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Last Day in South Korea At Suwon Palace

Midst in the old city lies the Hwaseong Haenggung Palace. Nicely renovated and with beautiful displays of the daily life on the king’s court of an old dynasty. It’s an educational place, not only for day visitors, but also for school classes. So i met a friendly teacher with her pupils, explaining the sundial on a very accurate model in an inner court. After a little chat i stepped outside the palace, where people gathered on a big square and let fly kites in the evening sky. A beautiful, calm atmosphere surrounded me for a last glimpse of these friendly and peaceful folks.

Juli 14, 2024Juli 14, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, portrait, reportage, SouthKorea, tradition, travelTags: Asia, city, coffee, culture, fotress, history, hwaseong, hwaseonghaenggung, korea, museum, palace, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, school, selfie, SouthKorea, suwon, teacher, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: The Mighty City Wall Of Suwon

If there is one thing you should do in Suwon, it’s taking a hike on the mighty city wall.

That wall surrounding the inner, old city is called Hwaseong Fortress. The nearly 6km long way on the top of the wall offers a stunning view on the city and the history of it. Let’s go for a walk…

Juli 10, 2024Juli 10, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, landscape, reportage, SouthKoreaTags: city, citywalk, citywall, fortress, hike, hill, history, hwaseong, korea, landscape, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, suwon, Travel, view, walk Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: The Jangtaesan Recreational Forest

A beautiful day for a hike in nature. The Jangtaesan Recreational Forest just south of Daejeon is perfect for such a ‚Forest Adventure‘. Various hiking paths and facilities like tree top walks, view tower or suspension bridge invites for exploring the nature there. But it wouldn’t be called ‚recreational forest‘ without having a picnic area under the trees with relaxing chairs and coffee facilities.

Juli 7, 2024Juli 7, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, landscape, nature, SouthKorea, travelTags: Asia, bridge, daejeon, forest, hiking, jangtaesan, korea, landscape, mountains, nature, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, suspensionbridge, tower, Travel, viewpoint Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: The Hanbat Arboretum

While in Daejeon i visited the Hanbat arboretum too. It’s situated just behind the Daejeon Museum Of Art, which i skipped due the lack of time. The sunny day let me stroll rather trough the park, although it was bit too early for flowers. At least i had a calm and peaceful atmosphere within and could collect some more impressions.

Juli 3, 2024Juli 1, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, flower, landscape, nature, reportage, SouthKorea, travelTags: arboretum, art, Asia, bamboo, blossom, coffee, daejeon, fareast, flower, garden, korea, landscape, museum, nature, people, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, Travel, trees Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Uam Historical Park

At the outskirt of Daejeon lies a hidden gem: The Uam Historical Park.

Uam Historical Park, situated in the eastern part of Daejeon, is both a cultural heritage site and a park. It was once the place where Uam Song Siyeol (1607-1689), a scholar and government official during the Joseon dynasty, conducted his research and educational activities. The traditional houses established during his time and the relics left by Song Siyeol are still preserved, and visitors can view these artifacts at the historic museum. The park also features a pond within its premises.

Juni 30, 2024Juni 29, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, landscape, nature, reportage, SouthKorea, travelTags: Asia, blossom, cherryblossoms, culture, daejeon, flower, history, korea, landscape, nature, park, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, temple, Travel, tree, uampark Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Ancient Tombs Of Bullo-Dong

On my way back from Mt. Palgongosan i noticed a sign saying ‚Bullo-Dong ancient tombs`. I got curious about it, and since it was still time before dusk, i decided to get out of the bus spontaneously.

A board on the edge of this hilly site explains there are about 210 tombs from the fifth or sixth century. The atmosphere was pretty calm when i walked trough the hilly landscape. There were hardly any people. In silence i looked over to the city and enjoyed the scenery. Only when i got closer to a prominent tree at the top of a hill, another photographer approached. It turned out to be a student from the nearby university of Daegu. We had a chat when he showed me beautiful photos he made after rain, when all the hills were covered in lush green grass. I must come definitely back on another time of the year.

Juni 23, 2024Juni 22, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, nature, reportage, SouthKorea, travelTags: ancienttombs, Asia, bullodong, daegu, history, korea, landscape, nature, palgongsan, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, SouthKorea, tombs, tombsofbullodong, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Short Hike At Mt. Palgongsan

On my visit at the Dongwhasa temple near Daegu i noticed a small cabin car going up into the area of Mt. Palgongsan. Spontanously decision was made to take a ride uphill. When i asked for a hiking trail back, they told me there’s one, but might be rather difficult. However, the view from the cafe on the top is beautiful. I got a coffee there and had an interesting talk with Momo, who was a visitor from Thailand. The way down wasn’t as difficult or even dangerous as i’m told, but beautifully lonely and with pretty views over the mountain forests. I truly enjoyed it, but made too many selfies 😉

Juni 19, 2024Juni 19, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, nature, SouthKorea, travelTags: Asia, cablecar, daegu, donghwasa, hike, hiking, korea, landscape, mountain, mountainview, nature, palgongsan, people, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Temple of Donghwasa

Near the city of Daegu, settled on the foot of Mt. Palgongsan, is the beautiful temple complex of Dhongwasa. It’s surrounded by lush forest with small streams and nice walk ways trough nature.

The first temple dates back around 1500 years ago. Nowadays are existing older buildings beside new houses and temples with huge statues and figures. Among them are also some figures from African animals. No idea they just like them here too or there’s maybe a deeper meaning about it. More clearly seems the meaning of angry looking guards at the entrance and the calm Buddha inside the complex.

Juni 16, 2024Juni 16, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, landscape, nature, roadtrip, SouthKorea, tradition, travelTags: Asia, buddha, buddhism, daegu, donghwasa, korea, landscape, nature, palgongsan, people, religion, renebauerphotography, SouthKorea, temple, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Busan Gamcheon Culture Village

The last highlight on our Busan day tour was the bustling and colorful Gamcheon Culture Village.

Peter, our guide, grow up in this neighborhood. So, he could lead us trough small alleys and knows all the short cuts to the interesting points and views. Meanwhile on the main routes the tourists were queueing up for a specific „instagrammable“ picture. Instead of lining up, i rather had a coffee myself.

The tour ended at Songdo Bay with its Cloud Bridge. A beautiful place to have a few minutes more with these nice and funny participants of this day tour.

Juni 12, 2024Juni 12, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: SouthKorea, travelTags: Asia, busan, city, citytour, cloudbridge, coffee, culture, culturevillage, daytour, gamcheon, hanbok, korea, people, renebauerphotography, reportage, songdo, songdobay, songdobeach, SouthKorea, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

South Korea: Busan’s APEC House

„Busan is Good“ is stated at the main station. To check this statement i decided to join a day tour group with a guide to reach the bit further places too.

After the participants got collect from their hotels, a drive over the Gwangandaegyo, also known as Diamont Bridge, brought us to Haeundae District.

First highlight was the APEC house, where meetings of the ‚Asian-Pacific-Economic-Cooperation‘ are held, as the tour guide proudly explained. It is indeed a impressive building in a round shape, settled at the bay with beautiful view. From there it’s just a short, wonderful stroll along the coast to the Haeundae Beach, which i visited just the day before (check my prior post).

That stroll gave us first opportunity to learn more about the tour participants and our guide. And of course the first selfies and tourist photos are taken as well.

more are coming. stay tuned…