#7- Four Different Mountains

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January 12th 2008

Published: January 18th 2008

#7-FOUR DIFFERENT MOUNTAINS FOUR HISTORICAL MOUNTAINS I have now actually managed to visit four mountain areas from Korea’s historical past (Silla, Goryeo, Joseon and modern times) recently. Admittedly, one of these, Goryeo, was only a reconstructed TV film set, but it did give me an idea of what life would have been like then. 1-MOUNT NAMSAN- (GYEONGJU) The teachers at one of my schools went... 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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Mount Palgongsan

Loading school band and instruments in back of truck

Mount Palgongsan

View of the mountain and base from village

arrival

a bit bleak

part of the base

Civilian communication towers

Mount Palgongsan

Other teachers and soldiers

Mount Palgongsan

Just before blizzard blows up

Mount Palgongsan

Teachers-top of Mountain

Mount Palgongsan

Teachers-top of Mountain

Mount Palgongsan

Just before blizzard blows up

Mount Palgongsan

Teachers-top of Mountain. Radar station headquarters.

Bugye Middle School

My final 3rd Grade students class

Bugye Middle School

School play cast members and fellow teachers

Bugye Middle School

Official teachers photo

Bugye Middle School

Getting ready for photo outside school

Bugye Middle School

Getting ready for photo outside school

18th January 2008

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John in Nanchang
Hi Tall Joh. Great blog. I would have thought the opposite of love is indifference? The weather there looks like the weather in Nanchang, China at the moment, as we too have had snow.

29th January 2008

Bigbrother
Lee DaeHyung

Utimately, you visited Mungyeong.
How was your winter vacation? As your blog seen, Are you still combat with your teenagers? soon or later, you will go abroad, to Cambodia to refresh wasted your mind and body with combat with your teenagers. I am refreshing wasted my mind and body with combat with my kids thru skiing. I already went skiing five times in this vacation. I hope you will get a good and fun time in Cambodia.

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