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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: Toronto Star on Seoul as a Tourist Destination |
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Night and day, Seoul is the one
Ancient temples rub shoulders with corporate giants in this fascinating city
Aug 28, 2008 04:30 AM
Richard Ouzounian
http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/485756
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SEOUL�It's one city by day, another by night. And they are both amazing.
Seoul is one of the largest and most fascinating places in the world. According to 2008 estimates, it's currently the third largest urban area in the world in terms of population (20 million) ranking behind only Tokyo and New York. |
It's a good article, but I did notice a factual inaccuracy:
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| Since time immemorial, Cheonggyecheon Creek, a nearly six-kilometre stream, crossed Seoul flowing east to west, separating north from south much like the Seine does in Paris. |
The Han River separates Seoul from north from South, not the Cheonggyecheon! |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice. I like to read good things about Seoul! |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Toronto Star on Seoul as a Tourist Destination |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
It's a good article, but I did notice a factual inaccuracy:
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| Since time immemorial, Cheonggyecheon Creek, a nearly six-kilometre stream, crossed Seoul flowing east to west, separating north from south much like the Seine does in Paris. |
The Han River separates Seoul from north from South, not the Cheonggyecheon! |
It does now, but it's only relatively recently that Seoul extended south of the river. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| If this guy knew his ass from a hole in the ground, he wouldn't recommend Gyeongbukgung over Changdeokgung as the ONE place to see. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: Toronto Star on Seoul as a Tourist Destination |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
It's a good article, but I did notice a factual inaccuracy:
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| Since time immemorial, Cheonggyecheon Creek, a nearly six-kilometre stream, crossed Seoul flowing east to west, separating north from south much like the Seine does in Paris. |
The Han River separates Seoul from north from South, not the Cheonggyecheon! |
Modern Seoul. But ancient Seoul was a much smaller place. Remember all those gates in the downtown represent the west, east, and southern extents of the city.
I do love an article that ends on a city's sex tourism. Go Toronto Star!
And I do notice a different between Seoul and Toronto. Toronto the streets are pretty clean but the subways are dirty. Seoul it's the opposite. An army of ajumas scrub the subway system day and night but the streets of Seoul are trash cans passable by cars. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| If this guy knew his ass from a hole in the ground, he wouldn't recommend Gyeongbukgung over Changdeokgung as the ONE place to see. |
Why? If I recall, Changdeokgung you have to stay with a guided tour. Gyeongbukgung admission is about a buck, you can wander freely all day, and the folk museum is an added bonus. |
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Socks
Joined: 15 May 2008
Location: somewhere in here...
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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What a JOKE..... (Canada must be such a boring hole - if they find Korea amazing)...
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| SEOUL - it's currently the third largest urban area in the world in terms of population (20 million) |
Seoul = 13 million Seoul + Gyeonggi-do = 20 million
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| with clear skies... |
???? clear ???? - yes - I can also see the beatiful pink and blue sunrises and sunsets each day ??
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| you're probably going to land at Incheon International Airport, which has been named by various traveller surveys in recent years as "the world's best airport." |
where if you have a heart attack you will die in the airport - because medical paramedics are not allowed in to help you...
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| How do you get around Seoul? Considering its impossible traffic, |
impossible dead on - try the subway - and get pushed out of the way by adjumas..
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| Every day, crowds gather every hour on the hour to watch the colourful changing of the guard and during the High Seoul Festival each spring, they numbers swell into the thousands as the palace becomes a centre of festivities. |
They get High here?
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| everything is available here, from an inexpensive souvenir to a multi-million dollar discovery. |
the discovery that hasn't been discovered yet...
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| Here you can find Prada and Fendi, but there are also some inexplicably named stores, bearing English monikers like � my favourite � "Anne of Greem Gables" for erotic lingerie! |
Fake of course - and don't forget the HITLER bars....
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| For a different type of shopping, a short journey west will lead to the giant Namdaemun Market, where the streets are always jammed with people, everything from denim to diamonds is sold and you never accept the first price quoted you. |
again FAKE again - along with those Rolex's
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| You can enjoy opera � Korean or Western � visit the symphony orchestra, or attend one of the 160 musical comedies which are presented professionally in the city each year. |
yeah so exciting!!
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| But if you'd like to end your time in Seoul with something a bit raunchier than anything you'd find on stage, then venture over to the Itaewon district with its infamous "Hill of Girls" (because the Red Light district is on a steeply sloping street) and its far newer "Valley of Boys" (since most of the gay bars are entered down a flight of stairs). |
Hooker Hill? Homo Hill??? Not thats theres anything wrong with that... |
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i4NI
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Socks wrote: |
| What a JOKE..... (Canada must be such a boring hole - if they find Korea amazing)... |
Exactly what amazing city are you from overseas? |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
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| If this guy knew his ass from a hole in the ground, he wouldn't recommend Gyeongbukgung over Changdeokgung as the ONE place to see. |
Why? If I recall, Changdeokgung you have to stay with a guided tour. Gyeongbukgung admission is about a buck, you can wander freely all day, and the folk museum is an added bonus. |
The Hidden Garden blows anything at Gyeongbukgung away. And no one is following you with a pike if you wander off. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
| If this guy knew his ass from a hole in the ground, he wouldn't recommend Gyeongbukgung over Changdeokgung as the ONE place to see. |
Why? If I recall, Changdeokgung you have to stay with a guided tour. Gyeongbukgung admission is about a buck, you can wander freely all day, and the folk museum is an added bonus. |
The Hidden Garden blows anything at Gyeongbukgung away. And no one is following you with a pike if you wander off. |
Not in my experience. When I was there they had people at control points making you get back with the guided tour. |
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justaguy
Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| In Seoul you can always find something to do 24 hrs a day. There is a lot more activity at night than most western cities. Seoul is also a lot safer too. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| What a horribly written article~ |
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ruffie
Joined: 11 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| No mention of the Viking or bumper cars? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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The best parts of Korea are far, far away from Seoul.
(Okay, not that far, it being a small country.) |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| justaguy wrote: |
| In Seoul you can always find something to do 24 hrs a day. There is a lot more activity at night than most western cities. |
I agree... if we're talking about "most" cities in ANY country. However, Seoul is no better than any other city once you're comparing large cities. London, Paris, NY, Tokyo. Remember, Seoul is a large city with a huge population, so comparing it to Topeka, Kansas isn't exactly fair.
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| Seoul is also a lot safer too. |
Pfft. Another clueless waeg spouting how "safe" Seoul is. Read some K-newspapers and you'll see there is quite a bit of violent crime going on in our fair city. Sure, your chance of getting murdered here is probably much lower, but you're deluding yourself if you think the general crime rate is a "lot" different from any other large city. |
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