Run and Run~ The Rail bike. XD

 The rail bike means biking on rails. The rail bike located in several places in Korea like Jeongseon Gangwon-do, Mungyeong Gyeongbuk, Gokseong Jeollanam-do and so on. In this posting, I introduce rail bike in Jeongseon Gangwon-do. In magnificent view of Gangwon-do, rail bike that hold the limelight as a new leisure sport and special tourism product cross the train track without train. We can feel river and mountain of Gangwon-do without any restriction riding rail bike.

  This rail bike passes the 7.2km course that crosses Gujeol-ri Station to Auraji Sation of Jeongseon and rides 15~20 Km per hour. In Spring, you can feel enough warm sunshine sprouting buds and verdant nature. In Summer, you can hear the cool sound of running water. In Fall, you can see colourful autumn leaves. And in winter, you can experience seeing dazzling while snow flowers on the branches.

 

 

  The rail bike runs in Jeongseon 5 times in a day every 2 hours. The price of the rail bike is shared to each 25,000 won of two-seater and 35,000won of four-seater. The rail bike is safe. Because safeties like fences and signs are installed beside bridge or tunnel. And it doesn't need great strength because of gentle slopes.

  As riding the rail bike, you can look around unusual view of Nochusan and Ojang waterfall. Next, you can have a good time with your friendly friends in cafe in Gujeol-ri Station. And then you pass by beautiful Songcheon valley, rugged precipice with rocks of fantastic shape lining up along the river side and affectionate farm village landscape make us exclamatory.

  In addition, there are Hwaam cave and Kangwon Land on the periphery. So you can see and enjoy the more thing. If you ride the rail bike with your beloved people at Gujeol-ri Station, pass by clear river and fresh forest of Songcheon, and blow the cool wind on your face, you wish time would sand still that time.

One Day Two Night Trip to Bu-San

 Busan is a second city of Korea. As Busan is a port city and there are several beaches, so many tourists find there in summer. Also Busan is good for trip because of convenient traffic.

Jagalchi Market and Nampodong food alley

  As Busan is coast city, marine products markets were developed. Specially, because , a lot of products were sold in Jagalchi Market, looking on this market is so fun. But eating tasty foods in Nampodong food alley is also best fun. There are a lot of tasty street foods. For example bibim-noodles, sundae, choongmu-gimbap, and sweaty danpatjuk are soooo yummy. Jungguji-jeon adding seasoned squid is also very yummy food. And the best food is seed-hotteok. In Busan trip, you must eat seed-hotteok.

The Best View of Nature, Taejongdae

 In Taejongdae, there are dense forest that is hard to see in Busan and lots of oddly shaped stones that made of long accumulation in harmony. Also blue ocean overlooking at cliff is peerless. You can see Daemado when it is good weather. And walking around light house, you can't do better than eating sea food like fresh-caught fishes.

 

 

 

 

 

Gwanganri Beach

 Night view of Gwanganri beach is best view in Busan night view. Because the big bridge of Gwangan light beautiful at night. And night sea and big bridge mingle beautifully. You can feel this night view in real when you see it in the flesh. It's so beautiful.

 

Haeundae Beach

 Haeundae beach is most many people crowded in Korea beaches. In addition, Dongbaek island connected to Haeundae beach is located like enfolding sea. There are a historic site of Chi won Choi. He named Haeundae beach walking Dongbaek island.

 

 You can go perfect one day two night trip to Busan. You can see night view of Gwanganri beach after you go Jagalchi Market, Nampodong food alley and Taejongdae. Next, you can stay overnight in Busan. And then if you go for a walk to Dongbaek island and Haeundae beach, there is no best trip than this.

Seoul History Travel

  Seoul is capital of the Joseon Dynasty that reign along 5 hundred years. Seoul is central of Korea's history. Seoul has a number of palaces, gates, and graves with modern history's evidence like Tapgol Park and Seodaemun Prison History Hall. We should go those historic sites living in Korea. I would introduce Gyeongbokgung, Sungnyemun and Seodaemun Prison History Hall of them.

  Gyeongbokgung is the best royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. It receive several wounds, but it has been returning since 1990 years. You can see quintessence of royal culture in Gyeongbockgung that is central of Seoul capital.

