Gyeongju-Busan-Seoul Vacation 2012 – Trip Overview

Having enjoyed our vacation in Jeju island in autumn of 2011, we had been looking forward to visiting Korea again. Having more confidence after our successful and enjoyable Jeju trip in spite of the language barrier, we were keen to visit some outlying areas of Korea (not just Seoul) in this trip. A friend had visited Gyeongju during her year-end vacation and recommended this place for us to visit....

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Gyeongju-Busan-Seoul Day 1 - Getting from Seoul Incheon Airport to Gyeongju by AREX, KTX and Bus

3 May 2012 We arrived at Seoul’s Incheon International Airport at about 3.40 PM in the afternoon. Instead of spending the night in Seoul, my plan was to make the journey to Gyeongju upon landing. There are a couple of options for the journey there. By airport limousine bus, by train or by KTX  (Korea’s bullet train). We choose the fastest but slightly more expensive option by KTX. Unfortunately,...

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Gyeongju-Busan-Seoul Day 2 (Part 1) – Enjoy Spring flowers by Bomun Lake

4 May 2012 The morning of Day 2 in South Korea started slow with a breakfast of instant noodles on the balcony of Hyundai Hotel, overlooking Bomun Lake. The photo above shows the bird’s eye view of Bomun Lake from balcony of Hyundai Hotel looking north. We could see the Gyeongju Tower in the distance from the balcony and near to the tower is the Shilla Millenium Park, our first stop for the day....

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Gyeongju-Busan-Seoul Day 2 (Part 2) - Shilla Millenium Park

4 May 2012 Shilla Millennium Park is a theme park in Gyeingju integrating both education and entertainment about the history and culture of the Silla Period. Focusing on the Silla Period (57 BC - AD 935), the park reproduces Silla architecture and a village of aristocrats and offers symbolic architecture such as Emile Tower and Seokbinggo. If not for the Queen Seondeok Korean TV period drama that...

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