Moonrise

Korean Adventure days 5 – 10 Beaches, Mountains and Music Festivals

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September 10th 2012
Gangneung It took us an hour to get from Tongil Victory Park to Gangneung which is further up the east coast, however we got off at completely the wrong stop and ended up wandering around Gangneung city for a while trying to find the right bus stop. We’d planned for the next couple of days to chill out and camp near the beach before heading up to the mountains for some hiking. We got ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gangwon-do

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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