 

 

 

 Sungnyemun is the South Gate of Seoul as well as No. 1 national treasure of Korea erected at in King Tae Jo period. As Joseon built infrastructure of city in order of leading statesmen, royal palaces and casttle towns, Joseon had been making arrangements. Since then, Sungnyemun protected South of Hanyang. But in 2008, Sungnyemun was lossen by an absurd fire. That accident aroused attention to us about importance of cultural properties. After that accident, Sungnyemun was restored by traditional way. Last May 4, it had commemoration of restoration. So we can see Sungnyemun again.

  Seodaemun Prison History Hall is prison of independence activist who fight for independence of Korea. Also people participating in the pro-democracy demonstrations were put in it. This place is typical place to show rocky history. Today, this prison opened as history hall for lesson of historic pain. We can see and experience real states of prison in past in there.

 

 

 

 Before you go history travel, you should learn about history of cultural properties. If you learned related and hidden history before you go travel about history, you could feel more things than when you don't do that. So, people say that "You can see something as you know something.". Also you can feel spirits of humans from that time. It is very important to explore historic sites.

Herbnara Garden Park for Tired People

 Herbnara garden park is placed Heung-jung valley Bong-pyeong Gangwon-do where is hometown of novel 'in the buckwheat-blossom time'. There are more than 100 variety of herb in board field. Herbnara consists of central herb garden that introduces herb to each use and charming theme garden like cottage garden, Shakespeare garden, butterfly garden and children garden. In "A spring of scent" that is herb museum, you can all thing of herb like learn history of herb, herb of world, herb in usually life and so on.

 In May to October, we can enjoy fertile herb outside in Herbnara garden park. But winter is long in Gangwon-do. So in cold winter, we can feel fresh herb all years around in glass greenhouse.

 All foods in Herbnara garden park is nature intactly not to addict synthetic flavoring matters but to add aromatic herb. So you can more abundant flavor of food than other food. Also flavor of herb tea that is made of several herb cultivated in Herbnara has delicate and innocuousness scent as compared with imported herb. So the first person to taste herb tea can drink without burdens.

  In birch home located in Herbnara, there is restaurant and teahouse where you can enjoy herb food and herb tea made of fresh herb cultivated in Herbnara. And there are herb store and cosy and quite leisure pension intended family.

  In addition, leaf, stem, flower and even root of herb is used for edible and medicinal use. Also it's scent is used. Today, using range of herb is wider. Herb is used for cleanser, beauty lotion and dye as well as edible and medicinal use.

  Herbnara garden park vitalize to tired city people though herb. Also, herb gives recharge opportunity to mind and body to city people. Herbnara garden park is fragrant rest area for family.

Suncheon Garden Expo in Earth's garden, Suncheon bay

 

 Suncheon Garden Expo is international garden fair operated for the first time in Korea. In Suncheon Garden Expo, this expo exhibit and share various garden culture skill in future. Also, this expo is echo friendly fair that proposes sustainable city development and vision about ecological environment.

 

 Garden is the place that coexists human and nature in harmony, meets various people, is made warm communion and communication, and get the healing power. Also garden give modern people rests and leisures.

 

  Suncheon Garden Expo began at April twentieth and will finish October twentieth. And This expo opens at 9 o'clock and closes at 7 p.m. The fee of an adult is 16000 won. Main moving line takes 5 hour and half and takes 7 hours with Suncheon bay tour.
 

  In the main hall, you can view international wetlands center of Suncheon bay. And you can see stories of Suncheon to 3D image. You can see vivid figures of live lifes of wetlands and feel meaningfulness of life.
 

  In Suncheon Garden Expo, you can see garden of various nations. There are 11 national garden representatively such as Holland garden, China garden, Japanese garden. Each gardens are very various and individual.
 

  Also there are 61 participating gardens. Participating gardens were made by domestic and foreign cities, enterprises and artists. In Participating gardens, creative and characteristic ideas of cities, enterprises and artists are realized.

  In addition, there are theme gardens embodying the meaning of convocation of Suncheon Garden Expo. There are 11 gardens in addtion A Hooded Crane Garden, A Maze Garden and The Load of Lugworm Garden.

  This Expo is connected Suncheon bay that is wetland where various lifes live. Suncheon bay's reed beds are beautiful especially in fall. Because this expo is long and broad, it is suitable as train trip of one day in vacation with your friends or family.

