How to Hike Mount Inwangsan: The Best View of Seoul

Seoul is an immense city with many neighborhoods and is cut in half by the Han River. Saying this, it’s almost impossible to get a view of the city in total. However, there is a mountain close to Seoul, Mount Inwangsan, that’ll give you the best view of Seoul that you can get … even […]

How to Climb Bukhansan: the Closest Mountain to Seoul, South Korea

If you live in or near Seoul or you are just visiting and want to go on an adventure one day, hiking Bukhansan is a great option. Bukhansan National Park is just north of Seoul. Baegundae Peak is the highest part of the mountain and is 840 m (or 2700 ft) above sea level. Depending […]

22 Interesting Things I’ve Learned Living in South Korea

When people think about South Korea, the first things that often pop into their head are Psy, Korean barbeque, or North Korea. However, there is so much more to South Korea than meets the eye. After being nearly completely destroyed during the Korean War, it has rapidly risen up to become one of the most […]

2 Most Important Things to Know Before Traveling to Japan

Of course, after spending only 6 days in Japan I can’t give you a detailed list complete with itineraries and the best activities to do in the land of the rising sun. However, I can definitely tell you the two things that surprised me the most about Japan, that I definitely would have liked to […]

Cheapest Way to Visit the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in South Korea

It’s one of the most heavily fortified and militarized borders in the world. It has more than 1 million mines spread throughout. It separates one of the world’s most isolated countries with one of the world’s most modern.   And if you read our article with 13 Places to Visit in South Korea Outside Seoul, you’ll […]

How to Visit the Free Samsung Museum in Suwon, South Korea

Suwon is a very comfortable city to live in and worth a visit if you are staying in Seoul. Its main attraction is the Hwaseong Fortress and all of the gates, walls, and bridges that make up this immense complex of almost 6 kilometers in length. However, there are many other things to do in […]

How to Visit North Korea on a Budget

    Alright, let’s get this out of the way – Yes, you can visit North Korea (or officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK). Yes, we have personally visited for 10 days without any issues. And no, it’s not quite as out-of-reach as you might imagine. However, you can’t visit independently. You […]

101 Pictures of North Korea: Pyongyang – Part 1

Last year, we went to North Korea for 10 days. No, I didn’t mistype. Yes, that’s the ‘bad’ Korea – the one you’re always seeing in the news.  And yes, I got out alive. (And I was, at no point during the trip, actually fearful that I might not.) (If you’d like to find out […]

101 Pictures of North Korea: Pyongyang – Part 2

As promised, here’s round 2 of pictures from our trip to North Korea. If you haven’t already, be sure to head over to part 1 first to read the introduction and get some background. Alright, here it goes:                                   […]