Stories of a couch potato
If you’re getting sick of Seoul, take a day trip to Suwon Hwaseong Fortress. Suwon is an hour away by subway, south of all the hustle and bustle. A good part of Suwon has stable public wifi—which I discovered by getting on the bus at the wrong stop. I got off the subway at Suwon … Read More
Some people say that it’s the people you meet who will make or break your trip. It’s more or less true when I think of my short stay in Busan. A beautiful port city in the south, Busan has a rich history and culture that feels all too different from the coldness of Seoul. While … Read More
My obsession with the river began with getting lost. I wanted to go to Seonyudo, what seemed to be a small island on the river. But after almost an hour-long journey, I realized that I must have passed it and ended up at Seongsan Bridge, one of 27 bridges that cross the Han River. I … Read More
On my first full day in Korea, I stayed in a part of Incheon called Cheong-na. When I first placed the reservation for my Airbnb, I clearly did not know what I was signing up for. It was a rainy morning. I woke up in a bedroom that wasn’t mine, and remembered quickly that I … Read More
This is what all the blog posts say: “Hongdae is lively,” “It’s where the night life is at,” “It’s cool and hip,” etc. This is what they don’t say: Hongdae smells like garbage. The first thing I noticed when I left through exit 6 of Hongik University station (the station where “Hongdae” is located) was the … Read More