{"id":293,"date":"2017-01-03T21:20:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T21:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2017-01-03T21:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T21:20:55","slug":"korea-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/korea-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 2016 I went to Seoul for Rotary International Conference.  It was a super inspirational experience for me the first time attendee.  Our district folks stayed at an Ibis Hotel.  The hotel has a nice rooftop restaurant where I got a good view of Seoul.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea1-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea1-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea1.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea2-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"176\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea2.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe hotel is near Seoul\u2019s famous shopping street Myeong-dong.  It\u2019s pleasant to stroll around, do some shopping and have a Korean mango ice.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea3-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea3.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter the conference, I took subway and Korea rail and took about two hours to get to an Incheon hotel where I started my 6-day Korea tour with a group.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea4-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea4-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea4.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAmong all the places I went to in Korea, I like the Korea Cutural Village where Dae Jang Geum \u5927\u957f\u4ecawas filmed.  In the village one can see Korea style old and relatively recent residences, wedding ceremony and other performance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea5-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"295\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea5-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea5.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea6-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea6-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea6.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnother place I like is Namiseom\u5357\u6021\u5c9b a small half-moon shaped island.  If you like the movie Winter Sonata then you will like this place and its pines.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea7-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea7-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea7.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20160601_210457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20160601_210457-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20160601_210457-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20160601_210457-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20160601_210457.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u666f\u798f\u5babGyeongbokgung, also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, it is located in northern Seoul.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea8-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea8-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea8.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn the trip I ate some traditional Korean food such as many different hot pot, ginseng chicken noodle, seaweed rice, BBQ, kimchee and other, they were good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea9-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"523\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea9-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/daileytravelservice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Korea9.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2016 I went to Seoul for Rotary International Conference. It was a super inspirational experience for me the first time attendee. Our district folks stayed at an Ibis Hotel. The hotel has a nice rooftop restaurant where I got a good view of Seoul. The hotel is near Seoul\u2019s famous shopping street Myeong-dong. 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