#8- THREE BIG CITIES

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January 28th 2008

Published: February 13th 2008

#8- THREE BIG CITIES 1-THE CITY OF DAEGU AND THE SKYTOILET. The closest city to my village is called Daegu (Day-goo) and is the third largest city in South Korea and is about the size of Sydney. It takes me about two hours and three bus changes to get to the centre of the city. By car, it takes about 40 minutes over a beautiful (but dangerous-in-winter) mountain range. In winter, most people dr... Read Full Entry

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John Oroad

Epoch

FROM CHINA TO KOREA I have recently returned from two trips to China teaching English and I am about to start teaching again; this time in South Korea. I love travel, especially in Asia and by working there, feel I experience the country more than by just passing thru it. My previous travels before China were 15 months in North America and Europe in 1975-76 and many South East Asian countries in 1980-81 for another 9 months. After almost another quarter of a century living in Australia, I got the travel bug once again. This time I decided to do it slightly differently by working. I hear... full info

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SUWON WALL

conical shell tower

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communications to command post via smoke signals

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Huge Catholic church near wall

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Girl with puppies. Wall and church in background

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you don't come across many friendly dogs in Korea.

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End of wall

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Block and Tackle used to make wall 200 years ago.

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Welcome to Seoul. It was fairly quiet on the holiday.

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Old gate in the middle of main street. This is Korea's Number One Treasure, and was burnt down one day later. The wooden structure on top, will take 3 years and $US20 million to rebuild.

SEOUL PALACES

Entrance to one of the many palaces

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Messages are tied round this, very dead-looking 600 year old tree.

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Inside a palce room- very 'Japanesey'

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Everyday objects from the past

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Many people dressup on the Chinese New Year holiday and play traditional games

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minor buildings

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Me on left with some Ukrainian tourists

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more games near museums.

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African verses Korean rope skipping competition

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ancient mill

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ancient rocket powered arrow machine

14th February 2008

Sue Storr
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Hi from Oz
Hi John, great to see your new blog! I imagine you are "thawing out" in Cambodia by now! I am also enjoying being in warmer climes for the harshest winter in China in over 50years or more! Head back next week- not looking forward to the cold! Hope to be back on track with my own blog soon- haven't had a suitable internet connection.

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