Northern South Korea

Jeongdongjin - Northern east coast
There were some lovely beaches in this area and great seafood restaurants, but the beach was surrounded by barbed wire and scattered with watchtowers keeping an eye out for North Korean infiltrators.


A North Korean spy submarine which grounded near the town in 1996. It's now on display for visitors to view. It looks pretty big on the photo but is really cramped inside, hence the need for the hard hat.

'Suncruise resort' complete with lifelike seagull squawks and foghorn noises on the 'deck'. It looks a bit strange perched on the top of the cliff in this otherwise sleepy town.

Seoraksan National Park - near Sokcho.
Ulsanbawi peak after a three hour hike with lots of Koreans in amazing hiking outfits. Most of them were wearing white gloves, not sure what that was for as it was 26 degrees!

Seoul - We've spent nearly a week in Seoul as it's a huge city with lots to see. There are far too many photos to go on here but below is a taster of what we've been up to.

Archery at Suwon Fortress. We both managed to hit a target 15m away once with our 10 arrows but Clarkie wins by hitting the correct target. The pros can hit a target 145m away!



Steamed dumplings at Namdaemun Market - we have been trying to sample as many of the local culinary delights as we can. Some have gone better than others. Dumplings can either be savory or sweet and we caused some panic in the restaurant when we poured some soy sauce on the plate with the sweet ones. Luckily the lady saved the day with a load of tissues. Oops!



Baseball Koreans, like the Japanese, are crazy about baseball. Whilst in Seoul we went to see the LG Twins, one of the local teams. The game lasted for nearly four hours which we weren't expecting but the crowd kept us entertained. Maybe the game we saw was particularly dull or perhaps all baseball is a bit boring but it was definitely worth going to see the fans in action.