Pulguksa Tourist Kyongju

... mother (thanks to Rick for that tip!). It works very well and saves a lot of stress on my part, not to mention my voice!<br><br>I'm in the process of building a Baby Chair to send them to on the 3rd X. I will let you know how that works out.<br><br>I've also started up Taekwondo three nights a week. I used to do Karate many years ago and I've been looking to start up martial arts again since, but it proved difficult finding a club in either Yeovil or Basingstoke. Thankfully ...

... or not, but we walked in anyway and no one stopped us. It wasn't that impressive, most of it were replicas and the display they had didn't really reveal that much. After that, we went through the forest park and ended up on the other side. We went towards the Cheomseongdae Observatory, which was the reason I wanted to come to Gyeongju in the first place. For those who don't know about it, it is meant to be the oldest observatory in East Asia, built over 1300 ...

... to when we made slitty eyes gestures as kids to imitate the Chinese. I was taken aback by that, and kept asking him to tell me what he was doing. when he didn't i pestered the Korean teacher to tell me. She eventually and very sheepishly said "he's got an eye problem". too right I said, he has slitty eyes! of course, i didn't really say that! Still, I've found my revenge though. This poster of the ...

... and called my agent, who spoke to the taxi driver. it turned out that the card i had been given was out of date and they had since moved offices. how helpful was that?!<br><br>Eventually I got back ok, and myself and the taxi drive ended up bonding over his guns and roses CD. He also volunteered that he liked Deep Purple, and after I had hummed the opening line to the grand prix tune he piped up "smoke on water". awesome!<br><br><br>

... passage detruisirent la plupart des sites touristiques du pays...<br>Plusieurs temples, pagodes et jardins ont depuis ete reconstruits et de nombreuses recherches archeologiques ont permis d'en savoir plus sur la periode de Silla. <br>Cette ville est vraiment agreable, entouree de petites montagnes bien vertes et avec une multitude de vieilles maisons. De nombreux tumulus sont visibles dans le ...

... Followed by endless exercises and meditation. It sure is a cheap place to crash with 3 square meals a day, martial arts exercises and meditation. Diet in this place is strictly vegetarian. Sure will not find any EUS members willing to go near there. It is smack in the foot of a mountain. Didn`t I get enough of Mt. Fuji already? NO... I keep on going to them so I have stories to tell on this blog!!!

Howdy, Gyeongju oli pikku pikku kaupunki missa paanahtavyytena oli kuninkaallisten hautakummut. Niita oli ympari kaupunki ja ne oli sellasia, no hyvia pulkkamakia.... ;) se kuvaa enemman. Ja laitan fotoja oheen niin naatte mista on kyse. Gyeongju on itarannikolla ja pirulainen siel oli kylma, ihan kun Suomessa olis ja meian piti tulla kylmaa karkuun. No olihan se saa kirpakka ja siel nahtiin tahan mennessa parhaimmat ...

... morning to see the waterfalls. Enjoyed a wonderful, simple country meal! On Sunday morning, we hiked to the seventh waterfall before turning back so that we could enjoy the public hot springs before driving back to Incheon. Drove north along the eastern coast of Korea towards Uljin. Stopped at a crab fishing village where we picked several crab and fresh fish at the market that we took to a restaurant to be cooked for us.

... until a quarter to 5. They left to go wait for the library to open so that they could reserve their study seats! Hardcore!!! It's midterms around here and everyone's study crazy. Of course since they were out all night they were going to sleep in their study seats before studying. Haha. Brandon and I stayed out for another hour before heading home. Melissa and I ventured out to Eonyang on Saturday for a trip to the Amethyst caves. It took a lot longer than we ...

... left. If that wasn't enough cherry blossom viewing for me, Monday night saw more! After classes, my director drove all the teachers (minus Mr. Lee who had to stay and teach) to Gyeoungju for a nighttime viewing of the blossoms. We had dinner, went for a lakeside walk, then went and ate/drank more before heading home. It was a late night and I was falling asleep in the van on the way home (which really means I was tired, because I hate sleeping on ...