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Sim Jae-Duck’s nickname as a child was “dog shit” because he was born in an outhouse. Apparently he liked that though because he went on to become the Mayor of Suweon with the slightly better moniker of “Mr. Toilet”. During his tenure as mayor, Mr. Toilet worked to improve toilets...
On Children's Day we headed over to Gwacheon with friends to spend some time at the park. They have these statues there which tell an old Korean children's story. Apparently there was a really lazy boy who somehow ended up putting on a cow mask. Unfortunately, he then turned into...
After our disappointing chicken ribs lunch (see yesterday's post here), we got dessert from this lady in Chooncheon. She mixes sugar and baking soda, melts it over a fire and forms it into a hardened candy after indenting it with various shapes of things like stars, moons and other things....
The city of Chooncheon is famous for "chicken ribs", a tasty dish enjoyed now throughout Korea. But passing through Chooncheon on the way back from Cheorweon, we wanted to visit one of the original restaurants that made the food famous. Unfortunately, we were a little too hungry by the time...
This isn't one of the more exciting photos from our trip, but at least you can click here to view it in Google Maps. If you follow the road south, it'll take you to Chooncheon, home of the world-famous chicken rib dish.
I'm sure the area looked a lot more beautiful before the ugly concrete bridge got built, but then how would we have gotten across to take photos from both sides of the river?! (Click here to visit in Google Maps.) During the summer, there's bungee jumping from the bridge in...
Visiting the temple was interesting; but nothing unexpected there. What was really fascinating for us was to walk up the hill behind and find it covered in foxholes, a network of semi-submerged walkways and even a concrete bunker. The Korean War didn't seem to have been from such a distant...
What's a trip to the Korean countryside without a visit to a temple? (Click to visit in Google Maps.)
You really can't pick a much prettier place to stay for a night… (Click here to visit in Google Maps.)
