An army of turtles

Wooden (I think) turtles at Hyangil-am. I thing some had coins on their backs. I'm not really sure what this is about, but I know that some say the shape of the island at Hyangil-am looks like a turtle. Also, the turtle ship was an important Korean defense against the Japanese... Not that either of that have anything to do with these turtles, but those are the only other turtle images I know...

Poised on the Edge of the World

September 22nd 2006
So, an interesting week or so, as always. First, the good things. On Wednesday, I had the day off because of testing at school, and my host family was out of town in Seoul. So, my independent self finally reasserted itself, and I decided to get myself on a bus that would take me to Hyangil-am, a Buddhist hermitage that is on the opposite end of my island. Lately, I've kind of waited around to ... 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

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