During our stay in Korea we visited two beach towns, Sokcho and Busan (Also, known as Pusan). Being that it was the beginning of the rainy season, every time we left Seoul for some sunny beach time—it DOWNPOURED! Despite the rain, each town was a nice get away for the busy city of Seoul.
Sokcho is located in the Northeast part of South Korea. We traveled for 3 ½ hours by express bus to the city. The hotel we stayed in was a traditional Korean hotel with no beds, just blankets and pillows. The East Sea could be seen from our deck. I think we all had our fingers crossed that it would stop raining so we could go swimming in the East Sea, but unfortunately that never happened.
Busan is the second largest city in Korea after Seoul and the largest port city in South Korea. We traveled to Busan by KTX train (as pictured). The KTX train runs on new high-speed line using French TGV technology. To travel across South Korea it took only 2 ½ hours and we traveled at 300 km/h. It was extremely fast but you never felt like you were going that fast, it felt like a normal train ride. Given the short distance we decided to go just for the day. Once again, as soon as we stepped out Seoul it began to pour. However, the train ride made up for this. We were able to see some of the country that is not around the Seoul area, like farming villages and rice fields.
It was a nice getaway on the week to be able to travel rather cheaply across South Korea. My advice for traveling to the beach in June and July in Korea is to bring an umbrella and some rain boots!
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