We made our way to our last destination in South Korea, Busan. As we had a little time to explore we went to the South Coast and to a small island of Gadeogdo, slightly away from the city. The islands are connected by a huge necklace of bridges and this little Island was part of … Continue reading South Korea – Busan
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South Korea – The Ancient City of Gyeongju
For me this place was one of the highlights of our journey in South Korea. If you live in Europe you are probably familiar with tumuli or barrows, earth and stone burial mounds. Gyeongju has approximately 150 burial mounds from the Silla period (57 BCE to 935 CE) and they are huge. It was large … Continue reading South Korea – The Ancient City of Gyeongju
South Korea – Heading East
I'm catching up on South Korea whilst hurtling along on Japanese bullet trains! What an experience this is! Anyway back to South Korea. The next day we headed East, not really knowing and only having a rough idea where we wanted to visit. We stopped for ssanghwa and coffee again at this rather out of the … Continue reading South Korea – Heading East
South Korea – Jeongju Hanok Village and a rainy day!
The next day we decided we would visit a Hanok village which is now part of a much bigger town. A hanok is a traditional Korean house, usually one storey, built using wood, earth, and stone. It has wooden structures, tiled roofs, maybe a yard or courtyard. Unfortunately we arrived in a holiday period and … Continue reading South Korea – Jeongju Hanok Village and a rainy day!
South Korea – Gunsan and the Angler Fish.
We hired a car! We were told that the drivers here are aggressive but, they seemed ok to us. Luckily the car had a satnav because the apps were not great. We gave the satnav the name Doris and she had verbal diarrhea! She would tell us of every lane change, speed bump, "take care … Continue reading South Korea – Gunsan and the Angler Fish.
South Korea – Seoul
I am so behind and as I start to write about the Korean part of the journey, I have actually just set foot in Japan.... My head is in two places at once! The flight was interesting to me in that it was pretty much all Koreans or Japanese, there was not a grey head, … Continue reading South Korea – Seoul
Taiwan – Alshian Mountains and Disaster!
We travelled inland to the Mount Alishan region. Apparently we could see fireflies here and we wanted to get out of the city. This blossom is a member of the pea family While we travel we look out for places of interest, I've become quite cynical about these having past several potential 'sky mirrors' but … Continue reading Taiwan – Alshian Mountains and Disaster!
Taiwan – Tainan
I forgot to mention the 'car lift' at our hotel in Kaohsiung. It was quite scary to drive into the space with a glass window into the lobby ahead of you. Tatjana was very cool about it, I wasn't! I took some footage when we left but it doesn't really show the glass wall very … Continue reading Taiwan – Tainan
Taiwan – Food
You're going to get a few posts in quick succession as I try to catch up. This one is short! Tatjana is very curious about different foods. I seem to be interested only when I'm hungry. (Some of you will remember when I was always hungry but, that has changed with age) Anyway Tatjana's interest … Continue reading Taiwan – Food
Taiwan – West Side
After our race South I found the quirkiest hotel ever! Honestly I was beginning to think we'd entered an alternate universe! Maybe the Nuclear Power station 30 mins away is affecting everything including my mind? This place was good value, clean and spacious! The housekeeper, as she described herself was very friendly and when Tatjana … Continue reading Taiwan – West Side
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