Incheon, a sprawling satellite city — roughly an hour away from Seoul, is a viable living option for many. Finding affordable housing, in Seoul, can prove to be a gargantuan task. Apartment/housing costs keep rising every year and living in the outskirts isn’t a bad idea when public transportation is so efficient. Scores of office-goers…
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Getting there: We boarded Bus 3000, outside Hongik University Station, at around 8 am. It takes about an hour and half to reach Ganghwa Bus Terminal. From here, you can take a bus to Cheongryeonsa Temple (청련사) or Baengnyeonsa Temple (백련사). It’s good to know the route before your hike. I had shortlisted the Cheongryeonsa…
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Incheon’s Chinatown has a strange mix of everything. Love stories painted on elaborate wall murals, grim memorials of war — cementing a 100 year political alliance, copious fields of wild flowers, and thankfully, a lot of room for escapism, in its ‘Fairy Tale Village‘. Although, this mural village exclusively targets kids, and is a treat…
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Chinatown is Incheon‘s top tourist draw. But, there’s a lot more interesting history, tucked away, from the main tourist street. Surrounded by dense vegetation or the sea (depending on which section of town you choose to explore); these sights are perfect to escape the sharp rays of the afternoon sun or loud tourist banter. By the time,…
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With National Liberation Day (15th August) coinciding with a weekend, planning a trip, anywhere in Korea or Seoul, wouldn’t have been a wise idea. So, we split each one of the three days, into an individual day of exploration. Incheon (portside) is easily accessible from Seoul (the last stop on Line Number 1) and perfect…
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