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Day 92 – Hong Kong
Today we caught Bus 85 to Tai Wai Subway Station. From here we walked to a bicycle rental shop call Extreme Bikes. The owner David was very chill. It was $60 HKD / $10.60 AUD to hire a bike for the entire day with a $300 HKD / $53.02 AUD deposit. The only down side […]
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Day 91 – Hong Kong
Today was our first day to explore Hong Kong. We decided to go to Victoria Peak, via the Peak Tram. After catching the 101 Bus we arrived at the lower Peak Tram Station. Here we waited one hour in line to buy tickets. I recommend pre booking tickets or getting there early to beat the […]
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Day 90 – Seoul to Hong Kong
Seoul Today we left Air Hostel in Seoul, which was a really good Hostel. I highly recommend it. Upon leaving the Manager, David gave us some biscuits and chocolate saying it was a good bye gift. I am such a cheap recommendation! We went to the airport, looking to top up our T-Money card with […]
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Day 89 – Seoul
Today we had a to get to the City Hall Station at 7:30am which was a bit of a struggle as the temperature when we woke up was zero degrees! After buying some food from CU (convenience store) we got to the City Hall Station and awaited pick up. On time a large bus arrived […]
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Day 88 – Seoul
Today started our exploring after midday. We used the subway and then walked to Bukchon Hanok Village, which is an old styled village. It was a Monday so some things were closed. There wasn’t really much to see, but there was some cool old style buildings. The experience might be better if the cultural activities […]
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Day 87 – Busan to Seoul
Despite the lack of sleep everyone in the dorm room was awake at 8am. We walked to Nampo Train Station, which was uncharacteristically empty, which is when panic set in, as we started thinking, maybe there will be a reduced train schedule on Sundays, like we have back home. I’m pleased to say its not. […]
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Day 86 – Busan
By the time we woke up and got ready to leave, it was well past midday. We ended up going to the top of Lotte Department Store, which is a massive shopping centre. On the top is a very cool observatory floor / garden. From here we watched the Yeongdodaegyo Bridge being lifted, which occurs […]
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Day 85 – Busan
Today we woke up surprisingly early (10am 😂) and had breakfast before catching a bus 30 minutes to Taejongdae Resort Park. The Park, has a few attractions to check out including a Pebble Yard, Temples, War Memorials and a lighthouse. A complete loop around Taejongdae Resort Park by foot took around 1.5 hours. There is […]
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Day 84 – Gyeongju to Busan
Today we walked down to the Gyeongju Intercity Bus Terminal after checking out from Apple Hotel. At the bus terminal there was two options towards Busan and google maps was not showing either with the exact same spelling so we went to the counter and showed them the hostels address and they sold us the […]
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Day 83 – Gyeongju
Today we woke up and had cereal for breakfast after years. It’s super easy to pack in the bag and cheap. I recommend it for anyone who is looking to save a few WON in Korea. After breakfast we walked down the road to the bus stop to catch the number 10 bus to Bulguksa […]
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Day 82 – Gyeongju
Today we went to the Ancient Tombs in Noseo-dong which were a very close walk from the Apple Motel. The tombs are essentially mounds, but they are still respected so no climbing is allowed. For some reason, while walking through the tombs, I kept thinking about the Pyramids of Giza. However, these mounds were made […]
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Day 81 – Sokcho to Gyeongju
Due to having one of the most expensive bus trips we were going to take in South Korea, we decided to have a big breakfast at our hostel in Sokcho. We left Story House and walked to the Sokcho Intercity Bus Terminal. We bought a few snacks for the bus ride on from a small […]
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Day 80 – Sokcho
In the morning we walked to the Intercity Bus Terminal (the one we should have gotten off the bus a few days ago) and bought tickets to our next destination for tomorrow. We bought some food from the convenience store and waited for the bus to arrive for our second day of visiting the Seoraksan […]
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Day 79 – Sokcho
Today we woke up early and went to Seoraksan National Park on the 7-1 bus. Considering how rural we are, I was surprised that the bus had English announcements for all major stops. Also it was funny to see, all the bus stops looked like flip flops…maybe I just miss summer. The bus ride took […]
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Day 78 – Chuncheon to Sokcho
Today we bused to the Animation Museum in Chuncheon, after leaving Sh Guesthouse. Naver Maps once again mentioned to take bus 81, which is the same number of the bus that never appeared yesterday. The website for the Animation Museum mentions to take the 82 bus from Chuncheon Station and just our luck, the 82 […]
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