Trip: 2026 April/May: Seoul; Jeonju; Gyeongju; Busan; Andong; Gangneung Travel Journal

April-May 2026 trip to Seoul, Jeonju, Gyeongju, Busan, Andong;, and Gangneung in South Korea.

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This is my first trip I to South Korea. I’m writing this index page blurb before going on the trip, so I don’t know how it goes, but I’m making stops in a circle around the country.

Namdaemun Market and More

I didn’t leave the Seoul Botanic Garden this morning until close to noon. It’s a bit out from the core of the city, so it...

Seoul Botanic Park

I typically greatly enjoy botanical gardens. Hence, if there’s one in a city I’m visiting and I’m there during a season when the flora is...

National Museum of Korea

Still in Seoul, I spent the better part of the morning, and a bit more, in the National Museum of Korea. For definitional purposes, I...

Doing the DMZ (Part One)

I think that when you visit Seoul, you have to visit the DMZ. As far as I know, there’s no law requiring it. It’s just...

Seoul Forest and Hangang Park

This afternoon in Seoul, I visited two parks, Seoul Forest and Hangang Park. There’s not much to report on that. So this should, theoretically, be...

Lotte World Aquarium & Tower

The title of this post, Lotte World Aquarium & Tower, might be misleading. There isn’t an entity called Lotte World Aquarium & Tower. There is...