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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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 Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 4:51 am Post subject: Coastal town to visit in Korea? |
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Can anyone recommend a good coastal town to visit?
Not Busan or Ulsan.
Lack of English isn't a problem as I'll be with a Korean. Just a nice coastal town you enjoyed. thanks. |
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InDaGu
Joined: 28 Jun 2010
Location: Cebu City, Philippines
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| I really liked my weekend in Mokpo. Quiet town and there are a natural history museum and a maritime museum right across the street from each other. Both exceeded my expectations. There's also some nice little islands you can visit right off the coast. |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I second Mokpo for the reasons stated above. Also, if you like raw octopus, it's the place to be. Jindo and Yeosu a bit further east-southeast aren't too bad, either. |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Coastal town to visit in Korea? |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
Can anyone recommend a good coastal town to visit?
Not Busan or Ulsan.
Lack of English isn't a problem as I'll be with a Korean. Just a nice coastal town you enjoyed. thanks. |
Goeje and Tong-yeong. Here's a link for things to do in Tong-yeong. You don't need to take the tour, you can do all the things on your own if you have a car. The cablecar ride is well worth it. The view is awesome.
http://eng.tongyeong.go.kr/03/07.asp
Goeje is good for clean and uncrowded beaches in June, but by the end of July, fugettaboutit. It's a zoo.
http://www.geoje-island.com/Tourism.php |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Gangneung, Gangwon-do. Cute town, a few historical sights like the Ojukheon, and nice white sand beaches, one of which has a lake next to it. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| sallymonster wrote: |
| Gangneung, Gangwon-do. Cute town, a few historical sights like the Ojukheon, and nice white sand beaches, one of which has a lake next to it. |
+1
Also, it's a bit far, but when I went to Geomundo several years back, it was quite enjoyable and very low-key. It's an island off of Yeosu. |
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gem
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| I just went to Walpo and Chilpo beaches near Pohang and they were much prettier than I expected. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Yeosu's KTX station will open for business at the end of September this year, according to news reports. |
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