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[Iago]

Hi

I have been trying to find a place to eat turtle soup in seoul. I saw it on an episode of Bizarre foods in Seoul. Cant find it anywhere. Also heard of black goats soup or something? Anybody know anything about this?

Also, i want to find how to get to the little hills and mountains in Seoul by subway. I have been before with my friend on his scooter, but i dont know where they were (well roughly). A lot had temples and shrines. How to get to these places??

cheers

[AliciaJC]

bump because i wanna hike in seoul too

[Auslegung]

I've been to bukhansan twice, and it's the only place I know how to get to. It's pretty far away, though. Get to Gupabal station on the orange #3 line, far up north. Leave the subway by following the hikers. I kid you not, that's what Lonely Planet: Seoul says. The correct exit should spit you out on a sidewalk next to a little cart full of hiking crap. Again, follow the hikers to the nearby bus station, right in front of you (last time I went there was construction, and we had to cross the road to the bus stop). Take the bus to the Bukhansan stop, I believe, but you'll know which stop it is because nearly everyone will get off the bus. Then, it's just a matter of, again, following the hikers. I know these sound like shady directions but it works every time. Another resource you may want to check into is the meetup group in Seoul for hikers: http://www.meetup.com/climbinginkorea/.

[gartonator]

those aren't shady directions if they're right at all

because

anywhere in Korea that is good for hiking and even REMOTELY near a big town will have about 10,000 people crammed into every mile of hiking

On Bocho Nim's birthday (in May?) my hagwon took the entire staff to some national park type place a couple hours drive south of Daejeon, and that was the only place I've ever hiked in Korea that wasn't chok full of people

so yeah, follow the hikers, it's the Well Being Movement!

[alphakennyone]

I like Inwangsan. Usually doesn't draw too big of a crowd and it has pretty good views of Seoul.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inwangsan

Umyeonsan, near Nambu Terminal, isn't too bad either.

[gartonator]

Alpha, your avatar keeps freaking me out more each time I see it... it's like some "Saw" movie character that hasn't entered the mass consciousness yet, are you a horror film director?

[cmr]

If you ever find out about the turtle soup, please let me know. I asked Koreans about it in the past, but no one that I know had ever had/seen it in Korea.

[Iago]

I think i may have been to Ingwansan. I went there with a friend on a scooter. Hows best to get there by subwaybus?

And there is a small hill/mountain/fitness park just east of Namsan. I dont know what it is called. If anyone knows, what subway is clossest? Boetigogae? Hangangjin?

[OnTheOtherSide]

Fat Bastardd from Austin Powers: "I've got a turtle head poking out!"

[alphakennyone]

[Illysook]

From Wikipedia:

Turtle soup is a soup made from the flesh of the turtle, often the green turtle or, especially in the United States, the snapping turtle, in which case it is commonly referred to as snapper soup (not to be confused with red snapper soup, which is made from the fish called a red snapper).

In many jurisdictions, turtle soup is illegal because many species of turtle are considered threatened or endangered, and cannot legally be captured and killed. Generally speaking, turtle populations cannot quickly recover from the loss of a breeding adult, thus, killing these turtles to make soup can depress populations below sustainable levels.