#6 AROUND THE VILLAGE

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December 1st 2007

Published: December 22nd 2007

#6 AROUND THE VILLAGE MY VILLAGE The village where I live may be too quiet for most people, but I have not been to a more pleasant village yet. Most of the other small towns and villages I have been to, seem to be mainly built of concrete and are fairly ordinary where you are constantly trying to maneuver around parked and moving cars. Here, most of the lanes are too narrow for cars, so 99%!o(M... 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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temple

There are a lot of photos of the temple, I know. Just one more to go...

temple

Pine Forrest

this park and ancient cemetry, is also a nice place to walk

Pine Forrest

This park does not get much use.

Elementary School

A nice enterence to any school. ( this is not my school)

Pine Forrest

Looking towards pavillion and church

Pine Forrest from Pavillion

Towards the nothern end of village.

Old house

Near the pavillion. There are a few abandoned buildings around town, as the population become less.

Main road thru town

It is nothing special, but it does not have much traffic either.

A few shops

Shop

One of my local shops

House on main road

Washing cabbage, to make Kimchee ( more on that latter)

Clay oven

Outside one of my student's father's restaurant used for cooking chickens

Standing Buddha

I came across this by accident up a laneway. A nice surprise.

Standing Buddha

It's in a very small 'temple' area.

Hong House

One of my favorite places. It's in the centre of the village.

Hong House

Kimchee jars in the foreground

Hong House

It also has an interesting garden

Hong House

I like the very open design.

Hong House Pavillion

The large wooden pavillion near Hong House is the main village meeting place, but at the b moment it is used to dry chillies.

22nd December 2007

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John and May in Nanchang, China
Hello John. Hi. Your videos work no problem. We need to see you in them next time though. Cheers John and May.

26th April 2008

BelindaD
Belinda Draper

These photos are absolutely spectacular. You already know how much I love Daeyul...just thought I'd mention it agian though - I LOVE Daeyul! :o)

27th April 2008

Epoch
John Oroad

Hi Belinda
Thanks again for your comments on MY village. As you know it is even more spectactular in Spring. So I guess I will see even more photos of it in your new Blog! John

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