9 April 2024
Modern historic funfair
Gyeongju Hwangnidan street
So it turns out there is an entire tourist funfair historic re-creation of the Silla period convenience stores just a few hundred metres over from where I spent many hours wandering aimlessly yesterday.
My journey to the area that barely appears on the map first went past some more tomb mounds. I learnt on my bus rides today that there are tomb mounds everywhere. The ones this evening were particularly good in the late afternoon sun.
Anyway, the new historic area was very nice, mostly cafe's and ice cream shops, and probably half shut on Tuesday, but still a lot of people. I will go back on another night.
Tomorrow. Is. Not. A. Hiking. Day.
Rejoice?
Let's start with some tomb mounds. Here are some mounds with a pond.
A tomb with flowers. Unlike the ones from yesterday, you are not allowed to walk around these ones, you have to view from afar. Still some people were walking on the grass, which prompted angry yelling over loud speakers.
Double mounds and cool trees. I like these mounds.
Now for the streets of Hwangnidan. I think Hwangnidan is a specific street but the whole area of many streets is for toursists, and there is a huge amount of new old development going on.
If you are too lazy to walk, you can annoy everyone and get around on a golf buggy.
An example of a cafe. I did not actually see a starbucks, even though everything looks like a starbucks, only more expensive.
These are all cafe's and all quite new.
Another street view.
And still more. I imagine on the weekend it is hard to move around with the traffic going past.
Even tonight it was quite busy.
A rare empty block, soon it will be a new historic ice cream shop.
The alleyways were also quite nice.
Forget the golf buggies, I want to drive around in this!
An example of a new cafe, still under construction.
One last shot, looking directly into the sun.
And now for my dinner, pork and kimchi risotto gratin. Basically cheese and rice. Delicious.