The Drive to Hwanseongul Cave Idyllic countryside roads of Gangwon Province Mountains of Gangwon Province After spending about three days in Gangneung (read all about it here and here), we drove further south to explore Samcheok City. Samcheok is also located along South Korea’s picturesque East Coast and is a part of Gangwon Province. Like…
Read MoreWalking Along Jeongdong- Simgok Badabuchae-gil (정동심곡바다부채길)
In the summer of 2020, when South Korea had managed to contain the active Covid cases below 50 per day, we took a week-long exploratory road trip along the east coast. Gangeung (강릉시), a city in Gangwon Province (강원도), was the starting point of our trip from Seoul. The city is divided into multiple regions…
Read MoreSoaking up the Sun in Gangneung’s Gyeongpo Region (강릉 경포)
It’s best to avoid travel during public holidays in South Korea. Tickets get sold out early and getting out of Seoul can be a nightmare. We generally spent most of the major public holidays like Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) and Seollal (Korean New Year) either at home, hiking a local mountain, or cycling along the Han…
Read MoreA Guide to Sokcho’s Scenic Lake Views & Walking Trails
Chuseok is the long Korean Thanksgiving Holiday that prompts mass migrations across the country. We were lucky to get two bus tickets for Sokcho (from Dong Seoul Bus Terminal) last September. We spent the first two days at Seoraksan National Park and hiked to the peak of Ulsanbawi. We moved back to Sokcho City after…
Read MoreK-Drama Fever on Balwangsan Mountain (YongPyong Resort)
Last October, we visited Daegwallyeong Baby Animal Farm. It had rained the whole day and we couldn’t do much after the visit to the animal farm. Thankfully, on the next day, the rain had stopped and the sun was out. While the others slept, Basil and I were up and ready to explore the natural…
Read MoreHiking Ulsanbawi Rock (설악산 울산바위) on Chuseok
In & Around Sereoksan National Park Getting there Seoraksan National Park is located in Gangwon Province and the easiest way to access the park is from Sokcho City. We took an intercity bus from Dong Seoul Bus Terminal (in Seoul) to Sokcho. Under ideal conditions, the journey should take around 2 and half hours, however,…
Read MoreCuteness Overload at Daegwallyeong Baby Animal Farm
I first met Naia when she was a babe in a stroller. I had read about her birth on her mum’s blog: travel-stained. Shelley had convinced me to meet her when we moved to Seoul in 2016. I was very anxious and it took a lot to get me to accept the idea of meeting…
Read MoreGugok’s Frozen Waterfall and Gutsy Ice Climbers
Last winter was cold and gloomy. In February, I desperately wanted to get away from Seoul for a day. Most of our friends were travelling to warmer climates. We didn’t have a choice and chose to visit a frozen waterfall. Getting There: We took the Gyeongchun Line to Gangchon Station. We found some signboards (outside…
Read More3 Hours in Sokcho
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Read MoreExploring Seoraksan National Park in Autumn
The chase for autumn leaves peaks during October and November in Korea. It was our second autumn here and I was reasonably confident about figuring out the local transport network. And that’s how we decided to join the revelry of autumn chasers across the country. Now, it’s good to have a plan in place before…
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