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Entombed in Dirt
Lost and confused as always... we got off the Seoul Metro to get to the express bus terminal for Gyeongju... a Korean young woman steps up and helps us out after seeing two lost and confused travellers. This seems to be the theme of our whole travel experience: "Lost and confused in the Far East". What is new? Bus ride took about 4 hours. This is …
Watched soccer game !!
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Jeju-do - Korea's little gem!
... the Emperor Qin (?), his tomb in Xi’an, copies of the two found chariots and some of the Terracotta Warriors. Altho’ very little was in English, I believe the exhibition was about Emperor Qin’s relationship with Korea and how he was always looking for the elixir of eternal life. Seogwipo was seen to be somewhere special, where the emperor thought Mt Hallasan might hold the answer. The exhibition went on to suggest that this quest still continues to ...
Golgul-sa templestay
... be at the temple for 5pm. When I initially arrived at the Templestay office, they didn’t know if either of the previously mentioned activities was taking place and sent me scurrying up a hill twice, to find out. After returning the second time, I told them I was very annoyed. I said they needed to make a number of improvements to the present system, including: informing the tourist information centres of the revised agenda, making it clear ...
Having the hump in Geongju
... them, as they appear as rounded, grassy hillocks (called tumuli) all over the town, in quite the most impromptu of places. So much so that there were houses almost on top of them, until they were removed only 27 years ago!! Several appear within the main town boundary, with some featuring in common parks, while others are contained within a given confine.
First, a word or two about the Shilla years in South Korea. After a series of different burial ...


