JAMES FALLISGAARD is a 21 year old Engineering student at UW living in Seattle. He's also lived in Sinchon, Seoul, South Korea, studying Korean at Yonsei University.
SOUTH KOREA - 2007.09.23 - DAY27
Gyungju/Busan Vacation Post 5 of 9
Today we rose early to get some hiking in. There are not only temples in the area, but a big mountainous area with tons of trails and historical relics scattered throughout.
We took a bus out to a parking lot where many trails begin, and [...]
SOUTH KOREA - 2007.09.22 - DAY26 (CONT’D)
Gyungju/Busan Vacation Post 4 of 9
We get back to the hostel after a long day of culture basking, to a party of internationals on the hostel roof. Teachers, some other folks from Yonsei, and ussssssss:
Note Hard City Bear Claw (Jelly and Silvia don’t know how to do it [...]
SOUTH KOREA - 2007.09.22 - DAY26 (CONT’D)
Gyungju/Busan Vacation Post 3 of 9
From Bulguksa, we took a bus up some real windy hills to SEOKGURAM GROTTO: another national treasure of Korea, this one a gigantic stone Buddha statue built in to the side of a hill way up in the mountains.
The stone steps leading up to [...]
SOUTH KOREA - 2007.09.22 - DAY26
Gyungju/Busan Vacation Post 2 of 9
First was to get some culture. We took a bus out to Bulguksa Temple. It’s a huge AND ancient Buddhist temple with tons of ‘national treasures’, as designated by the South Korean government.
BUT first, lemme show you our breakfast.
Oh, here’s a good group [...]
SOUTH KOREA - 2007.09.21 - DAY25
Gyungju/Busan Vacation Post 1 of 9
This week I’ll cover my vacation within a vacation, checking out the south-west South Korean peninsula, the cities of Gyungju and Busan (or Pusan), and seeing some cultural relics, and doing some hiking along the way. AND—> I get to go to the [...]