Cruisin' in the Atoz (our car)
Jeongweolsa (Buddhist Temple), Odaesan
Gwen showing off our vehicle. Pretty sweet, eh?
Ancient burial mounds in Kyongju (ancient capital of Silla, the first kingdom to unify the Korean peninsula (667 CE), in southeastern Korea)
A small temple in Kyongju called Dangweolsa
Some perspective
Ancient leisure palace, Kyongju (royals and noblemen lounged by this waterway playing drinking games 1300 years ago!
It's in the shape of a fish.
Yangdong Village, where I spent two summers studying.
The Son family shrine, Yangdong
Governor's residence built by village hero Yi On-jok in the 16th century
Gwenny being Gwenny!
16th century residence of Yi On-jok's brother, where I stayed in the summer of 1999
That's the house up on the hill
A family performing a shaman ritual on the east coast
View from our inn at Yeongdeok, on the East coast
Life is good when there's sunshine and ocean for Gwenny!
Life is good for Mike when it's good for Gwen!
Hiking in the Sobaek Mountains, March 2008
Buddhist temple in Sobaeksan
Back to Yeongdeok (when we find a place we like, we always end up going back at least a few times!
Our inn by the sea
I know I'm good looking, but I think that's enough pictures of me Gwen!
How about some of you!
Yeongdeok is the land of giant crabs!
Neighboring Cheongsong boasts of its red peppers!
On a walk on a country road, I carried an old woman's groceries, and received a tasty drinkable yogurt in return!
We walked up to a small temple
Solar powered!
The monk invited us in for tea
then we hiked in the hills above the temple
Hiking/napping in the Weorak mountains
8th Century pagoda and statue of Buddha in Weoraksan
Korean hikers in a rainbow of colors
Remains of the temple nextdoor
Village guardian totems near Weoraksan
Ancient flagpole stand at Buseoksa (temple), Sobaeksan
Buseoksa
The main hall at Buseoksa, or the “Hall of Unquantifiable Life”
Hahoe Village, southeastern Korea
Shrine at Byeongsan Seoweon
Engraving of a pagoda near Kyongju
With a Korean-Russian friend at Kyongju
Headless Buddha statue in Kyongju
Ancient stupa at Bulguksa (temple), Kyongju
Bulguksa (7th c.)
Lookin' pretty dorky at Weoraksan
Ancient wall built as one of many “shell” layers around Buddhist sanctuary at Weoraksan
Engraved Buddha at Weoraksan
Private residence at Kangnung (east coast)
Residence of Sin Saimdang, Mother of Yi Toegye, great Confucian philosopher (17th c.), Kangnung
Standing Buddha, east coast
Seoraksan (mountains), eastern Korea
Giant seated Buddha, Seoraksan
Seoraksan
