Destination: Jeungpyeong / Chungju (South Korea)
Jeungpyeong and Chungju are a couple rural areas of central Korea a couple hours from Seoul – not usually areas that make up a waygukin’s (foriegner’s) journey across Korea, but interesting areas nonetheless. Why come to these rural areas? My friend...
Destination: Daejeon, South Korea
Welcome to Daejeon – South Korea’s fifth-largest city, and second-fastest-growing city only to Seoul. According to Wikipedia, it’s population as of 2005 was 1,451,792, and is about an hour and a half south of Seoul by train. I came from the south in...
Destination: Hurshimchung / Heosimcheong Hot Springs Spa (Busan, South Korea)
Author’s note: the two spellings above may cause confusion. In each case, the spelling and pronunciation is based on the Korean for the place – 허심청. The former is how the place refers to itself, while the latter is the proper Romanization –...
Destination: Chungnyeolsa (Busan, South Korea)
충 녈 사 (Chungnyeolsa) is a shrine dedicated to a number of Koreans killed during the Japanese invasion from 1592-1599. Imagine a small number of unprepared Koreans attempting to fight off a Japanese invasion force that was armed with matchlock guns – sound like...
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