Useful Apps and Things to Bring to Seoul and Korea!

I finally went back to Korea after the pandemic! We did two trips - one in autumn to Seoul and Jeonju and another one during the summer to Seoul and Suwon. Like China and Indonesia, I wanted to put this general and current tip guide out there for future reference - the mobile apps we used and the essentials to bring for the trip! Hope you'll find this list useful as well 😊 I just posted what to eat and how to survive eating and overeating in Korea in my previous post so you can check that out also.

Lessons Learned from Eating and Overeating in Korea

It’s not so hard to get carried away with the many food options in Korea, especially if they have one or more representative dish per area and a high number of Michellin-recommended and highly recommended restaurant reviews on Google and Naver maps. I have always loved that the Korean restaurants specialize in only one or two menu items so you only have to think of a meal name and search from there. So I would just like to make this post as a reminder for myself and to others on what Jeff and I do to select where to eat and how we handled a recent overeating incident near Seoul, even how to reserve and cancel bookings in this recent digital age and post-pandemic.

Part II - Korea Folk Village Minsokchon in Yongin, the Suwon Hwaseong Haenggung Palace in Gyeonggi-do and Other Suggestions!

For Part II of our 1-day Gyeonggi Province itinerary, we went to the Suwon Hwaseong Haenggung Palace and the Korean Folk Village (Minsokchon) in Yongin. I've already been to both locations before and just a couple of hours for both is surely not enough, esp. if you're a fan of K-dramas and want the old Korean village of the Joseon Dynasty feel (or want to see some characters or join some activities). So for accommodations (I am for staying more than one night in Suwon so that you can see the fortress light up at night and explore more! Hehe.), I would suggest the Hotel Prumir where we stayed =)

Part I - My 1-Day Gyeonggi-do Experience Near Seoul, Gangneung and Pyeongchang - the Gwangmyeong Cave Theme Park!

Gyeonggi province surrounds the city of Seoul and one of the things I like about it is that the subway reaches Suwon (and Everland which is in Gyeonggi-do also)! For our last day on this trip, we visited all these sites in Gyeonggi that you might want to explore too! Part I is about Gwangmyeong Cave, which is located near The Grand Masterpiece Media Art Exhibit.