there are amazing palaces in Seoul. I tried to go to as many as i could, although Gyeongbokgung was definitely my favourite. architecturally, they are amazingly intricate, with inner layers leading on to other inner layers followed by gardens and more layers. it astounds me how little we know in Europe about Asian kingdoms, their architecture, history and way of life. but Asians themselves are far from ignorant of their history- all the palaces were filled with tourists. The tourists were overwhelmingly Korean, although i did see some Chinese and Japanese. representing the Western world, i saw one small group of Argentine tourists....and that was it. it is our loss really, we are missing a lot by not paying more attention to this fascinating civilisation. on the one hand you would think the Korean government would do more to encourage tourism, given that Korea has the makings of a tourist mecca- affordable and decent hotels, beautiful nature, great shopping and a rich history.....but they dont seem to do much propaganda abroad. maybe they dont want our dirty, uncouth western tourists? i might not blame them.....
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