The Temple Girls

Monks Are Tough

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January 29th 2010
I'm sitting here thinking about this past week and how to sum it up. The thought that keeps popping into my head over and over again is that monks are tough! At the beginning of the week Lindsey and I did whats called a temple stay. We took a bus out to the woods, hiked to a Buddhist temple and stayed with the monks there. I now know why you see pictures of sleek looking monks that seem calm and c ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gyeongsangbuk-do » Gyeongju

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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