Walking In Seoul South Korea - Bukchon Hanok Village To Eating Isaac Toast / Changdeokgung Palace
Seoul South Korea
Transcript
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this. It is Wednesday,
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April 16th, 2025. I'm wearing an
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appropriate t-shirt. The weather has
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warmed up a little bit. It's not warm,
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but is
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certainly warmer than it was the last
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few days. Been raining and cold. And I'm
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going to just wander around, do some
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things around Soul, South Korea. Going
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to go to a traditional village and
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possibly
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a palace or two. Now, I saw some on a
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tour. I did a Soul City tour a few days
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ago and they took me to some. But the
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ones I'm going to go to
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today are different than those and the
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weather's a little bit better. So, see
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where the day leads. I'm inviting you,
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yes you, to join me shall. A very
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beautiful river walk down here as
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well some point. Oh, this bridge is kind
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of someone was just
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jogging. Jogging past this whole bridge
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was like shaking. Had my camera through
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there. I thought, "Oh, yeah. Bridge is
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shaking." Take a look at this. There is
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a money
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exchange pay phone. You got the pay
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phone over here to the side and then you
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got the money exchange over here on the
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other side. Oh, look at this.
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officers and a
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bus. There's an incredible amount of
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people. It's like a huge line of people
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over here at what
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is Tap Gold Park.
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Soul's first modern style park
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established in 1899 and 1905. Not modern
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by today's standards, but modern by
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those
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standards. 120 years ago, it was
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finished. Let's take a look inside. Of
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course, all the skyscrapers are being
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built around it. Here's a sculpture of a
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gentleman.
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The steel for the construction of this
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temple was completed in
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1467. Now, I'm thinking steel as if it
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was, you know, metal that would hold a
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building, but in fact, it's two stone
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parts, turtleshaped stone base and
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singular main body with
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dragons. And it's not this building per
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se. It is in fact this
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rock carving here that has the dragons
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up top. And I was looking for a turtle
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inside the carvings, but the
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turtle is here. Look at
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that. 1400s. Amazing. Amazing. Time is
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such such a wild thing.
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way before I was even a glimmer in my
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parents grandparents, greatgrandparents
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eyes, before they were even a glimmer in
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their parents'
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eyes. Sometimes we get caught up in our
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own time frame as
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if we're the only ones that
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exist, but there are other places and
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other
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times that have nothing to do with us.
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And then you get to places and you
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think, "Holy
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cow, it's a huge world out there." But
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yet, the beauty of air
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travel, it's a small world after all.
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Behind
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me, covered in a glass
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casing is something really fantastic. I
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got to read the date stamp on that.
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Looks like the top portion of a temple
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perhaps. 10tory. Well, it says 12 meters
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high, 10tory stone
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pigota, dating back to 1465, the 11th
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year of King
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Sejo's
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reign. And it's been covered in this
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glass to shield it from the elements,
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I'm
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imagining. Some pretty neat artwork over
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here.
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Check out Gone with the
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that. And the sound of
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music. Take a look. That's cool.
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Yeah. Very interesting. And then over
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here, take a look. You got Titanic up
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top. I'm looking back the other
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way. You got
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Titanic right there. There's Leo and
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Kate Winslet. I'm not driving on this
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trip. Didn't rent a car or anything.
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Just do a public transit walkin, etc.
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But if this is for a price per gallon
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and that's
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one, I think the ratio is like 14,0001
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to
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$1. 13 14,000 W to $1. So that's only
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like a $120 for a gallon. If that's a
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gallon, that's pretty inexpensive fuel.
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Of course, that might not be a gallon. I
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honestly don't know. But seeing this and
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seeing the ratio, I'm kind of like,
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what? Seems like a pretty good deal. Gas
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might be reason more reasonable here.
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But I honestly don't know. Buck Chong
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Hanic
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Village, which evidently is very, very
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popular. The traditional
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architecture. In fact, also the road's
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blocked over here. Had to reroute the
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walk. A lot
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of lot of police presence over there.
