Taegu, South Korea

Mountain Temples outside Daegu

I next got off at Gatwabi temple, together with a young Korean woman, who turned out to be a “salaryman” on vacation from her work in a trading company in Seoul. She is traveling around her country for a month. I knew the famous Buddha statue was a 2 kilometers hike away, but, if I had...

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chertop on November 13, 2010 from Taegu, South Korea

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Korean Farm Visit

November 12 Friday Waking up before 7am, I packed and dragged my suitcase down the 3 flights of stairs. It is considerably heavier now that it contains 7 packages of Korean herbal medicine, 7 of them liquid. Mostly through acting it out, I conveyed my request that the hotel keep my...

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chertop on November 12, 2010 from Taegu, South Korea

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From Suwon's fortress to Daegu's dog soup

November 10 Wednesday Mary has been making strides in learning Korean and the people are delighted, and sometimes amused, to talk with her. Using a course loaded onto her Ipod, she hears the Korean, and writes memory clues to help remember it. While she studied this morning, I walked briskly...

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chertop on November 10, 2010 from Taegu, South Korea

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