Visiting the Grave of Myunghee’s Mother
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Tagged: Around Korea
Family History Tour 2012 (22 of 22): Cheollanamdo, Tibetan Museum Near Daeweon Temple
Korea often seems to be a land of serendipity. Driving down the road we saw a sign saying, "Beautiful Road of Korea". So we followed that for awhile, agreeing that it was a beautiful road, though probably would be more impressive with fall foliage to look at. But at the...
Family History Tour 2012 (21 of 22): Cheollanamdo, Suncheon Dolmen Park
Just down the road from our pension was this park of dolmen stones, which were an ancient burial method in Korea. Great place for a picnic! Suncheon Dolmen Park [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.dolmenpark.com/main/index] (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (20 of 22): Cheollanamdo, Korea Poonggyeong Pension
Just driving down a country road looking for a place to stay, we came across this place, which may be the nicest inn we’ve ever stayed at in Korea. The grounds showed the price of ownership of the proprietors. Korea Poonggyeong Pension [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.xn--289a1mj38gvxa.kr/] (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (19 of 22): Gangjin, The 40th Gangjin Celedon Festival
We were going to visit another place, but along the road I saw a bunch of signs for this festival and knowing how much Myunghee likes to shop for Korean ceramics, we headed out here instead. We left with several additional dishes for the kitchen. This festival was held at...
Family History Tour 2012 (18 of 22): Mokpo, Old Japanese Consulate Building
This is where the Japanese ran things in the area during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. The building was later turned into a library and I'm not sure what it is now. It's right at the foot of Nojeok Hill. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (17 of 22): Mokpo, Nojeok Hill
We've got a Nojeok Hill in Ansan; this is Nojeok Hill in Mokpo. It is next to Yudal Mountain, which is the main landmark of Mokpo. The road goes almost up to the top; not much of a climb here. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (16 of 22): Heuksan Island, Miscellaneous
Guy selling health food products on the boat back to Mokpo Seating area on the boat back to Mokpo The high rise buildings that some artist supposes Heuksando will have a lot of someday Drinking a locally made makgeolli at a local restaurant. We got pretty intoxicated that evening, and...
Family History Tour 2012 (15 of 22): Heuksan Island, Religious Sites
The top photo includes a couple Korean shamanistic religious buildings where ceremonies are held to the gods of the sea. The second photo is a Buddhist site and I'm not actually sure the third photo is religious but at least it looks good in the list. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (14 of 22): Heuksan Island, Taxi Drive Around the Island
The buses that runs the circuit road around the island only go every hour or two, it would have taken forever to get to all the places we might want to see by public transport. So we hired a taxi tour guide to take us around and really liked taking...
