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I departed from our motel at 5am one morning to climb the mountain behind the village and then follow the ridgeline to the other side of the island. The views were spectacular and I didn't see a single person for the entire two and a half hour walk across… and...
Chosun Scholar Jeong Yak-Jeon was exiled to Heuksan Island about two hundred years ago for being a Catholic, and he lived out his days in this area. One of his most famous legacies is a book he wrote of the sea life around the island. We visited this spot where...
Within less than an hour of arriving in Mokpo from Haeui Island, we were on a boat to Heuksan, and a large portion of that trip retraced the path we'd just taken. The sea was rough and they were passing out barf bags to lots of seasick people, including Myunghee...
This area is famous for its salt. I was particularly intrigued by the little railroad systems built around the salt fields to transport the salt around. (Visit in Google Maps.)
To and from Mokpo, the fast boat takes one hour and ten minutes; the slow boat (that also carries cars) takes over two and a half hours because it stops at various other islands on the way. We took the fast boat to get there and the slow boat to...
We were told that about 2,500 people live on Haeui Island. Judging from the size of the middle school/high school, there must have been a lot of children at one time. However, like most of rural Korea, there aren't many kids left and I understand that the school is way...
Haeui Island is a beautiful place. From coastline to mountains to rice paddies to mud flats, there's a little of everything. I think I could definitely enjoy living in a place like this as long as I can get an Internet connection. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Last year, we visited the birthplaces of former Korean presidents Kim-Young Sam and Roh Moo-Hyun. Those were easy to get to; to reach President Kim Dae-Jung's birthplace, we had to take a boat from Mokpo in the afternoon to the remote island of Haeui and return the next day on...
This park sports an impressive collection of lotus flowers, and a pond full of turtles. Was supposedly a popular spot for the Baekje kings and their family members 1,500 years or so ago. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Down the path from the place a few thousand women are said to have jumped to their deaths over 1,500 years ago, Goransa Temple is a cute (but very small) place next to the weater. It is said that the kings of Baekje would have water brought to them daily...
