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yellowdove
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
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 Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: Fun but not crowded beach to go to this weekend? |
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We want to get away for a weekend trip, leaving Saturday morning (or Friday night if necessary) to a beach. It could be an island, it could be mainland, doesn't matter. Somewhere that's pretty with nice photography opportunities, with nice hotels. I do not want to go to Busan, because it is just too busy.
Where should we go? Any links to hotels would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| The arctic circle. This week/end is pretty much vacation week for most of the entire country. Good luck. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| The arctic circle. This week/end is pretty much vacation week for most of the entire country. Good luck. |
LOL! So true!
Your best bet is to go to Seoul. The place will be empty as everyone will be at the beach!  |
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yellowdove
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| huh. didn't think about that, just because we're finished our holidays. maybe we'll go to seoul this weekend and do the beach next. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| Seriously, early to mid September is the BEST time to go to the beach in Korea. The air and water are both still warm, but Koreans feel that September 1st is the end of summer so they don't go to the beach. |
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yellowdove
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| I think we're going to go to Jeongdongjin Beach in Gangneung for Chuseok, there's a sick hotel there that's built like a cruise ship, but we were hoping for a quiet beach we could just relax on... maybe a city trip this weekend might be better. Get a nice hotel and just chill out there in the pool or something. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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JBomb
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Haeundae sucks. Songjeong is a short taxi away an infinitely better. |
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dumpring
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Oh god, that would be like a quarter of the population of my home country going to one beach. Mental. |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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I went to Dokjokdo last weekend and was expecting it to be hideous, but it turned out to be pretty reasonable. Just had to by ferry tickets in person as they were sold out online.
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Oh god, that would be like a quarter of the population of my home country going to one beach. Mental. |
New Zealander?
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Grantasmagoria
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| JBomb wrote: |
| Haeundae sucks. Songjeong is a short taxi away an infinitely better. |
+1
So so overrated. It really sucks looking back from the beach and seeing ugly, tall buildings. |
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SpiralStaircase
Joined: 14 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| yellowdove wrote: |
| I think we're going to go to Jeongdongjin Beach in Gangneung for Chuseok, there's a sick hotel there that's built like a cruise ship, but we were hoping for a quiet beach we could just relax on... maybe a city trip this weekend might be better. Get a nice hotel and just chill out there in the pool or something. |
Have stayed there several times. One of my favorite spots in Korea. Make sure you drive/walk down Heonhwaro road... sheer beauty. |
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dumpring
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Gaber wrote: |
I went to Dokjokdo last weekend and was expecting it to be hideous, but it turned out to be pretty reasonable. Just had to by ferry tickets in person as they were sold out online.
| dumpring wrote: |
Oh god, that would be like a quarter of the population of my home country going to one beach. Mental. |
New Zealander? |
Yeah, haha. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| SpiralStaircase wrote: |
| yellowdove wrote: |
| I think we're going to go to Jeongdongjin Beach in Gangneung for Chuseok, there's a sick hotel there that's built like a cruise ship, but we were hoping for a quiet beach we could just relax on... maybe a city trip this weekend might be better. Get a nice hotel and just chill out there in the pool or something. |
Have stayed there several times. One of my favorite spots in Korea. Make sure you drive/walk down Heonhwaro road... sheer beauty. |
Stayed there once in November, had a total blast. Lovely, weird little town. Kind of like something out of a Stephen King novel. Had a few too many drinks at the revolving restaurant atop that ship and was completely discombobulated when it came time to leave.
Also, I found a vendor there selling a beer stein made out of real squid. Looked like it was a one use thing. Hoping to go back there next month. |
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