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[toomuchtime]

Hey there.
So many people post questions about what to bring from home to Korea, but what about the reverse?
My family and I are heading back to the good ol' C to the A to the Nada soon, and I wonder what some of you might recommend we take with us.
I'm thinking of a crate of Man Touch to share with friends at the gym back home for one thing.
Any suggestions?

[redlightorchestra]

makkoli, lots and lots of makkoli. If you can't drink it all, when i get back I'll help you.

[VanIslander]

cans of bondeggi

the best gag gifts, trust me, people love to get them!

[Grotto]

I brought back a ton of jade, onyx, tiger eye, carnelion bracelets. Buddhist prayer rings...really cool...they are rings inside rings(they turn)
Laquer boxes, wall hanging pics, those cool bookmarks, a whole host of buddhist items that are unique to Korea....gave most of them away and sold some.

If I ever return I will probably send back tons of the stuff and sell it(made a nice profit)

[canuck in Ansan]

Those rings sound cool, where do you get them? I don't think I've ever seen any (although I havent known to look for them)

[anyway]

I take back some of the green seaweed sheets used for the kimbop. I tell my friends it's Korean toilet paper.

[caniff]

That seaweed sheet stuff is the 'gim', brainiac. The white stuff inside is the 'bap'.

I'm sorry, but you lived here for more than a couple weeks? How does this info escape you?

[OiGirl]

Why would you take back something easily available in any city with a sizeable Asian population? Most of my "take-home" purchases run to art and crafts.

[pet lover]

[zappadelta]

[hojucandy]

a wife (to be), various traditional musical instruments, many cd's....

i arrived in korea with a suitcase and a guitar. i left with 2 suitcases, 3 large musical instrument cases (one was the same guitar), and 10 large boxes which i posted - each weighed between 15 and 20kg. all arrived safely after 2 months.

[cornie_man]

The clap. Oh no wait, that's Thailand.