Trip to Korea?

Travel Info
I'm from Malaysia. Actually me and three of my friends are planning to go for a Korea trip before graduation.We are willing to know how's the expenses, experience and sort of things before making a book to there...as we plan to be economical

Travel Tips

Be aware that Korea is expensive relative to Malaysia. That being said, Korea is an interesting country, regardless of your interests. If history, there are many places to see (Seoul, however, isn't very old - becoming the capital only in the 1400s). If modern culture, Korea produces much of the music and television drama of Asia. For shopping, there are the latest in styles at high costs down to replica items (try Itaewan or Dongdaemoon).

I would suggest you start by visiting the Korean Folk Village at Suwon for a view of the history and architectual styles of various provences of Korea. Then on to Namsan, especially at night, for a view of the fabulous city. The National Museum will give you an overview of Korean history. Then, you might want to go shopping. There are also a lot of bars and restaurants for young people.

Lonely Planet has a good book on travel in Korea.

You will enjoy your visit. Source(s): I am an American ex-pat living in China, but visiting Korea frequently (and lived there many years).

Other Travel Tips
this is a good website to help you arrange your trip in Korea..
http://english.tour2korea.com/
try www.tour2korea.com, lots of relevant information there. for stay, you can try budget hotel like www.namsanguesthouse.com ( from previous post). things are expensive but its really an experience...
some say they have problem when they go there due to language but .... if you ask, help will be given. ask the younger ones, they might, just might have a better grasp of english...
1 USD = 3.513161 MYR
1 USD = 947.5195 KRW
15, March, 2007

You can check the conversion rate KRW against MYR.
approximately 1 MYR = 269 KRW.
Normally if you go to S.Korea, you may pay 5,000 KRW when you eat some meal in normal restaurant. So it means you will pay about 18 MYR.

Bus or subway in Seoul = 1,000 KRW
Restaurant (normally) = 4,000 ~ 5,000 KRW

But if you guys are planning to go to on a trip to Korea economically, You can save money in eating something.
I don't know how long you guys are staying in Seoul. If you are staying there more that 5 days, I want to recommend to buy transportation card. It's about 3,000 ~ 4,000 KRW.
Transportation system of Seoul is very well-developed. especially translation system between subway and bus is well-organized. If you pay cash when you take bus, you have to buy subway ticket when you translate to subway. As I said each of them is 1000 KRW. What if you use transportation card? You don't need to pay again when you translate from subway to bus or from bus to subway.
Anyway the more information you have, the more economical your travel will be. You should gather as much information as you can.

And if you want to check conversion rate, you can use www.xe.com. You can check conversion rate directly.
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