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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:59:40 +0000

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By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:10:01 +0000

hahaha…. they should have advertised that the scenes were shot at Korean Folk Village and that the park also grows marijuana.

By: Yu Bumsuk

Yu Bumsuk — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:26:47 +0000

Nice video, but what are eccentric European families going to think when they find out that they can’t actually spend a weekend at a Korean folk village getting treated like royalty?

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:34:07 +0000

Boycott all Korean products. And besides, Japan is a much better place to travel.

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:44:01 +0000

Yeah, that had me wondering. How much does it cost to stay at a Korean Folk Village? I didn’t know it was possible.

By: kpmsprtd

kpmsprtd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:07:37 +0000

I liked the music a lot. Other than that, I guess the video accurately portrayed Korea–for travellers intending to stay within the confines of folk village museums. Of course, when one walks out the gate of the folk village, there are those hard-partying B-Boys again!

By: madar

madar — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:47:56 +0000

sorry, point 3

By: madar

madar — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:46:14 +0000

#18 re point 2

Seoul is a 24 hour city. You never have to stop and can get anything you want at almost any time. This is a feat only a very large city can perform, and many do not due to local laws. It’s one of the things I love about Seoul. (Like seeing a movie at 4 am in 동대문. Haven’t done it in a few years, hope the theater is still open.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:11:24 +0000

I’m sure with you there, bum. Hiking the pine-crags and stopping off at the colorful temples along the way…

By: bumfromkorea

bumfromkorea — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54:57 +0000

A friend of mine (2nd generation Indian-American, if you must know) just got back from a trip to Korea - before anyone thinks anything, I had nothing to do with it.

Here’s what he liked
1. ‘cool’ and beautiful looking ancient buildings and their approximation (and therefore sharp contrast to) to modern buildings
2. ‘Street culture’ and, more prominently, the ’street cuisine’. The dude apparently had like 100 tons of 떡볶이 over there.
3. How Seoul is ‘alive’ even late at night… I wasn’t so sure what that meant.
4. Hiking, hiking, and more hiking. In fact, this was his favorite part of the trip.

From this, I think the tourism should focus a lot more on the fact that you can’t drive in Korea for more than 10 minutes without running into a great place for hiking. .