Yonggunsa temple

off season Busan

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November 27th 2012
From Gyeongju I took the train with my new Korean friends I met at the hostel. We arrived just past noontime in Busan and straight out of the train station is my hostel, New Day, it is brand spanking new and its on the 7th floor of this building nest to the subway line, the easisest hostel to find! I sorted myself out, I was the only one in the dorm room at the time when I checked in and then we h ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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