You are bound to find something here to tickle your fancy.  

Amsa-dong Prehistoric settlement on Youtube !

Heres a youtube of where I went to on Saturday team !!! I hope you enjoy it !

Deoksugung on Youtube !

Oh yeh team I found this video for Deoksugung, the place I visited yesterday. You should check it out !!

Deoksugung Palace, Seoul

Team,

Today I was fortunate enough to visit Deoksugung Palace in Seoul.   I must say I quite liked the place.   The old style architecture was really appealing and the place had a real genuine sense of peace and quiet about it. 

Deoksugung Palace is located almost directly alongside City Hall in Seoul, so all you need to do is get off at City Hall station ( lines 1,2, and 3 ) and just head out the City Hall exit, and you will see it.

Deoksugung Palace was firstr built in the late 1400s as a residence for King Wolsan.   It became somewhat of a royal palace in 1592, after King Seonjo took up residence there during the Japanese invasion of Korea, and it received its first name change back in 1607 when King Gwanghaegun gave it the name Gyeongungung. 

The Palace also saw a coronation in 1623, when the coronation of King Injo took place there.  It was also named Seogung until 1897

In 1897, King Gojong declared that it would be from the Palace that the " Great Han Empire " would come to fruition, and had the Palace renamed Gyeongungung for a second time. 

A final name change to Deoksugung took place in 1907 under the reign of King Sojong.  

You can see lots of pics and all about the Palace here team

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Travel2/seoul/65

http://jikimi.cha.go.kr/english/royal_palaces_new/Deoksugung.jsp

http://english.visitseoul.net/en/subindex.do?_method=info&m=0002000001007&p=07


Its well worth the visit team, and you will be seeing a true Korean Icon in doing so.