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Ky’s Exchange: Happy New Year

Last week (23 January) South Korean celebrated their Lunar New Year (Seollal). The date  is the same with the Chinese New Year (that also celebrated in Indonesia). How I miss my Kue Keranjang (Lit: Basket Cake, or Nian Gao for the original Chinese one)

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Ky’s Exchange: Seoul Central Mosque

 

What  : Seoul Central Mosque

Where:  Itaewon

When  : 14 January 2012

Who     : One Indonesian friend and yours truly

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Ky’s Exchange: COEX

People usually says many good things about COEX, so I tried to go there. For me though, OK, the fountain, and the WTC is surely nice, but, for a very tight budget traveller, it is absolutely not inside of the recommendation list. (although the guide is very, super, very, nice and professional)

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Ky’s Exchange: A Not-So-Complete Guide of on the Cheap One-Day South Korea Trips

There is a saying that there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. It means no such thing in the world is free. As you know, when we travel, one of the things that we must take care of is the budget. So, traveling in last winter vacation, surely would cost a lot of money, right? Fortunately, for all the thin-wallet people who want to go traveling in South Korea, there is hope. South Korea is not that harsh for traveler. There are some places that meant to be free for you to visit. Anyway, during the internship period, I spent my weekend traveling. I visited quite many places, and some of them are free. I know that the lunch is not actually free, but other than the transportation cost (that can made to be cheaper by walking in between the places) and snacks, no additional cost (I hope so).

Gyeongbokgung’s GeunJeongjeon

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Ky’s Exchange: Samsung d’light–Experience Samsung

What : samsung d’light

Where: Exit 8, Gangnam Station, Subway Line 2, Seoul

When : 9 December 2011

Who : ASEAN + Africa students of DJU, including yours truly

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