Tagged: Around Korea
The Galbi Restaurant in Suweon
Nothing like a stroll in the park before or after lunch… The area around this Galbi restaurant is more impressive, I'm afraid, than the food in it!
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (14 of 14) – Birthplace and Place of Death of Former Korean President Rho Moo-Hyeon
Last stop on our trip down to Geoje Island last month was the birthplace of former Korean President Roh Moo-Hyeon. After his retirement from the presidency, he returned to this place to live. But in June 2009, he killed himself by leaping from a hill behind his house (the one...
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (13 of 14) – Geoga Bridge and Undersea Tunnel
After finishing up at Kim Young-Sam's birthplace, we headed up the highway about 15 minutes to the Geoga Bridge, which includes an underwater tunnel portion, too. (See video below for "the experience') Very cool for sure, and I don't mean to take anything away from the technological feat by mentioning...
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (12 of 14) – Birthplace of Kim Yeong-Sam
This is where long-time political opposition figure and former Korean President Kim Young-Sam was born. They've since built a museum next to his childhood home. One of the highlights of his career was when he was kicked out of the National Assembly in 1979 by the Park Chung-Hee regime; I just...
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (11 of 14) – Shipyard and Harbor
Korea is a leading global shipbuilder and most of Korea's big shipyards are located next to harbors of Geoje Island; I guess they never get really severe weather here. There's a lot of natural beauty in Geoje, but also a ton of heavy industry, too!
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (10 of 14) – POW Camp Museum in Geoje City
It turns out that central Geoje city was the site of massive POW camps during the Korean War. The museum of sorts they've build up the mountain a ways is impressive and I always enjoy visiting notable sites from the Korean War.
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (9 of 14) – Waydo Island
It was so foggy the day we headed out to Waydo Island that we really didn't see the water the entire trip, except for the water right off the edge of the boat on the way there and the way back. Still, the botanical garden they built there was beautiful...
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (8 of 14) – Port and Boat Ride to Waydo
There are so many beautiful seaside spots in Korea. Here's one of them at Gujora Harbor where we caught the boat to Waydo. (Click here to visit in Google Maps.)
Weekend Trip to Geoje Island (7 of 14) – The Pension at Mangchi-Ri on Geoje Island
We'd booked our reservation for this pension along one of the southern coves of Geoje Island. It was a nice place and the owners were definitely reaping the benefits of having figured out Google Adwords before most others in Korea, because a lot of the other places in the area...
