Hotel Concorde Gyeongju Kyongju

... turn up. I also managed to arrange internet banking while is was in the branch too, i just had to do a few things when I got back to my own PC. So when I did that, later that evening, i was prompted to give my mobile number, which was mandatory. I inputted the number only to then be told that i had to call into the branch to get the number authorised. very frustrating!!<br><br>i'm having difficulties uploading pictures to this site, but I will try again for the next entry!!a<br><br>

... National Museum, having read that it was pretty good at least. We made a slight detour because I wanted to go see a fort, but we couldn't find it and ended up seeing the Seobinggo (Ice Storage) chamber instead. Apparently, way back in the day, they used to store ice there. Not sure how that works seeing as it is pretty hot during the summers, but it's not like we can prove that anyhow. We later found out that the area where we were was the fortress and that ...

... through the temple area without getting soaked. Unfortunately the rain proved to be a bit of a spoiler, but we could imagine in sunlight this bigger temple complex would have been quite nice. It took us a fair time to get around the complex before we had a late lunch in a little restaurant near the temple. Again we made our way through by pointing at a picture and hoping for the best. This time the pictures looked quite ...

... ear drums are just about recovering from. Those Koreans certainly know how to scream! Somewhat scarily they're also show great uniformity in waving glow sticks and balloons in one massive movement. Must be the influence of Communism creeping in from the border... Anyway to sign off today's blog, here's a clip from the gig: Girls Generation...<br><br>http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=3om6WlmI2n4<br><br><br><br >

Took the 11.40am bus from the main bus stop at the Nopo-Dong subway station. 4,000 wons. I had never been on such a luxurious bus. The seats were like first class airplane seats. They go back almost all the way. We arrived in Gyeongju in an hour. Checked into a hostel called Hanjin. 10,000 wons a night. Central Gyeongju consists of tumuli parks and residential areas. Since Gyeongju was the capital of the Shilla Kingdom, the tumuli contained ...

... lidt rigere dame til gengaeld. Det er sjovt. Huset er gammel med en 500 aar gammel tradition, men kokkenet saa nyere ud og hun havde fjernsyn. For mange aar siden, forudsagde en spaamand at der skulle fodes 3 beromte og meget laerde i det hus. Paa det tidspunkt var den forste fodt og nogle aar efter kom den anden. De venter stadig paa den 3. I morgen skal vi rundt og se lidt mere i Gyeongju og saa korer vi til Busan.

... Korean accents sometimes. The story goes that the monks kept trying to build this bell but they could never get it to sound right when they rang it. So each time they had to start over, they'd have to go round the villages and gather more donations from people. One day, a Buddhist monk came to a very poor house, where he met the mother. She said she had no money to donate, but she had a newborn baby. She ...

... day wondering those tombs around the city. As much as wondering the autumn colors that were best so far. All the red leaves in those Japanese mable trees...wow. And we took way too many pics..just couldn't stop we noticed. You always find better and better shot. And pppprrrhh it's cold out here, like at home and we were suppose to play hide and seek with winter. haha, not in Vietnam, nope. I better start practising ...

... a number of tombs, Tumuli park, Grand pavilions, fields, ponds, and even an ICEBOX, before giving up and ducking into a museum hoping that the rain would let up. It didn't, and our journey back on the bikes was less than enjoyable. Oh the site we must have been in that small town... 3 foreigners riding bicycles in the pouring rain. Joe with a all of our bags stuffed in his backpack, bulging out from under his rain coat, Brenda with her rain ...

... exhibits (such as the alien room, Egypt room, and Papau New Guinea room). We caught a performance of acrobats and juggling by some Chinese kids which was really cool. That night was a big birthday blowout for Jaeyong at Yes! His birthday was on the 12th but we had to wait until Saturday to see him. Brandon and Stephen bought him some Andong soju which we cracked open. We had also gotten our 20th stamp and got a free bottle of Cognac. There was of course an ice cream ...