Koreana

... much as the book says.  I guess I got a fantastic deal through the tourist hotel booking at the airport.  It is called the Koreana.  It is a nice hotel but cable internet is 300 won per minute or a max of 18000 won per day (about ...

... is some good shopping at Singapore Airport! Didn't buy anything though, but I'll be back. 19h30 Arrived at our hotel the Koreana in downtown Seoul. This really is a huge city, the drive from the airport took some time and all along the way there ...

Did I tell you how nice Japanese people are? Let me reiterate. I thought that by getting to the airport one hour in advance, I would have plenty of time to drop off my bag and arrive at the gate comfortably. When I came to the check-in desk of Japan Air, ...

... mentünk, onnan meg a Gayasan nemzeti parkba, a Haeinsa templomba, ahol az UNESCO-s, buddhista nyomtatott fatáblák, a Tripkata Koreana található. Nos, ezen a napon Kriszta lett beteg az út alatt, ő sem tartotta magában, ami benne volt. ...

... aus China rueber, die Sonne hat Probleme da durchzuscheinen. In Haeinsa gibt es einen Tempel, der die Tripitaka Koreana beherbergt (siehe auch http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripitaka_Koreana), der saemtliche Zitate von Buddha auflistet in insgesamt ...

... and took another bus to Haeinsa Temple. This temple is one of the most famous in South Korea, because this where the Tripitaka Koreana is stored. This Tripitaka Koreana is an ancient book printed on thousands of woodblocks: it was quite impressive. Back ...

... locale, in the mountains of Gayasan National Park.  The fact that it also contains a UNESCO world heritage document, the Triptaka Koreana, is just bonus points.  But more on that later. I wasn't sure what to expect from the Temple Stay.  I ...

... cafe near my apartment; I started going there when I was starting to get sick because I couldn't make it to the Hotel Koreana. I thought he only spoke Russian, but it turns out he also speaks Tatar, Uzbek and a little English. Yay! Someone else to ...

I'm in Tashkent! I am sitting in the business center of the Hotel Koreana, using a keyboard that has English, Korean and Cyrillic characters. I couldn't get into my email, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the Hotel's ...

...  in Korean so we could show other people what we were doing, in case we had trouble. Bless her!    Footnote: Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripataka Koreana Woodblocks are UNESCO World Heritage ...

So it took me good couple hours to get out of Varanassi, making my way back out of the shoulder width maze of pathways leading from the burning bodies at the shore was like being a blind, deaf and all together senseless mouse in one of those mazes where ...

... That is right from the 9th century.   In the 14th Century, this temple became the repository for the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks which are devotional writings.  We were told that Haeinsa is considered a "religious cradle for national peace and ...

... whole shop (thanks emma) we got back on the bus and went for lunch. Then we went to a temple (i think its called Tripitaka Koreana or something. They kept saying that anyways) and wandered around. It was lovely and peaceful too. The DEIIU bought us a bag ...

... different ceremonies. Haeinsa is part also of the UNESCO world heritage, they have in a part of the temple the Tripitaka Koreana: which also known as the Goryo Buddhist canon, in one word, one of the most significant complete Buddhist sacred texts. ...