Sokcho

Happy Birthday Budda & Happy Childrens' Day

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May 6th 2009
To celebrate Buddas birthday (May 2nd) and Childrens' day (May 5th) school closed for a 4 day weekend. We took this rare opportunity to go away for a couple of days and explore another part of Korea we hadnt yet been to. On Saturday we were working at the academy so we didnt leave Hwacheon until the Sunday. The bus to Sokcho from Chuncheon was (according to Lonely Planet) going to take 3 1/2 hours ... read more

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more