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There are military garrisons positioned all around Ganghwa Island, but the ones along this strait got the most historical action because this waterway was the gateway to Seoul (called Hanyang at the time). Gapgot Heights protected the island going back all the way to the Mongol invasion of the 1200s....
A bit further up the Yeomha Strait from Choji-jin and Deokjin-jin sits Gwangseongbo, another waterfront fortress that was the scene of fierce fighting during the French attack of 1866 and the American attack of 1871. Strategically positioned in the waterway to guard boat traffic, Gwangseongbo was first built in the...
Just up the Yeomha Strait from Choji-jin, this spot got some fierce action in both the French and American attacks in 1866 and 1871, respectively. The rock on which Myunghee, Treasure and Cauvery are climbing in the photo below looks very similar to the rock on which the American soldiers...
This little bitty waterside fort at the mouth of the narrow Yeomha Strait which guards the entry to the Han River and thus to Seoul, had the good fortune to be attacked not just by the French Navy in 1866 and the American Navy in 1871, but also by the...
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Located next to Hoihyoeon Station in Seoul, the historical marker exlains that this spot under the gingko tree was a rest area for the Hoihyeon village of Seoul on the northern slopes of Namsan and an area where a lot of good people used to live. Presumably a lot of...
Another one for the collection.
On our recent visit to Namsan Park, we got to enjoy a performance. This even included a Gangnam Style dance by my translation associate, Dong-Hyuk Kim (the guy in the blue coat, second to the right, in the video below). He’s also pretty good at the hackey-sack. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED:...
We finally headed back home after reaching Geumgye. It was a bit disconcerting that it only took the bus about 20 minutes to get back to Unbong, which had been our starting point a couple days before and about 12 hours of distance on the walking trail.
