Hiking on Mt. Sikjangsan

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Our school had a holiday, so we hiked this mountain in Daejeon. Daejeon is surrounded by mountains and this one is located south-east of where we live.

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Photos

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Large drum at Gosana temple, the starting point of our hike.

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There were many of these porcelain baby Buddhas on different altars surrounding the temple.

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Another figurine on an altar.

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A turtle fountain in between two buildings filled with chanting monks.

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There was also a stone pagoda at Gosana.

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Jeff taking a pre-hike rest...or maybe he was just waiting for me to stop taking pictures so we could hike.

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I like to believe this meat dog was rescued by the monks and now he watches over the temple. However, since I can't speak Korean I was unable to ask any of the temple-dwellers.

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Stairs leading to another temple on Sikjangsa.

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A lone temple on the top of a steep hill. It was very peaceful here and I bet that on days not filled with smog the view is beautiful.

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Inside the temple there was one female monk chanting alone the whole time we were there.

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Finally reached the top of the mountain! Jeff was contemplating whether or not to raise our tiny Canadian flag patch on the pole in this picture.

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Smoggy view from the top.

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Smoggy mountains are still beautiful mountains!

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One last picture from the top before we began out descent.