Four Hours in Seoul

Newsweek’s BJ Lee gives his suggestions for four hours in Seoul.  Not exactly what I would do. Any suggestions?

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on July 5, 2007 at 10:25 am, filed under Asides, Korean Culture. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

7 Comments

  1. Sperwer your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 10:39 am | Permalink

    Only if you have a heli for transport.

  2. Dram_man your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 10:49 am | Permalink

    Sprew> No kidding. You will spend four hours in a taxi going between all those points given Seoul’s traffic. Not the best way to see Korea.

  3. Dram_man your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    Also reminds me of what I do when I entertain business clients. They get to Seoul often enough that another “red ginseng chicken soup” restaurant is all the same. So I take them to sometimes literal holes the wall I know, short on fashion but long on secret insider feel.

    Hmm..four hours for a tourist…First would be people watching in Dongdaemun to get the hustle and bustle of Seoul. A walk along Chonggaechon to Chongno5-ga for a Udong shop for a light lunch. Back on the stream to Insa-dong for trinket shopping and gallery viewing ending with tea in one of the secluded tea houses in back.

  4. gbnhj your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    Are these four consecutive hours? No way could you do that in one afternoon or evening.

    So what’s a good plan? That’s a puzzler, but for some folks (as Dram_man’s noted), a trip down to the Kangnam area for a visit to the optician seems to be popular.

  5. Linkd your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    My guests from North America and Asia have had eye-popping, photo-snapping delightful times going to Noryangjin fish market, picking live seafood out of the miles of aquariums, photographing the execution and dismemberment of said seafood, then retiring with armfuls of provender to nearby shik-dangs for a smokey, noisy, highly alcoholic feast.

  6. gbnhj your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 11:39 am | Permalink

    Linkd’s idea is good. Considering that the market and restaurants are in operation through the night and into the early morning, it’ll fit most any schedule.

  7. Grumpy your flag
    Posted July 5, 2007 at 11:41 am | Permalink

    I think the intent was to do ONE of those events if you have 4 hours to kill and you are at the Chosun, Lotte, or Koreana Hotels.

    What about a four hour eye lid surgery?

    Or, a four hour taxi ride when there is a demonstration.

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