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As we have direct buses from Ansan to Hamyang, I've been through this Hamyang bus station over a half-dozen times in my exploration of the north-east sections of the Chirisan Doollae-Gil. I'll pass through here for Section 9 and then will have to pick another base for exploring the subsequent...
The Chiri mountain area was a center of Communist infiltration activity in the late 1940s and early 1950s; this monument honors the efforts of those who lost their lives in the fight to clear the area of Communists. The Sancheong-Hamyang Incident (the memorial for which is located elsewhere on the Chirisan...
This reconstructed home of Confucian scholar Nammyeong Chosik is also the site of his grave, and of a museum. It is said that his students were active in the resistance to the Japanese invasions of Korea in the late 1500s. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Not the greatest (or cleanest) place, but for W30,000 for the night, it was OK. The proprietor was nice and her food was pretty good. There also aren't any alternatives in the neighborhood. (Visit in Google Maps.)
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Our Hwangto room in Texas is, by design, the same color as this dirt…
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These are some photos from Myunghee's trip last month with the mountain climbing group that doesn't seem to climb many mountains… They do visit temples though. (Visit in Google Maps.)
In Korean, “doollae-gil” means a road that goes all the way around, and the Chirisan Doollae-Gil is a 224km route divided into 22 sections that wind through the foothills of Chiri mountain in the central-southern part of Korea. To the west are the provinces of North and South Cheolla, and...
