Seokguram Grotto Kyongju

Gyeongju / Kyongju - Busan. Saturday, 13 October 2012.
Today i can not wake up in the early morning. Because we stay up until 4 AM. So the schedules delayed 3 hours. But it worth it because I have a new friends and the great experiance hehe (i miss you, bogoshipda chingu).After breakfast, my new friend and I will visit Bulguksa Temple and …

Gyeonju, an ancient capital of Korea well known for its ancient tombs of past emperors. The tombs are huge mounds of earth that have been there for centuries and are now nestled within the city centre in tranquil parks. The location of the ancient capital was never really documented so the tombs have gone untouched all of this time which is a nice …

Today we went to Gyeongju, a place filled with UNESCO World Heritage Sites ready for us to explore. We checked out of our hotel around 0730 and headed towards the train station via the subway. We had to change subway line several times in order to get to Gyeongju which left us with limited time today to explore. With the backpacks weighing down on …

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 …

Before getting to Gyeongju, our bus connects at Pohang. We're out of Korean Won so we need an ATM. There's none at the station so we must wander into the town to find one. While a local shopkeeper tries to explain where the nearest ATM is, we meet eyes with a rare western face. He immediately stops, smiles and waits for the shopkeeper to finish his …

... the last 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 ...

... indication of spring's arrival, and it definitely whetted the appetite for cherry blosom season... I caught another bus up to Seokguram Grotto afterwards which was less impressive, although it afforded fantastic views out to the East Sea. It was very ...

... , the Wolseong Nuclear Power Station in Wolseong, and the Gyeongju National Museum. Our first stop today was the Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Buddhist Temple. The temples were just what I envisioned when picturing traditional Buddhist temples. As a ...

... sets of buildings. With the sun shining we decided to walk up through the forest for an hour to our next destination, the Seokguram Grotto.  It was nice to get away from people for a while, and the ridiculous signs promoting safety along with the ...

... in 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.  ...

... . After visiting Bulguksa Temple, I walked three kilometers or so up a pretty wooded path with lots of chipmunks to Seokguram Grotto -- an 8th century cave temple which houses an extremely beautiful Buddha statue.  The temple -- which is ...

Entry containing 2 photos titled: Seokguram Grotto building, View from Seokguram Grotto carpark

... don’t ask me why – that’s about it for my knowledge of the Korean system of social hierarchy. The Seokguram grotto is actually beautiful, but there’s not much to see other than the Buddha carving, and annoyingly you’re not ...

... grateful that I didn’t go with the original plan because that 2.2km would have been a whole lotta hiking uphill.  The Seokguram Grotto and the temple were built about the same time, well over a 1000 years ago (about the mid-700’s). ...

... art : celadon pottery, ceramics, wooden items, amethyst jewelry, Korean jade, etc.  I squeezed in a quick look at the Seokguram Grotto before Templestay.  Again, it's an outdoor viewing of a stone Buddah that's been built into the cave ...