Cheongsando slow roads

Wando and a CittaSlow on Cheongsando - how slow can you go?

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June 23rd 2012
As I have been rather slow of late, particularly yesterday, it is with some interest that I am able to report to you that today was officially a "slow day" on Cheongsando, an island about 50 minutes on the ferry from Wando. It has been certified as the first Cittaslow (slow city) in Asia so you are told to slow down and just cruise! It is a little peculiar to see all these signs with snails on the ... 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