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Skiing in Korea - Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon

Hongcheon is near the East coast of Korea about 90 kilometers from Seoul. Vivaldi Park is about 20 kilometers from Hongcheon but they say it's in Hongcheon anyway.

Before I even got there, my patience was tested as it took 20-30 minutes to go the last 2 kilometers thanks to traffic. As you might imagaine, parking was difficult too, and scary since all the people who don't care much about their skis (and even less about my new car) looked likely to leave a scratch or two.

Inside, you're pretty much stuck eating whatever they have (which is nothing for vegetarians) and that means overpaying for too small portions. The PC room is 3,000/hour three times or at least twice what you'd pay elsewhere.

A 2 room condo will run you 120,000/night while a nicer one in Pusan on Haeundae Beach was quite a bit less. Actaully I was in Pusan a couple of days ago and the junior suite in the Riviera Hotel was 120,000 night and quite a bit nicer even if the carpets were kind of worn.

I've enver been to any other ski area so I hesitate to comment on the quality of the skiing (not to mention I haven't tried it yet), but the slopes look pretty boring. Just a couple of snowy hills really.

Posted by James Trotta at January 23, 2005 8:18 PM