Seoul’s subway is easy to use, once you take a day or so to learn it
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Seoul: a Riot of color and design on the streets of Korea
Color and design are everywhere on the streets of Seoul
Read the rest of this entry »Andong Maskdance Festival, held annually, showcases Korean and International mask culture
Andong’s annual mask dance festival is a major event in South Korea’s arts calendar
Read the rest of this entry »How to avoid car rental snafus on Korea’s Jeju Island
Here at WoWasis, the worst car rental snafu we ever had was in Manila. We booked a car from a well-known rental car company, and when we got to Manila, there was no desk and no representative. It turns out that there hadn’t been one for months. On Korea’s Jeju Island, we nearly had a […]
Read the rest of this entry »5 tips to using a computer on the road while in Korea
Note: Plan on using your computer in Korea? Print this page before you go, and take it with you. As we discussed in our post on using telephones in Korea, this technologically advanced country is unlike other Asian countries with which you may be familiar. In the case of personal computers, there are relatively few […]
Read the rest of this entry »Antiquities and crafts shopping in Seoul, South Korea
Shopping for antiquities and crafts in Seoul can be rewarding, provided you go to the right areas
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: Hank Kim’s ‘Ask a Korean Dude’
Veteran Korean journalist Kim Hyung-geun, who goes by the name Hank Kim, has written an informative guide to Korean customs and culture that worth reading before the visitor makes his or her first trip to Korea, Ask a Korean Dude: An Authoritative and Irreverent Guide to the Korea Experience (2012, ISBN 978-89-97639-00-7 03040). The book […]
Read the rest of this entry »The ‘Italy Towel’ is that funny piece of cloth handing from your Korean hotel’s towel rack
It’s funny how sometimes the most common items are never discussed in travel guides. The Korean “Italy towel” is one of them. Every hotel in Korea, it seems, has one of these rough-toothed cloths handing from the towel rack or sitting rolled up in a basket. What’s it for? It’s there to help defoliate dead […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hahoe Folk Village outside of Andong: a Korean “Can’t Miss”
The annual Andong Maskdance Festival held in South Korea includes a nearby trip to Hahoe Folk Village
Read the rest of this entry »Visit South Korea’s historic city of Gyeongju in 2 days… by city bus!
Korea’s historical city of Gyeongju is worth seeing, and you can see lots in only 2 days, inexpensively, by city bus
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