What I was amused about South Korea was how the country recovered from war very quickly and finally had become one of the largest economy countries in Asia. It was not easy for a country that suffered from many wars like South Korea which survived from the Second World War and Korean war. However, South Korean still scared from North Korean threat. When I was in Seoul last years, people were still be mourning from the incident of South Korean battle ship, missiled and sunk.
South Korea has four season spring, summer autumn winter. Spring started around at the end of March. Spring is the good period for visiting Korea. The weather is not too cold and getting warmer. Winter and summer might be very different in temperature. No wonder, people from hot countries like me would not be familiar with the strong winter in Korea.
Moreover, Korean food now is getting popular. There are many style of food more than I have tried in Thailand. Restaurants and food kiosks are everywhere and some open 24 hrs. Of course, beside Kimji, you will understand more about the test of Korean food.
Travelling in Korea by yourself, map is very necessary. Not many Korean understand English well. Language might be barrier to interact with them but most of them are helpful and try to understand what you say. They are willing to help travelers even though they cannot understand English. However, what I found about the people was South Korean men were strong smokers.I think 60 – 70% of them smoke and drink a lot. Packs of Cigarette can be bought in every street kiosks. Money from smokers might be a large part of Korean GDP. Furthermore, South Korea is well known in plastic surgery as South Korean ladies have more choices for their beauty.
Finally, South Korea government now is trying hard to promote the country.Culture and tourism is one of the effective strategies. As many things related to tradition were destroyed in the war time.The government has tried hard to recover them and present the identity of the countries by using its modern technologies.
