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After leaving the gold mine, we headed by highway to Geoje Island. On the way, we stopped off at this rest area next to these twin peaks. Myunghee and I thought they looked like something else, but the Korean name of Mai ("Horse Ears") mountain seems equally suitable. (Click here...
These are a couple photos of the gold mine area down near the river.
What was at least as interesting as the few remaining buildings and tanks of the old gold mine, was to find a new gold mine in the same spot! It's also closed now and the empty buildings and area around are a mess (the big building up the hill is...
As best we could tell, this is what remains of the mine which was run by a retired American general Richard Whitcomb in the 1960. (Click here for full article [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/the-last-american-gold-miner] by Robert Neff in the Korea Times last year, as well as discussion on KBC.) (Click...
Lots to see on the way back to the car after our walk on the "yellow earth".
First stop on our trip south was this spot near Daejeon where a local company brought in some special dirt ("hwangto") to cover a 13km length of walking path. It's supposed to be very healthy to walk on barefooted, so that's what we did. KBC Administrator Dennis Oh lives in...
I was out in Suweon scouting out a possible location for a future KBC networking event and took some photos. It's a beautiful area and even a UNESCO World Heritage Center. Here's a website about it: https://ehs.suwon.ne.kr/.
We did a lot of driving this week. The map shows our path. A. Red – Two-hour drive from Ansan to Buyeo Noin Hospital on Tuesday B. Blue – Drive from Buyeo to Hongseong for funeral and cremation on Wednesday morning C. Orange – Drive to Mongsan-Po for lunch...