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But once you get past this into the
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touristy
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area, but it's only a touristy area
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during certain hours. This place is a
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residential
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area all the time, but they do allow
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people to walk around from 10 to 5 10:00
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a.m. to 5:00 p.m. So from 5:00 p.m. to
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10:00 a.m. After 5:00
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p.m., you're not allowed to be in the
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residential area until 10:00 a.m. the
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next morning. So, right now, checking
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the clock. It's
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11:57 a.m. It's almost 3 minutes to
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noon. So, I'm good to go. So, I'm going
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to want to follow the crowd again. Red
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zone after 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 a.m.
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the next
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day. They're making it very clear. They
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do not want people out here during those
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hours. But at this
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time, definitely a lot of people in this
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area. So, a real beehive of
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activity. I was also noticing there's a
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lot of stores that rent out these
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outfits. I was walking. So, if you want
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to rent, take some photos with these
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traditional outfits. There are plenty of
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shops that will rent you one for the
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hour or for the
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Kind of reminds me of the landscape of
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the Hollywood Hills.
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Kind of hard to maybe see from camera,
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but it really really steep. You got a
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lot of cars going through here. People
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walking
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through holding a sign just to let
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people know. Oh, it says keep your
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voices down.
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Hello.
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You got to use your inside voices
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outside.
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Wow, look at this.
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Look at this view.
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Oh, wow.
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This guy's just coming in hot with his
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cart.
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Yeah, this is the spot right
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here. Everyone want to grab their photo
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Someone just about lost their tumbler
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and I probably would have rolled
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straight down that steep hill.
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All right. This has the best
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Observatory is up this way. I'll follow
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the signs. I believe the signs.
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Might just be a souvenir shop. It's a
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gift shop, but also admission.
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6,0001. But it also includes a drink,
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which I'm thinking might be like a tea
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of some sort.
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60001. Oh, you know
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what? That's it up there. Okay. There's
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like a little a little food place up
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top. All right, that works.
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There's also a little overlook up there
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as
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well. You can go in here, but they
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request that you take your shoes
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menu. I'll go with a I'll go with a
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green tea. So have apple juice. Go with
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the green tea. All right, this thing is
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vibrating. I think my tea is ready.
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All right, there's my green tea right
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there overlooking the rooftops here. The
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traditional village, the new buildings
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off in the
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distance. Look at that right
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Yeah. Like I think it only like one or
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two minutes.
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The locals must hate this so much.
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Again, there are little lot of little
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stores that some of the houses like
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where I got the paid for the view that
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was a home that was converted into a
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business. So, guess it works out both
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ways, but goodness gracious.
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What I was describing the rentals, you
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could rent these or
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outfits,
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handb sale, and
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rental. All right. Walked a little bit
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from here. I can see the palace I want
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to be heading to right over
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there. Pretty expansive property, so
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should be interesting.
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All right. Looks like there's going to
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be a entry fee of some sort.
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It's
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like two bucks.
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It's amazing how different the weather
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is today than it's been the last couple
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days. Drastic difference.
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is. Perfect day to walk
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around. No real game plan. Checking out
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some
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sites. Beautiful
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scenery.
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Massive. Massive
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The fact that I'm in South Korea right
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now really kind of blows my
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mind. I have a long way from home.
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It's amazing how much cooler it is
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inside just by peeking in this window
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here. I mean, it's got to be
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15° at least, maybe 20° cooler just by
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putting my hand in here versus out of
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I was just reading One of the little
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placards here. And evidently, this
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section of the
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palace was used for the crown prince's
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study. Quite the study chamber, to be
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honest.
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It is peaceful back in here. So, you can
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definitely get your get your study on.
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1847 as his personal library and living
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quarters for his concubine.
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Jongman, residence for the Grand Queen,
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who had served as regent until King Hon
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Jong assumed direct rule in
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1840. A sign that says don't cross over
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here because there are wasps and snakes.
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This is
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impressive. Very impressive.
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You can't climb these stairs, but there
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are other buildings at the top of the
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steps. Like up there is another
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accommodation up here as well.
