went there on business trip last year... one thing for sure, food and language would be a major problems.. day 3 of kimchi and cold dish,,, u will by dying for real food,,, and language,,,,, damn,,,,sign language works better..... travel alone... my advice,,, carry your hotel address card so can show the cab driver and a map to point to cabbie where u wanna go...... also global roaming on phone cannot be used unless u have CDMA phone....,, and yeah forget about buying mobile phone there..... different system.... bottom line,,, the land if kimchi,,, is definately." kimchi kimchi everywhere, but no real food to eat" other that that it would be great experience