Monorails and graveyards
1 June 2022
Hiking over paper stick mountain in Daegu
Before we get into today's hike, lets talk about sleeping in my Daegu hotel. The bed is HARD. The bed is lumpy. The sheet covering the mattress is....
Stationed
31 May 2022
Walking around Daegu to the old station
This evening I walked a big loop around parts of the city, through a park, then ended up at the old station. Not the bullet train station which is....
Rubbish dump
31 May 2022
The Daegu Arboretum and more
Today I did not climb a mountain, well not quite but sort of. Instead I visited a market, a park, a pond and an arboretum. On my journey I passed....
City of churches
30 May 2022
A short walk around an area of Daegu full of churches
After my long day described in excruciating detail above, I barely had time for a quick shower to rinse off the dead bugs glued to me by sunscreen....
The main attraction
30 May 2022
Hiking Palgongsan Dongbong to Gatbawi
I woke up. There was no rain. It was forecast to be cooler. Lets go! Today I did a hike that takes in all the areas that Daegu is best known for a....
Car store poking
29 May 2022
Hyundai department store and poke bowl
Tonight I went to a car showroom that is actually a department store and ate a poke bowl in a pink themed store for girls. That is the kind of non....
The longer way around
29 May 2022
Short hike up and over Apsan
When I last came to Daegu, I climbed up Apsan to the city observatory. It was not far at all, in fact in an attempt to brag, I called it a recover....
Getting reacquainted
28 May 2022
The huge shopping area of Daegu
I have been to Daegu before, in 2015. That makes me the only person you know that came to Daegu twice on a holiday. Make of that what you will. I ....
The hottest and poorest part of Korea
28 May 2022
Suwon to Daegu on the KTX
On my train ride here I learnt that Daegu is generally about 4 degrees hotter than any other city in Korea, due to being in a basin surrounded by ....