Hotel Lotte World - SRS Hotel, Seoul

Advantages: Cheap, Beautiful Indoor Section, Some Good Rides
Disadvantages: Maybe Dangerous, No Good Food, Not Geared up to Western Vistiors

...www.lotteworld.com Close to Jamsil Station on No2 Metro Line Open 9.30-23.00 Lotte is a major Korean company which has stores, beverage and food businesses and Lotte World combines their central Seoul Department Store with an indoor and outdoor theme park and other facilities such as an ice rink, bowling alley and hotel. It is definitely worth a visit if you have free time in Seoul. I am sure Disney Land/World has better rides but even though Lotte World is a rip-off copy it has a charm all of it's own. The outside section has some very modern, thrilling rides that come close to those in other larger amusement parks but it is the indoor section (the largest indoor amusement park in the world) that I found most intersting. It is a large doom roofed building that seems to have nothing to do with Asia. It is as if Santa's grotto... Read review

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Advantages: Fine public transportation, safety place for travelers
Disadvantages: Language problem

...I've stayed in Seoul, South Korea, for six months, March - September 2006 as a Writer-in-Residence. I was invited by the Korea Literature Translation Institute (KLTI) under the Korean Ministry and Culture's ACPI (Asian Culture Partnership Initiative) program. As a Writer-in-Residence, my life in Seoul was joyful. I've received a monthly-grant USD 1,700. In 2006, the living cost in Seoul was the highest in the world. The second was Tokyo, and the third was New York. But again, my life in Seoul at the time was wonderful. *Dormitory* For six months I stayed in Crimson House, a dormitory near Korea University. You must pay around USD 300 a month to stay in this dormitory for standard room. Crimson House's management is very good, a safe place for many non-Koreans who stay in Seoul for any reasons (study, research, etc.). About safety... Read review

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Advantages: Koreans are often very friendly, Prices can be reduced although very cheap, goods are of high quality generally, Seoul has a natural energy charged by Koreans aspirations for a perfect country, views breathtaking
Disadvantages: Can be difficult to navigate Seoul, The "wet season" is a bad time to go (starts end july, mainly august), Few Koreans know good english,

...and what you save on food and drink you can't help but spend on clothes, cd's, etc.... Everywhere you turn though you will encounter a department store with Lotte on it or Samsung. They are big companies and these malls tend to really overcharge for goods, but you can be totally sound in the knowledge that your purchase is a great quality. You can even go to Lotte World which is a theme park owned by Lotte company. never went but really wanted to go, I've heard it's great so it must be worth a visit!!! There is loads of shopping in Seoul!! FOOD: there are loads of food shops in seoul... you can't walk a street length without seeing about 5. Koreans love their food and this really shows, the food is gorgeous and very spicy. If you don't like spicy food then you really are limited to certain things. For fast food don't good to mc... Read review

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