Gyeongbokgung Palace

Hello all, Mike here.
Wednesday was our first tourist day of the trip. Paul took us to Gyeongbokgung Palace in downtown Seoul. For those of you who don't have the slightest clue as to what that is, the brochure says.

"The Primary Palace of the Joseon Dynatsty"

For those of you who don't know what the Joseon Dynasty is, the brochure says

"The Joseon Dynasty was established in 1392, and started building the Palace around 1395"

OK enough of the history lessons how about some pictures.


Kendra and I at the front gate.

Korean Party Pavillion called Gyeonghoeru. Built on a manmade island. Note the "ice". Yes Kendra wants to point out that it is that cold.

Paul and I getting some good Korean food from a Street Vendor.

The next day we took a boat tour of the Han river that runs through the center of Seoul. It was a very cool trip. We stopped at a downtown Budhist temple that is a 1000 years old, and which provided some cool photography, Old vs. New.


Its been pretty busy this week so far, this weekend is the Lunar New Year so maybe we'll see some dragons, don't know.

Take it easy.
Mike and Kendra