Designated tourist area
10 April 2024
Northeast Gyeongju
Tonight I headed in the exact opposite direction to where I have been going on previous nights. The map showed that this direction has a 'designat....
Historic lake roller coaster
10 April 2024
Wolseong fortress and Bomunho Lake
My goal today - squeeze as many of the sites of Gyeongju into a single day while using public buses. I think I did ok. First up was the observato....
Modern historic funfair
9 April 2024
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....
To the grotto and beyond
9 April 2024
Bulkguksa Seokguram and Tohamsan
Today was the shortest hike, well in time anyway. Just over 2 hours in total, but still about 10km / 20k steps. You see it was a great quality pat....
Steak night
8 April 2024
Gyeongju shopping area
Tonight's outing was short, local and filled with cubes of steak. Then my computer broke. After some stern words with it and a few unexpected blue....
So ancient, so grey
8 April 2024
Daegu to Gyeongju on the KTX
Now I am in Gyeongju. I have not been here before. Apparently it was the ancient capital of the ancient Silla kingdom. This means it is featured o....
A clear view
7 April 2024
Daegu Spark Land
My last night in Daegu so I set out on a looping walk, bathing in the clear almost pollution free skies. I decided my goal was to find spots to ap....
Famous pollution view
7 April 2024
Apsan observation deck
One of the most popular places to go in Daegu is Apsan. This is my third time. Last time it was under re-construction and the actual viewing deck ....
Pink seven
6 April 2024
Daegu main shopping area
I thought I would be tireder. The word tireder looks wrong. More tired sounds wrong. Lets go with, substantially more exhausted. Despite not being....