Thanks to long weekend in Japan the opportunity to visit South Korea (and also a little bit of North Korea) became reality. At the airport we found out that plane had been delayed around 4 hours, so we had enough time to hang around Narita and check all fast-food spots. When we checked-in it turned out that our plane is really huge, almost like JamboJet. It wouldn't be surprising but the distance from Tokyo to Seoul is really short (around 3-4 hours). I have never seen such a big machine on a similar air-route in Europe. Usually they use small short-distance jets. Anyway, After arrival to Seoul we were welcomed by a freezing temperature..
All the pictures are placed in Picasa Album (link is on the right frame). Below you can find also links to Fabio's (my trip mate, Italian) Picasa Album containing pictures from the trip:
How is Korea? It is quite similar to Japan but everything is at least twice cheaper! If you come from Japan than Korea is like a paradise for you. You buy and buy everything you want.. You don't have to care about metro and last train, enjoy taxis ;) I met there a German guy living in China who told me that Korea is pretty expensive comparing to China.. So everything depends on a place you come from.
Street next to the hotel. Most of the buildings are quite low.
I was told that it is famous. Have no idea about that but it looks nice.
Do you still remember FIFA World Cup 2002?
On the first day we joined a one-day trip organized by local tourist agency to Korean Demilitarized Zone. It was unbelievable experience to see North Korean facilities and soldiers next to you and cross a border to North Korea inside one of the border buildings. There were a lot of safety instructions and rules. One of the most incomprehensible was a ban on wearing torn or faded jeans. Why? Because during the trip we were all the time observed by North Koran agents. They would use it as propaganda showing that people from west are so pour that they must wear old and worn-out clothes ;) Sandals were also forbidden just in case of emergency evacuation. We were lucky joining that trip because the following day all the trips were canceled due to bad weather conditions and poor visibility. Soldiers cancel the trips whenever they aren't able to see what North Korea is doing on their side.
Border between North and South Korea.
North Korea.
With South Korean Soldier.
Seoul..
Seoul tower.
Market in Seoul.
Seoul.
Seoul close to hotel..
In museum ;)
The second day we went to Swan. On of the biggest cities close to Seoul. Very beautiful mountain and its monuments are placed close to the city.
Swan..
On the top of the mountain.
Fish market in Swan.
Swan.
Seoul in the nigh.
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