Bulguksa Temple Kyongju

With only a couple of weeks to spend in Korea I was determined to hit the major spots and I was doing pretty well up until Gyeongju, my third destination.

Two main reasons for this, firstly I happened across a really good set of people at the guesthouse who ended up letting me stay there for free as long as I did a little work along the …

Today is a bit of a mess, and probably starting form my end. Too much beer and no presence of mind to set an alarm (I was relying on the construction crew outside the window to wake me up at 7:30, but they of course weren't in today), I got up half an hour late and was running around in the hostel getting breakfast ready, washing my dishes, packing …

This weekend, I took a solo excursion to the nearby city of Gyeongju which was the old capitol of Korea for over a thousand years. There are tons of attractions in Gyeongju but today I was intent on only hitting two. My goal for today was to see Bulguksa Temple and Anapji Pond.

Upon exiting the Gyeongju bus station, I took Bus 10 en route …

... night here in Gyongju. A hot floor will never have felt so good....! Footnote: Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong and Gyeongju Historic Areas (incorporating Mt Namsan District, Wolseong Fortress District, ...

... , you know it is going to be a great day... After checking in at my hotel, I took a bus out to Bulguksa Temple, one of the most famous in Korea. Now I've seen plenty of temples in my time, but this was up there with the best, no doubt helped by the ...

... a tiszta kollégiumba! ____________________________ On our last trip we paid a visit to Bulguksa temple, the most beautyful Buddhist temple complex in South-Korea built by the Shilla dinasty in 528. Unfortunately all buildings have suffered severe ...

... Turns out they hold it nightly but it ends at midnight so I was still up and at'em this morning. I first went to Bulguksa Temple. Another UNESCO site. I walked around the grounds and saw all of the buildings. It's just temple after temple. The main ...

... same time it allowed me to get a few choice shots of more typical domestic visitors. Over the other side of the mountain from Bulguksa temple is the grotto of Seokguram, the next stop on our itinerary. Long held to be a sacred spot for Koreans, it's ...

Entry containing 3 photos titled: It was busy at the Bulguksa Temple, Pavilion in the Bulguksa Temple 1, Pavilion in the Bulguksa Temple 2

... the city. Gyeongju is often referred to as "the museum without walls".  Among such historical treasures, Seokguram grotto, Bulguksa temple, Gyeongju Historic Areas and Yangdong Folk Village are designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.  The ...

... toppled towers along a higher wall where the kids couldn't reach, and later saw a Korean man doing the same. After visiting Bulguksa Temple, I walked three kilometers or so up a pretty wooded path with lots of chipmunks to Seokguram Grotto -- an 8th ...

... 4-hour midnight train ride here!"... so on I went. I headed to a bus stop located near the museum for the ride out to Bulguksa temple and the UNESCO Buddha. It was nice that the bus shelter was just that as the rain was intensifying. Upon arrival at ...

... bell ringing every hour.  Kind of a let down. After the bell and museum, we went to the Seokgulam Grotto and Bulguksa temple, which are both UNESCO World Heritage sites.  Most Buddhist temples in Korea are built on top of mountains in rurul ...