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A highlight of each trip out of town is picking our place to stay for the night. There are many private inns (called "pensions" or "minbaks") in the best locations and we did already on our trip to Gangweon Province last week. (Click here to visit in Google Maps.)
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...
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.
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...
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.)
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...
