Friday 17 December 2010

1st–6th November 201, South Korea

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This time, I tried Asiana Airlines from London to Seoul, Korea. Pretty good.

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And I arrived in Seoul airport on 1st November 2010, just before the G29 Summit ‘Shared Growth beyond crisis’

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And took the airport bus downtown to Seoul. A pleasant trip too.

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The customary pics from my hotel room (just one night before travelling to Chuncheon)

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Travelling to Chuncheon on the coach

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The houses in Chuncheon looked, at first sight, very regimented, but very clean and orderly

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Then the conference centre, resort……..

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Such beautiful autumn colours…….

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So relaxing too….

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The customary view from my hotel window, over the lake

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The Ladena Resort…then off to the famous Chuncheon….

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All Asians know Chuncheon as the place of the famous film and Asia wide TV soap series (my colleague Masaya in the picture, has firm instructions from his office girls to bring back souveniers

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The famous set

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Then on to the Palace in Seoul City Centre………..

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And Korean handicrafts / Museum too ..

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And the Temples…

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And finally, some Korean music and dancing (drums especially)

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Then back to the airport……

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