As part of Minnie and Mickey Mouse “Disney Shorts,” where they have various adventures, the couple have now arrived in South Korea. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse visit Namsan Tower, the most famous landmark in Seoul. Namsan Tower is known as the best date place, where couples take a lock to symbolize their eternal love and fasten it to the …
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Selfies Are Ruining Your Life
Go to any tourist hot-spot in Korea and you will find people taking selfies. Lots of selfies. I find it hard to imagine there’s a country that takes more. According to Mashable.com, a new survey has found that people are so obsessed with taking pictures for social media these days that they are ruining their own lives. To briefly sum …
Jeju Island Poet: Read it, Feel it, Someday
During our 2 week trip around Jeju Island by bicycle we stayed in the sleepy town of Gosanri on the western side of South Korea’s Jeju Island. We heard about a Jeju Island poet, Jo Sungwon, in a local cafe. Jo had escaped from a high-pressure engineering job in Seoul and was living a simple, hermitic existence in a …
5 of Jeju Island’s Best Cafés
Jeju is South Korea’s holiday mecca, and sells itself as a place where you can slow down and enjoy the good things in life – nature, clean air, ocean, fresh fruit, restaurants, coffee…. As a result, Jeju has a plethora of unusual and intriguing cafes. Here are some of our favorites – we consider them among Jeju Island’s best cafés. …