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Escape to the Country - Cycle to Tongdosa

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May 26th 2013
After spending the last couple of weekends in cities, eating and drinking, I was desperate to escape on an activity day to the countryside. Luckily I found a facebook group for hiking and cycling in Busan, and I travelled out one Sunday morning to the peripheral city of Yangsan to meet some of the members. I was able to borrow a bike and we started off on our trip to Tongdosa (temple). We headed u ... 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