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Places in Korea: Chiaksan National Park – Part 3

» by June 27th, 2009 at 11:14 pm » Comments (0)

Prior Posting: Sangwonsa Temple __________________________________________ After spending a little bit over an hour at Sangwonsa Temple resting and checking the place out, I then proceeded to head down the mountain to the ...more »

Places in Korea: Sangwonsa Temple

» by June 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pm » Comments (8)

At the end of the ridge line that crosses Chiaksan mountain from the 1,288 meter summit of Birobong Peak the entrance gate to the isolated Buddhist Temple Sangwonsa came into ...more »

Places in Korea: Chiaksan National Park – Part 2

» by June 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments (1)

Prior Posting: Chiaksan National Park - Part 1 ___________________________________________________ After visiting Guryong Temple and completing my ascent to the 1,288 meter summit of Birobong Peak I continued my hike across Chiaksan National ...more »

Places in Korea: Chiaksan National Park – Part 1

» by June 24th, 2009 at 4:31 am » Comments (4)

A National Park in Korea that seems to often go unnoticed to those that live outside of the Wonju region is without a doubt Chiaksan National Park.  Chiaksan which means ...more »

Places in Korea: Guryongsa Temple

» by June 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 am » Comments (1)

Located along the hillside of a stunningly beautiful valley of Chiaksan National Park in South Korea's Gangwon-do Province is the Buddhist temple Guryongsa: A monk by the name of Ui Sang ...more »

A Pictorial History of Ulleungdo Island

» by May 15th, 2009 at 8:00 pm » Comments (1)

I mentioned before on my prior posting about the Dokdo Museum about how the best part of the museum was the variety of old photographs of Ulleungdo that were hanging ...more »

Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 4

» by May 14th, 2009 at 8:03 pm » Comments (5)

Prior Posting: Ulleungdo Island - Part 3 __________________________________ Hiking Up Seongin Peak The next day of my trip to Korea's Ulleungdo Island I decided to take a hike to the top of the ...more »

Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 3

» by May 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm » Comments (4)

Prior Posting: Ulleungdo Island - Part 2 ________________________________ Sights Around Ulleungdo If visiting Ulleungdo Island don't just hang out around the Dodong'ri area,  you need to take the time to travel around the ...more »

Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 2

» by May 12th, 2009 at 8:31 pm » Comments (2)

Prior Posting: Ulleungdo Island - Part 1 __________________________________ The Dodong-ri Cable Car From the Dokdo Museum my wife and I headed over to the nearby cable car station to catch a ride up ...more »

Places In Korea: Ulleungdo Island – Part 1

» by May 11th, 2009 at 8:13 pm » Comments (7)

Background Korea has many islands that are scattered mostly along its southwestern coast line with the nation's most popular vacation island Jejudo sitting even further out to sea.  Korea's east coast ...more »

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