From modern to traditional. Seoul has 12 million people and is ultra modern, dominated by businesses like Samsung and LG. It's bustling, clean, energetic - a very impressive city. But within a short bus ride you're in rice paddies and traditional homes with gardens laid out in ways that I could only dream of. The countryside around Seoul is green and there are beautiful and surprisingly rugged mountains nearby. The people are friendly and orientally gracious. And finally, kim chi (Korean fermented cabbage seasoned liberally with red pepper) is not as bad as some might make it out to be - kind of like unshredded sauerkraut with a kick!
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