Odaeng on the Subway
I'm not a big fan of this boiled ground fish snack, but the rest of the family enjoys it. We were headed into Seoul to visit Namsan Tower on Sunday.
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Family History Tour 2012 (21 of 22): Cheollanamdo, Suncheon Dolmen Park
Just down the road from our pension was this park of dolmen stones, which were an ancient burial method in Korea. Great place for a picnic! Suncheon Dolmen Park [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.dolmenpark.com/main/index] (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (20 of 22): Cheollanamdo, Korea Poonggyeong Pension
Just driving down a country road looking for a place to stay, we came across this place, which may be the nicest inn we’ve ever stayed at in Korea. The grounds showed the price of ownership of the proprietors. Korea Poonggyeong Pension [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.xn--289a1mj38gvxa.kr/] (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (16 of 22): Heuksan Island, Miscellaneous
Guy selling health food products on the boat back to Mokpo Seating area on the boat back to Mokpo The high rise buildings that some artist supposes Heuksando will have a lot of someday Drinking a locally made makgeolli at a local restaurant. We got pretty intoxicated that evening, and...
Family History Tour 2012 (14 of 22): Heuksan Island, Taxi Drive Around the Island
The buses that runs the circuit road around the island only go every hour or two, it would have taken forever to get to all the places we might want to see by public transport. So we hired a taxi tour guide to take us around and really liked taking...
Family History Tour 2012 (12 of 22): Heuksan Island, Place of Exile for Chosun Scholar Jeong Yak-Jeon
Chosun Scholar Jeong Yak-Jeon was exiled to Heuksan Island about two hundred years ago for being a Catholic, and he lived out his days in this area. One of his most famous legacies is a book he wrote of the sea life around the island. We visited this spot where...
Family History Tour 2012 (11 of 22): Heuksan Island, Around Town
Within less than an hour of arriving in Mokpo from Haeui Island, we were on a boat to Heuksan, and a large portion of that trip retraced the path we'd just taken. The sea was rough and they were passing out barf bags to lots of seasick people, including Myunghee...
Family History Tour 2012 (9 of 22): Haeui Island, On the Boat To and From
To and from Mokpo, the fast boat takes one hour and ten minutes; the slow boat (that also carries cars) takes over two and a half hours because it stops at various other islands on the way. We took the fast boat to get there and the slow boat to...
Family History Tour 2012 (7 of 22): Haeui Island, Around the Island
Haeui Island is a beautiful place. From coastline to mountains to rice paddies to mud flats, there's a little of everything. I think I could definitely enjoy living in a place like this as long as I can get an Internet connection. (Visit in Google Maps.)
Family History Tour 2012 (6 of 22): Haeui Island, Birthplace of Korean President Kim Dae-Jung
Last year, we visited the birthplaces of former Korean presidents Kim-Young Sam and Roh Moo-Hyun. Those were easy to get to; to reach President Kim Dae-Jung's birthplace, we had to take a boat from Mokpo in the afternoon to the remote island of Haeui and return the next day on...
