Tagged: Treasure
Daytrip to Ganghwa Island (7 of 9) – North Gate of the Fortress Wall
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
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
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
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
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...
Walking Out to Noo-eh Island from Daebu Island at Low Tide
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Along Trekking Course #1 of the Haesol-Gil at Daebu Island, Ansan City
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As Long As Treasure Gets Her Lessons Done…
… I don't care what she uses (or doesn't use) for a desk or how clean (or unclean) she keeps her room while she studies English. (For Cauvery…)
At and Around Namsan Park
Namsan Park is a major landmark of Seoul, but having visiting a month or two after arriving in Korea back in 1994, I never came back… until we visited with the family a couple weeks ago. The old castle wall of Seoul crossed over this mountain, and just about anything...