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All the different levels and layers.
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What always gets me when I go to these
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type of places, any kind of historical
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place like this from back in the day,
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the people who resided here had no idea
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that they were going to be tourists from
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all over the
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world, locals and those from
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international
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destinations that would pay a few
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dollars to come wander around and take
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selfies and
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photos at the place that they had their
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life
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at.
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Changong Palace. I know I'm not saying
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that correctly. Built in 1405, the fifth
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year. The king of the chosen dynasty.
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With its unique partial layout,
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exquisite buildings and landscape and
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garden. It's known for the epitome of
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Korean architecture.
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I tried going back to the garden, but
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evidently they sell time tickets and
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they were already sold out for the
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day. Was not part of the three watt
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admission price to walk around the
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property
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itself. Pretty fantastic place. You can
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see how a lot of the old architecture
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has been converted into stores now and
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just right along some of the newer
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newerish buildings.
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used as
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businesses. Old mixed in with the
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new. I'm strolling along along this
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shopping district now. This guy's
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selling some fresh fruit on the back of
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his truck and he's got
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a spiel of some
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Lot of scooters here. Lot of scooters
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here. I like that all the little alleys
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also have little shops and stores and
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things and
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signage all down these little corridors.
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Just there's just food everywhere and
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shops everywhere. This is neat. There's
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a little walkway that you can walk
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across the rocks here.
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Even got a waterfall right here on both
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sides. Flows down across the walkway.
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Careful, it's a little slippery through
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here. You just carry on past the water.
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It's called the water
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stream. There it is. The water stream.
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It helps reduce the bad smell of of
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sewage that can you can enjoy the sea in
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the water. Found is established in the
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form of curtains for the scenic beauty
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water spray. It gets rid of the stitch.
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I've been walking a ways, going down
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this alleyway. I'm in search of a place
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called Isaac's Toast, which I've heard
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good things about, but it's way down
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here away from where I just was.
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I think for a little alleyway like this,
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I've been expecting all that
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traffic. Isaac's Takeout. Here we go.
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Isaac's
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Takeout. Toast and coffee. I've already
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been properly caffeinated, but I'm check
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out the idea of this toast right
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here. All right. So, here it is.
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right
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of
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toasts, potato, beef, ragu. That sounds
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pretty
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good. All right, here's a bunch of
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different stuff. Scrambled ham and
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cheese. Scrambled
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bacon bacon best potato
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special. I got the potato beef
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ragu. And then I also got the ham and
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cheese right there. Make it fresh. All
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right, accomplished. Isaac
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toast. It was a little bit of a trek and
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it was kind of in an obscure place. It
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was like off the main road. And I got
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both of those for under 10,000
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watt. Both of those were like 9,000
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watt, which is
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like six bucks, five
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bucks
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US. All right. Trying to find a place to
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eat. Uh, wasn't an easy task either, so
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had this electrical
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box. Enjoy a sweet day with Isaac's
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toast. This is the potato beef
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ragu
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Agu. So, I'll give this a
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try. Potato beef
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ragu. Okay. It's got some sauce on it.
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Maybe that's the ragu part.
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That's an interesting
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combo. It's good though. It's got
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cheese, a potato, a meat of some sort.
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I don't know if it's spaghetti sauce. I
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can't be thinking the same ragu,
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right? That is a concoction of things I
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never thought would be good together and
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it's really
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napkins. Works well with this shirt,
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right?
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It's got a sweet taste to it. A sweet
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flavor. Also, a ham and cheese on the
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toast. There's the ham. There's the
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cheese. Basic goodness.
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totally different taste. Obviously, only
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similarity is the
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bread. Oh, it's got something in the
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middle of
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it. I don't know what it is. It's got
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something in the middle of the of the
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cheese. Something crunchy. I don't know
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what it is, but it isn't bad. I'm going
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to be craving those. I'm always going to
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remember though. Those are really good.
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I'm going to polish it off with a drink
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here from the nice to see you store. And
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that's going to do it for today. Thanks
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for
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watching. See you in the next video. The
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vlog