Travel to South Korea is one of those that do not top the list of most travellers when backpacking in Asia, and it didn’t top my list initially either but my days backpacking in South Korea was simply fantastic! I went backpacking in South Korea after visiting many other countries in Asia and only ended…
Being surrounded by stunning nature, of which there are 3 National Parks, caves, temples and delicious food all over the place. To go Hiking in Danyang is a top destination for Korean outdoor enthusiast but it’s not so famous yet among western tourists as I discovered during my solo adventures backpacking in Korea which took…
During my solo adventures backpacking in South Korea I arrived to the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (57 BC – 935 AD), which ruled about two-thirds of the Korean Peninsula at its height between the 7th and 9th centuries, for close to one thousand years. Little did I know of the things to do in Gyeongju before…
Halfway between Seoul and Daegu is the little town of Danyang. This little sleepy town is not normally on the tourist guides for foreigners and to be honest I didn’t know about it until I got a shout out to a short volunteering at a great guesthouse there but I found so many things to…
Backpacking in South Korea doesn’t normally come on top of bucket list destinations for most travellers, and to be honest it was not for me either. But after my month of solo backpacking in the Philippines, the cheapest country to fly to was Korea and that was enough for me to decide to go there!…
One of the things I liked more about solo backpacking in South Korea is that you can hike a lot! with 64% of the country being forest and 21 National Parks spread around, this is a nature lover’s paradise! Hiking in Sobaeksan is definitely one of those really cool playgrounds! Halfway between Seoul and Daegu…
Among all my adventures backpacking in Korea, hiking in Hallasan in Jeju island was surely the highlight of them all! On the island of Jeju there are 368 volcanoes and at 1950m of altitude the Hallasan is the highest mountain/volcano in South Korea! Although it hasn’t erupted for about 5000 years it’s still considered active….