By So who knows the name of this city:
Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard:
- Mark – 9
- Leon Laporte – 8
- RoK N Roll – 5
- Brewcrew17 – 1
- Obiwan – 1
- Rommel – 1
- Sonagi – 1
- A Listener – 1
- Brian – 1
- Alex – 1
- Lord of E2 – 1
- Kushibo – 1
The person with the most points at the end of the year of the weekly Korea Finder contest will rewarded with a book or DVD of their choice from Amazon.com. Also note that if you got a picture that you think would make a great Korea Finder feel free to send it in to me.
10:42 am on November 6th, 2009 1
Hoeryong.
10:47 am on November 6th, 2009 2
Danyang
12:33 pm on November 6th, 2009 3
Pocheon.
3:41 pm on November 6th, 2009 4
That would be my bet.
12:22 am on November 7th, 2009 5
Brian got it, this is Danyang over in Chungcheongbuk-do. A really nice little part of Korea.
12:23 am on November 7th, 2009 6
Sonagi Danyang may look like a bit of back water but not that much of a backwater.
1:20 am on November 7th, 2009 7
I took pretty much the same picture when I visited a couple of years ago. Nice enough town, I really enjoyed the caves just down the street, and would like to visit again. The bus terminal, though, was the oldest and crappiest I've ever seen in Korea.
5:55 am on November 7th, 2009 8
The drabby concrete structures in the foreground wouldn't look out of place in a North Korean border city.
12:45 pm on November 7th, 2009 9
It's almost obvious with the bend in the river and the huge hotel in the hills in the background.
It's the birthplace of Park Chan-Wook, by the way.
1:28 am on November 8th, 2009 10
Interesting I didn't know that.