Korea Do 2007 - Sep 28th - Oct 1st

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Mar 19, 2007 | 8:28 pm

Sweet Willie

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Korea Do 2007 - Sep 28th - Oct 1st

Arriving into ICN @ 5:45pm on Friday Sept 28 and departing on Monday Oct 1, 2007

Looking to tour a bit of Seoul and also do a day trip to the DMZ.

Full trip report of this Do here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=742504

Attending:
bseller
Willie
vprp
AusTXHiker
Condition One +1
work2fly

The Maybe’s:
Airoli
DH
TEX277
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moondog
aztimm

No Bul Go Ki’s:
Kiwi Flyer
kluau88
mahasamatman
brahms77
dedehans
civicmon

Itinerary:
Friday Sept 28: Late dinner (9pm) Location TBD but probably someplace close to Westin Chosun

bseller
vprp
Willie
Condition One +1

[B]Saturday Sept 29: USO DMZ Tour

bseller
Condition One +1
Willie

Saturday dinner: location TBD

bseller
Condition One +1
Willie

Sunday Sept 30:

City Tour ?

LUNCH at Noryangjin Fish Market

Sunday dinner ?

(looking for suggestions)

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Last edited by Sweet Willie; Oct 3, 2007 at 4:51 pm

Mar 23, 2007 | 4:59 am

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Originally Posted by Sweet Willie

Anyone going to be around or want to join ?

Yes.

Best, Dave

Mar 27, 2007 | 12:42 am

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As this date is just one week after the ZRH Do, I will probably still be recovering from the hangover and am unlikely to attend. But never say never...

Mar 28, 2007 | 6:24 am

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Yes.

most excellent^

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As this date is just one week after the ZRH Do, I will probably still be recovering from the hangover and am unlikely to attend. But never say never...

I've never been to Korea but understand that a lot of soju is consumed, if this helps

Mar 29, 2007 | 8:17 pm

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from prelim research, it looks like more than a few companies provide tours of the DMZ, one that gets high marks is the USO tour only held on Saturdays:
http://www.uso.org/Korea/default.cfm?contentid=347
Their site did not list times, cost or exact itinerary, guess I'll have to email them

Mar 30, 2007 | 5:05 am

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One that gets high marks is the USO tour only held on Saturdays: http://www.uso.org/Korea/default.cfm?contentid=347 Their site did not list times, cost or exact itinerary, guess I'll have to email them

This is the one that I've been "leaning" toward as well, since at least a portion of the tour includes the official "line" between N and S, and I understand that its possible to have military personnel on the tour - which could be interesting in and of itself.

My understanding is that the cost is "near" 75,000 Won, not much different than others.
Advance resv are, of course, going to be required.

Best, Dave

Mar 30, 2007 | 4:27 pm

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Guys,

For your convenience, I've amended the title of the thread to reflect the dates given in the OP - hope that helps! Have a great time in Seoul

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Apr 9, 2007 | 3:34 pm

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I am interested but booked for the Yodeleledoo which may be a bit too big a Do for me.... so if this Korea Do gets any real legs, I might just bite the bullet and see how much more DL will charge me to switch air res to join you.....

Bump and sell?

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Apr 9, 2007 | 4:11 pm

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Maybe...

I'm going to keep an eye on this. I'll be attending Cow Do III a few weeks prior. And I may be changing jobs, so things are up in the air at the moment.