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

Leave a Comment / Getting Around in Korea, Inside Info, intro to Korea, Korean People, pulse, Tours in Korea / fobwannabe

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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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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Rolling in the Deep…Mud

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Just kidding. The mud is shallow and safe to play in and great fun! What’s probably now known as the most famous mud festival in the entire world, the 10 day Boryeong Mud Festival is came to another close last week. Another successful year it was. We went through tons of mud, a slew of

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Jeju Island – A Cheaper Alternative to other cities in Korea

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Budget travel is at the top of everyone’s list these days. Here’s a post that will show you a cheaper alternative to traveling to other cities in Korea by means of Jeju Island. Once thought of a place that’s a paradise to go to in the summertime can now be enjoyed in the winter with the cheap flight tickets most budget airlines are offering there now.

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