Around the world: Week 7 - South Korea

Hi lovely readers!

One of my travel companions (Manderley) already wrote about our arival in South Korea and our first day where we visited already a couple of impressing Islands. Today we went shopping because you might or might not know that Seoul is known for being one of world’s top ten financial and commercial centers.

Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. It has a population of over 10 million inhabitants and was voted the top travel destination by Chinese, Japanese and Thai tourists in 2011.

Ok so we decided to go shopping. All good and well but where? You should know that Seoul has A LOT of markets! We started with the largest market in South Korea: the Dongdaemun Market. We only spend a good 2 hours on that market because we wanted to see some other ones as well. Next stop was the Myeongdong, a shopping and entertainment area downtown Seoul. It offers mid- to high-end stores, fashion boutiques and international brand outlets. After that we payed a visit to the Namdaemun Market, the oldest running market in Seoul. We also went to Sinchon which is rather for younger people and university students. To end we went to Insadong, this is the cultural art market of Seoul where traditional and modern Korean artworks are sold.

There are alot of other markets but we didn’t had time to visit them all. There’s the Hwanghak-dong Flea market and the Janganpyeong Antique market. They both sell antique products. Itaewon caters mainly to foreign tourists and American soldiers based in the city. Samcheong-dong, a place with some shops for local designers where numerous smal art galeries are located. Gangnam district: one of the most affluent areas in Seoul and it is noted for the fashionable and upscale areas. Noryangjin fisheries wholesale market and some others that are wholesale markets. And finaly the last market but not the least: the Yongsan electronics market which is the largest electronics market in Asia.

Further you can visit over 100 museums in Seoul. Too bad we didn’t had time for these. Maybe tomorrow since we don’t have plans yet!