Elisuper Offbeat Travel

19/08/2015

VisitSeoul are currently offering FREE K-pop Experience Programmes at SMTOWN 코엑스 (Coex) for foreigners every Monday and Tuesday until December 2015.

Click for more info.

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/08/k-pop-experience-at-smtown-coex/

Even though I live in COEX, I've never actually been to SMTOWN at COEX Artium, a mere 1 minute walk from my apartment :oops: For those of you who don't know (i.e. me this morning), SM Entertainment...

17/08/2015

Escape rooms are one of my favourite things to do and I finally managed to go to one in Seoul yesterday! Have you been to any of the other escape rooms in Seoul? How were they?

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/08/the-vault-seouls-escape-room/

Escape rooms have been the new 'it' thing to do for the last few years, and they are everywhere. Literally every country I've been to in the last 2 years has had an escape room. It's a relatively n...

15/08/2015

Belif skincare are giving away a ton of free samples, prizes and sweets outside COEX today! I got 5 packets of sweets and loads of samples!

14/08/2015

Free admission to Changdeok Palace this weekend to celebrate National Liberation of Korea Day :)

03/08/2015

Green grass, rabbits, and exercise machines. What more could you possibly want in a park?

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/08/parc-montmartre-rabbit-park/

Parc Montmartre is picture perfect park out near Seocho, Seoul. It's also home to a herd of rabbits. Its very french name is due to its close proximity to Little France (or Seorae Maeul), a ...

02/08/2015

Went to Noryangjin Fish Market for the first time yesterday! What are your top tips for surviving the market?

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/08/noryangjin-fish-market-live-to-your-table/

Noryangjin Fish Market is a lively market in Seoul that sells fish and other types of seafood. Under one steel roof, stalls on the ground floor of Noryangjin market sell everything from sea urchins...

31/07/2015

What are your favourite street foods in Seoul?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/07/seoul-offbeat-myeongdong-street-food/

Myeongdong is full of weird and wonderful street foods that come out after 6pm. Here's just some of the ones I've sampled: 1. Pizza Cone It's a pizza... in a cone! What a g...

28/07/2015

I've been to a Sheep Cafe, Racoon Cafe, Dog Cafe and Cat Cafe in Seoul. What other animal cafes am I missing?

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/2015/07/thanks-nature-sheep-cafe-playing-with-sheep/

Another animal cafe to add to the list. This time it's a sheep cafe out in Hongdae, Seoul. Thanks Nature Cafe houses two sheep at any given time. Right now Milky and Lily are enjoying the good life...

21/07/2015

From free K-pop dance classes to free Korean cooking lessons, you're sure to find something you'll want to do on this list.

What free classes have you been to in Seoul?

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1573

There are a surprising amount of free or extremely cheap (≤ KRW 5,000) classes available to foreigners living or visiting Seoul. Sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and other good-willed...

21/07/2015

Free classes woop
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1445

Just like Seoul Global Cultural Centre, Korean Culture to the World (KCTW) offers free classes to foreigners to teach them about Korean culture. Who knew there were so many free classes out there i...

19/07/2015

City Slide has made its way to Korea!
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1520

City Slide is a 350m makeshift water slide making it's way around the world. And it's finally here, in Korea! I remember this happening a few months ago in London while I was in Shanghai and being ...

18/07/2015

Boryeong Mud Festival Reviewed
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1490

Boryeong Mud Festival is held every year at Dacheon Beach during the last 2 weeks of July. There's music, drink and plenty of mud to go around. Getting to Boryeong Mud Festival can be a massive tas...

17/07/2015

Great food with great company
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1457

Meatballs from IKEA the only thing you know about Scandinavian food? Then you need to join one of Mad og Hygge's weekly cook and eat community dinners in Seoul. Every Wednesday, ...

17/07/2015

Cute but extremely smelly racoons :'(
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1383

I've been to both a Dog Cafe and Cat Cafe. Now I'm stepping it up.. to a Raccoon Cafe. Bonita Di Cafe is a cafe out in Bucheon, Seoul where you can play with raccoons. Having come from Londo...

17/07/2015

Whisky flavour ice-cream anyone?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1368

Swi:t B, also known as Sweet B, is an ice-cream parlour out in Itaewon. You can either order soft serve ice-cream in cool flavours such as whisky, grapefruit and pistachio; or order one of these ad...

17/07/2015

FREE CLASSES IN SEOUL
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1348

Did you know that Seoul Global Cultural Centre offers free or crazy cheap classes to foreigners in Korea? The classes are sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government with the aim of teaching for...

17/07/2015

A whole room just to go on the internet?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1308

"I'm so down with the kids" screams my (newly) 27 year old self as I walked into my Qplus room. I'd been on the lookout for an Internet cafe since I was left laptopless at the begining of the week....

17/07/2015

Cute cats, itchy fur
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1315

Find petting cats therapeutic? Need a fix? Head to Cat Cafe in Myeongdong! Cats, in my opinion, are the sassiest of all animals in the animal kingdom. And the ones at Cat Cafe are no different. I g...

17/07/2015

Cotton candy and tiny mango macarons? Yes please! http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1287

I was perfectly content with an ice-cream and flake until I walked into Remicone in Apgujeong, Seoul and ordered a salted caramel ice-cream with popping candy, tiny mango macaroons and cotton candy...

17/07/2015

2 hour queues for mediocre rides! Left unimpressed
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1230

I thought I'd do a mini review for Lotte World since I've just come back from there and it kind of sucked. Lotte World is one of the main theme parks in Seoul. It's split into 3 sections: Adventure...

17/07/2015

My first hologram concert! What did you guys think?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1226

So I went to my first K-pop concert today. PSY, Big Bang and 2NE1 were all playing.. as holograms. Klive is interactive hologram concert in Seoul playing every hour Tuesday - Sunday from 1pm to 8pm...

17/07/2015

Great weekend in Jeju Island. What did everyone else get up to?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1099

As a birthday surprise, I got to go to Jeju Island for the weekend! Here's what I got up to: 1. Mini hike around Oedolgae Natural rock formations and crystal clear waters make Oedolgae the prettie...

17/07/2015

Pretty locks lining the Seoul Tower
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=1040

Love locks lining the Pont des Art bridge in Paris were torn down earlier in June to be replaced by plexiglass. So where can lovers declare their undying love now? The unlikely answer lies in Seoul...

17/07/2015

Cake decorating in Hongik! How did your cakes look like?
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=990

If you can handle an overload of cuteness, being crafty, and desserts, then you'll love Mi Cake (or 내가만든미케익 as the Korean's call it), a cake decorating shop by Hongik University Station. Mi Cake is...

17/07/2015

Got my eyebrows done at Angelsline!
http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=942

When in Korea do as the Koreans do.. And get some cosmetic work done. I was born with typically sparse Chinese eyebrows which I've been drawing on since I was 15. It's an extra 5 minutes of sleep I...

17/07/2015

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=916

Stepping out in my scruffy unironed clothes, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed standing next to the chicly dressed girls of Seoul. My only option was to hurry out and buy some new clothes (and m...

17/07/2015

http://www.elisuperoffbeattravel.com/?p=873

Bau House is a cafe and doggy play house. You can either bring your own dog to interact with other dogs and people, or play with one of the many, many, dogs that live at Bau House. Here is full lis...

16/07/2015

Guest post on my favourite Seoul travel site

Summer in Korea is here and with it comes the sweltering heat. What better way to cool down than with a big fat dose of ice-cream. If you're sick and tired of the same old vanilla scoops then check out these 9 very cool and very instagramable ice-cream places to eat in Seoul below.