2019 was the best year in Korean tourism ever with 17,502,623 tourists coming into the country. In comes 2020, with the Novel Coronavirus infecting 10’s of thousands of people and killing thousands worldwide, we are probably looking right into the face of one of the worst travel recessions that will happen in recent history. I …
So I’ve been a tour guide in Korea for a while now. During these years, I’ve seen a common pattern of tourist behavior. There’s the good, the ugly and then the totally innocent mistakes. I have jotted down what I believe are the top 10 common (and honest) mistakes they make when coming to Korea. …
Common Mistakes Tourists make when visiting Korea (part 1 of 2) Read More »
Just kidding. The mud is shallow and safe to play in and great fun! What’s probably now known as the most famous mud festival in the entire world, the 10 day Boryeong Mud Festival is came to another close last week. Another successful year it was. We went through tons of mud, a slew of …
Even though it’s winter now, we still manage to get a lot of tourists in during this time. The snow is quite magical and Korea has some of the best ski resorts all throughout Asia. On the other hand, it can get wickedly cold here and you have to know how to get around quickly and …
The Myeongdong Underground – Navigating through the Mall tunnels Read More »
South Korea is a nation of about 50 million people… ..of which, 24 million of us live in the greater Seoul area. That’s roughly half the entire population. 10 million of us live within the Seoul city limits, but then there’s an additional 14 million of us that live in these surrounding satellite cities like …
A brief look at the Seoul Metro and getting around Read More »
