Gyeongju

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Well, another long weekend and off on an adventure korea tour! We went to Gyeong-Ju (south east of Seoul). The attractions are Mt Namsan. A very popular mountain for climbing with a great view of Sillas cultural properties. About 2 hours up and down. There are many Buddist tombs and Shrines you can find in the mountains and preserved in the area. The temples are beautiful as the builders or I guess designers have been known for their craftsmanship. We stayed in a beautiful HOSTEL- well it didn't seem like a hostel. I wonderful group of people went on teh tour and yes many Canadians, but many Europeans this time as well. I do have more pics of teh hostel and other such places from teh weekend but have yet to retrieve them. So here are a few. Enjoy!I certainly got my fill of hiking this weekend! That's all for now.

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Photos

Gyeong-Ju:Hanging out and enjoying the sights
Gyeong-Ju has so many cultural sites and activities with a pop. of 300, 000.

"Museum without walls"
A beautiful city visited my many and inhabited by 300, 000 . A place to hike and view wonderful historic relics.

Beautiful temples and tombs
Many were built into the mountain.

Inside the temple with budda in lotus position
Hey Yoga girls! Check out the positioning of the hands and fingers!

Shall I make a wish?
Chris and Mike making a wish as they built a sculpture. Careful it doesn't fall or you will have bad luck instead!

Just look real closely!
After viewing all the buddist monks and their temples we walked back to our hostel to find this outside a store!!!

The next day and off to hike the mountain!
Cucumbers anyone! Chris was well prepared!

I made a comment to Kim about the cucumber....
but she wasn't too impressed!

Up we go!!!!
Perfect weather - a bit of a breeze

An area of appreciation
You may leave flowers or burn incense and make spend time visiting the buddas carved in the rock.