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Going Around…

Today I am going to visit a few locations, Yeoncheon, Paju and Incheon.

But, of course, the very first destination before the long trip is a restaurant with delicious food. It is a restaurant nearby Soyosan Mountain, if I m not mistaken I will visit it at least one more time the next year.

Yeoncheon is an ordinary county with a population of 43,824 people, but its location makes this place…

Here is the next destination! You come in, this place looks calm, palms, some statues ahead… They look strange, that must be a kind of modern art exhibition?

Wow, these statues look quite explicit! Where am I? Is it heaven?

Is it time for me to get naked too? Maybe yes!

So, this is the yard of the Museum of Sex…

The Legends of Sanbang

After checking several spots on the sea level today, it is time to go up, go up on the Sanbang 山房 mountain. The mountain is 1.200 m in diameter and 395 m in height.

According to one of the theories, this mountain was formed as a result of lava accumulation.

However, I consider the second theory of the mountain origin to be more probable. So, once upon a time, a hunter went deer hunting at…

Jeju. Along the coast

A new day starts with charging powers! I guess it was at this restaurant, it is a kind of restaurant where you can pick anything as much as you can. Sounds great, isn’t it? But anything supposed to be delicious, for example, meat, it so salty that you can’t eat much, and you have to balance it with rice. Such a tricky way to make guests full. Or fool?

Where to go? What to do? Explore seaside…

The next destination in Jeju is Seongsan Ilchulbong crater.

Seongsan Ilchulbong 城山 日出峰 literally can be translated as Sunrise Peak, the propriety of this name is explained by the location of the volcano on the east coast of the island, so every day the sun rises from behind this crater. This crater was formed just 5000 years ago and it is designated as UNESCO World Natural Heritage.

Near…

A day of an intense exploration of Jeju is to be started, and of course, I should be full of energy for that! Street views, looking for food.

That’s my name

The seafood on the island is definitely fresh, right next to the restaurant’s door it is possible to buy any of those creatures. That explains the huge difference between the quality of food offered in Korean and Ukrainian restaurants.

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One of the greatest destinations was Jeju island, and I can confidently say, its touristic glory is not a gossip.

The island is located on the south from the mainland. It is the southernmost point I have ever visited at the latitude of about 33°, the previous southernmost point was the south coast of Turkey, 36°.

To get to the island I needed to take a flight. The views from the plane were…

I am heading to the north from Dongducheon!

The first destination is Bidulginang waterfall in Pocheon city.

First of all, I would say a couple of words about Pocheon city. Why is it a city? It has a population of 151,767 people but covers quite a great as for a city area of 826.48 km. I will go through this city a few…

I am really excited about marking on the map places I visited. Since I finished my report on trips around South Korea in 2019, now I have to deal with my experience in 2018. It is been almost two years and my memories and my impression are of course far from reality, but I hope the photos I made during the trip will bring me back to those places and that time. So, let us go!

My story starts…

National Folk Museum of Korea

The second day in Korea (year 2019)

My friend is so lazy because he likes to go to work every day, so, I had to spend that day alone, find an activity. 

Museum!

Which one?

Seems I have seen so many of them. Maybe there’re some other great museums left? 

It is so good that I have made a screenshot, so now I know the name of the museum – National Folk Museum of Korea. 

I wasn’t…

In a shop. Ukraine – Korea price overview

          Shops and its content vary even from the city to a city, what to say about another country. Not only the products itself but the way of the selling and measuring the products, prices, all these differ too. 

This cute yellow fruit is a melon, Korean melon, about 300 g each. As for me, it tastes just like an ordinary melon, the unusual thing is the size and colouring. This fruit is…

After the 33 days of fun, it is time to go back to reality, i.e., Ukraine. Even where are some many undiscovered places left, I could say I have done a great job! And the list of articles I wrote about my trips impressed even me, I did not realize it is that big.

Contents

Incheon

Incheon. Seaside

Incheon. City Museum

Small Seal Script Translation

Songdo International City

Soyosan: Freedom…

The next destination after Hwacheon is Yangyang country washed by the East Sea.

Yangyang is not a big country too, having a population of over 27,000 people.

The area was called Yangyang 襄陽 since 1416. The area has a long historysince it was known to be a part of Ye-guk 濊國 (3rd-century BC to around early 5th-century). Later it has become a part of Goguryeo and the area of Yangyang was…

My last trip around South Korea in 2019 starts with Hwacheon country.

Hwacheon is not a big country with a population of about 25,000 people.

During Goguryeo, this area was called Saengcheon-gun 牲川郡 or Yasimae 也尸買. As I found out before, Goguryeo used to give quite negative namesto the areas under their rule to show dominance. Saengcheon and Yasimae, as for me, are not exceptions too,…

This day, my next destination after Gwanju, Gochang and Buan is Seocheon country.

A place I am going to visit here is Ecorium – a place where various climatic zones along with its inhabitants are reproduced. It is such a great place to visit for nature lovers.

There are 5 exhibition halls, namely, Tropical Biome, Desert Biome, Mediterranean Biome, Temperate Biome and Polar Biome.

Tropi…

After Gwangju city, I am going to discover a few spots in Gochang and Buan countries, North Jeolla province.

It is not my first time coming to North Jeolla province, this year I have also visited the capital city, Jeonju, along with Gunsan city, Jinan and Muju countries.

The first place I am going to visit is Pansori museum in Gochang.

Pansori is a Korean genre of musical storytelling…

The previous day I have visited some places in the southern coast, and the city, I am going to start my trip today with, lays on the south too. It is Gwangju city.

Gwangju is a metropolitan city, with a population of almost 1,5 million people it is the 6th biggest city in South Korea.

The area of the modern city originally belonged to Mahan confederacy, later it was one of the…