Tag: South Korea

South Korea – The Ancient City of Gyeongju

by travellingbee45, posted in Uncategorised

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

by travellingbee45, posted in Travel

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!

by travellingbee45, posted in Travel

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.

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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.