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August 22nd 2010

Published: August 22nd 2010

Hey everyone, Eddie here again, its been a few days since the first blog entry so I'll quickly recap what's been going on since then. After we arrived at our orientation and were situated in our dorms we began attending some lectures about life in Korea and its education system. For the most part they have been interesting and informative, but I won't go into the details. We were pretty busy wi... Read Full Entry

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cats

CATS!

Dance

After lunch we were treated to an elaborate percussion dance

Hats

The hats that the dancers were wearing had long ribbons attached to them and would spin as they moved their heads.

Invasion

The foreigners joined the dancers for the last song (Stacey is in the bottom left with the buns in her hair).

Turtle

This turtle was guarding the entrance to Hanok. I valiantly bested him in combat and had him caste in stone to ward off others who may dare bar my entrance into any village! HEEEEEEMAAAAAAN!

Busride

The bus ride to the Temple, someone was a little tired (is that drool?)

River

The river along the path to the Temple.

Temple entrance

Statues

Luckily they were behind cages so they couldn't reach us.

Statues

Blue sword

Statues

Pretty neat.

Temple

The temple area was gorgeous, placed in the hillside among the trees.

Cheese

In Korea, instead of cheese, you say KIMCHI!!!

Painting

There were mural paintings like this around one of the temple buildings, this one seems to depict a guy... erm... giving his severed hand to a man in a cave? The man in the cave seems a little surprised.

Temple

More temple pictures

Temple

22nd August 2010

Don
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Thanks guys, looks like a wonderful experience! Keep up the communication it really is great to see what you are doing. Love, Dad.

22nd August 2010

Sharon
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Pictures
Thank you for sharing your photos I am so excited for you two,looks like you are off to a great start...Love all the village images just think of the history!

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