Getting Around in Korea

🗺️Forget the Old Itineraries – Here’s How to Travel Korea Right in 2025

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Back when I was traveling the world, things looked a lot different. Travelers would go out, explore, then blog about it—offering a fresh perspective from the road. Would-be travelers? They’d devour those posts and follow those footsteps to the T. Fast forward to now, and those same itineraries are getting recycled into “exclusive” travel packages. […]

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5 Different Reasons Why Koreans would Wear Masks

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I am inspired to write this after yesterday’s post about whether or not it’s right to wear masks during this coronavirus outbreak. But yeah this is a common question tourists ask while they were sightseeing throughout their tours of Korea even before the outbreak existed: Why do people wear masks in Korea? It is a

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Snacks to try in a Korean Convenience Store

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So hopefully on your tour of Korea, you come here eating the best Korean food for your breakfast, lunch and dinner. But then there’s late at night when you are sitting in your hotel and wanting something quick to take back to your suite. There are convenient stores all over Korea. Pretty much on every

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How to get a discount right away in Myeongdong – Buying Discounted Gift Certificates

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So I am in Myeongdong at least once a week doing a Seoul city tour. While I’m there I am always checking out the great street food, the rates on the US dollar as well as the prices of sangpumgwon (상품권). That’s pronounced Sahng-Poom-Guwon. Memorize that word because it will give you an automatic discount

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Common Mistakes Tourists make in Korea (part 2 of 2)

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So last week I wrote up a post about the top common mistakes tourists make when they come to Korea. It was getting to be long so I broke it up into two parts. That was 1 through 5 and now I’m presenting the last 5 this week. They come in no particular order. Again,

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