Tagged: Around Korea

Trip to Yeosu Expo 2012 (2 of 12): The Big “O” Show

The Big "O" Show is definitely the highlight of the Expo. Our seats were on the back-side and still, the performance was impressive. I can only imagine how much better it would have been had we secured a spot on the other side of the grounds. I took a video...

Trip to Yeosu Expo 2012 (1 of 12): Around the Expo Grounds

I've always loved Yeosu; it's a beautiful city on a small peninsula off the southern coast of Korea. (Visit in Google Maps.) So, of course, we definitely  had to make the trip down for the Yeosu Expo 2012. For some reason, the event's gotten some bad press, but we were...

The Big “O” at Yeosu Expo 2012 (By Treasure)

The Big “O” at Yeosu Expo 2012 (By Treasure)

We went to Yeosu. We were there for about 9 hours. There were so many stuff to do there we couldn’t see all of the places. We went in to different country museums. I barely remember the names of the different countries. Then after going to a lot of museams...

Bible Guy at Suweon Station

With church hymns blaring out of the speakers on his decorated old folks scooter, this guy's message is simple and clear: "Live in Heaven with Jesus or Go to Hell!"

Day in Incheon (6 of 6): Weolmi Amusement Park

Cauvery patiently humored me at the historical sites and after we'd seen all that, we headed back to the amusement park on Weolmi Island for some fun, now that it was later in the day and there were more people to share the experience with. This spot marks the first...

Day in Incheon (5 of 6): Freedom Park

Freedom Park sits right above the old foreign sector and includes the 100-year memorial to the establishment of US-Korea diplomatic relations (photo 2), the statue of Macarthur (photo 3) and the Chemulpo Club (photo 3), which used to be where the important foreigners in the area hung out. (Visit in...

Day in Incheon (3 of 6): Chinatown

As far as I know, this is the only Chinatown in Korea and is located in the area of old Chemulpo where the foreigners were allowed to live. This is apparently where Jajangmyeon was first developed as a "Chinese food". (Visit in Google Maps.)