Sung Bum-young’s bonsai garden is a “can’t miss” experience on Korea’s Jeju island
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Visit South Korea’s information kiosks and they’ll help with just about everything
The modern, industrialized nation of South Korea is a wonderful place to visit for the westerner, with loads of historical places, museums, and geographical treasures. One challenge for the traveler is that many Koreans don’t speak English. This can present problems for westerners ranging from trying to find a particular business, to renting hotels and […]
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 »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
Read the rest of this entry »Walk the ancient stone rampart walls at Suwon, South Korea’s walled city, just outside of Seoul
Visit the ancient Korean walled city of Suwon, just a half-hour by train outside of Seoul
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis product review: a wristwatch compass that’s efficient and inexpensive
Carry this great small compass with you whenever you’re in an unfamliar place
Read the rest of this entry »Visiting for a few hours on beautiful U-Do Island, Korea
U-Do island is only 15 minutes by ferry from South Korea’s Jeju island, and worth a visit
Read the rest of this entry »Korea’s traditional Haenyeo female freedivers pass into history: see them while you can
Traditional Korean haenyeo female divers are quickly becoming a thing of the past; see them now, while you can.
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis product review: a Korean world class GPS unit, the AVOL HN90R8
Here’s a GPS device that will make traveling by auto in Korea a lot more easy for English-speaking travelers
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