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The 2013 Ansan Street Arts Festival

Seongpo-Dong
May 6, 2013

We weren't able to spend nearly as long at the event as I would have liked, but it was still a nice chance to get out in the crowds on a beautiful late-spring day… (The 2011 Ansan Street Arts Festival)

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (9 of 9) – Other Scenes

Seongpo-Dong
February 6, 2013

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (7 of 9) – North Gate of the Fortress Wall

Seongpo-Dong
February 4, 2013

Every palace needs a fortress to protect it and this is the north gate area of the fortress that surrounds the Goryo Palace and other important spots for the royals on Ganghwa Island for many years. From the top of the hill, we could see where the Yeomha Strait meets...

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (6 of 9) – Goryo Palace Site

Seongpo-Dong
February 3, 2013

This spot was the capital of Goryo for while during the 1200s while the main capital at Gaeseong was being overrun by Mongols. It was also attacked by the Chinese in the 1600s. Not much is left, including the national library from which the French took what they could and...

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (3 of 9) – Gwangseongbo

Seongpo-Dong
January 31, 2013

A bit further up the Yeomha Strait from Choji-jin and Deokjin-jin sits Gwangseongbo, another waterfront fortress that was the scene of fierce fighting during the French attack of 1866 and the American attack of 1871. Strategically positioned in the waterway to guard boat traffic, Gwangseongbo was first built in the...

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (2 of 9) – Deokjin-jin

Seongpo-Dong
January 30, 2013

Just up the Yeomha Strait from Choji-jin, this spot got some fierce action in both the French and American attacks in 1866 and 1871, respectively. The rock on which Myunghee, Treasure and Cauvery are climbing in the photo below looks very similar to the rock on which the American soldiers...

Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (1 of 9) – Choji-jin

Seongpo-Dong
January 29, 2013

This little bitty waterside fort at the mouth of the narrow Yeomha Strait which guards the entry to the Han River and thus to Seoul, had the good fortune to be attacked not just by the French Navy in 1866 and the American Navy in 1871, but also by the...