  A Hooded Crane Garden and The Load      >> of Lugworm Garden                                         
 

 

Gunsan with Morden History

 Hello~ Today, I introduce Gunsan city trip. It's easy to go Gunsan from Jeonju. You can take intercity bus that runs by every twenty minutes. It's 5200 for adult. Gunsan city is port city and center city of Korea's modern history. And you need to go Gunsan modern history museum to check it.

Gunsan modern history museum

 Gunsan mordern history museum is a local museum titled modern and marine culture of Gunsan. There are marine distribution history hall and modern life hall representatively. In marine distribution history hall, you can see history of Gunsan as center of distribution. And there is a big modern ship model as photo zone. Also in modern life hall, you can the figure of people who lived fierce life disobeying to coercive control of the Japanese Empire. You can wear modern school uniform and experience taking a rubbing.

A Japanese traditional house, Hiros

Hiros traditional house is Japanese house where the Japanese lived in Japanese colonial era. There is historical exploitation pain of Gunsan. This house shows luxurious lifestyle of the Japanese landowner. There are many rooms and big garden.

 

 

 

The bakery Lee Sung Dang

The bakery Lee Sung Dang is very famous in the whole country. This bakery is the first bakery. People often line up for more than an hour to get bread. The sweet bun and vegetable bun are specially famous.

 

 

 

The Jinpo marine theme park

The Jinpo marine theme park commemorate JInpo battle. In Jinpo battle, General Choi Mu-seon uses gunpowder first. This theme park exhibit replica of an army life. And there are equipments out of commission that can be entered in and taken a look. In addition, there is floating dock. This dock was made for difference of height by the ebb and flow.

Also, there are parks in Gunsan. And Gunsan is good for walling and quiet city. So it will be great if you go with you lover.

 

Geojedo, The Island Where the Nature and History Breathe

 It is best to go to Geoje Island if you want to see the panoramic sky and blue sea in the southern sea. Geoje Island is located in southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do. And Geoje Island is the second largest island in Korea. Geoje Island is the island, and is connected to Gyeongsangnam-do. When you run the road in Geoje, you can see the see frequently during the journey. You can also see the wonderful sea scenery anywhere on beach road. The south coast in Korea is a archipelago. So, if you look at the sea Geoje island, it is possible to see the other islands as
                                                                                    not difficult.

The Round[mong] Pebble Beach(몽돌해수욕장)

 

  The round pebble beach is composed of round stone like bird eggs not the sand like other beaches. The most famous round pebble beach in Geoje is Hak-dong round pebble beach. Well, I went Mangchi round pebble beach. This beach is known to people relatively little, so the sea is clean and have the quiet side. The wave sound stroking round pebble is heard beautifully. It is a sound that feel at peace. You can try ducks and drakes using flat pebbles. However, the fine is 200,000 won if you steal the stone there.

 The Remains Park of Geojedo POW Camp (거제도 포로 유적공원)

 

 The Remains Park of Geojedo POW Camp is historical site where have the pain of historical Korean War. It is a must-see when traveling to Geoje Island. The Geojedo POW Camp had taken the prisoners at the time of the Korean War. That time, those POW camp accommoates 17 million prisoners including 15 million the North Korean prisoners. And now, it is being used as a security experience hall.

 The entrance fee for adults is 4500 won. Each experience hall is shaped like a tank, a military hat and so on. The details of the overall society situation of our country in the war, lots of information POW camp, as well as life of the prisoners, and the progression of the Korean War have described well. Even the riot scene that happened in the prison camp was reproduced. It is not possible that we see about the Korean War more vividly than this remains park. This remains park will be the opportunity to learn more about the Korea's modern history.

The Beautiful Island, "Oedo-Botania"

It's spring with beautiful flowers, and you want to enjoy the full bloom? The most beautiful islands on the ground that the entire island is decorated garden. I want you to go Oedo-Botania.

 

 

 

 

 

How to go Oedo-Botania.

Oedo is located around Geoje Island. So we must ride a boat excursion on the Geoje island. Boat tickets can be booked on the Internet. There are really many people in the busy season. When I was gone, there were so many people. Because it is Samiljeol, When I arrived at the dock at 9a.m, it was in a state that was sold out until 3:00p.m. There is a possibility that the boat is't run if the weather is not good. In such a case, the character comes contact. In off-season, boat gives off when people have collected. To find the ship operating at the right time is a good idea. Internet booking gives a discount. The cruise Fee Adult is 25,000 won on weekdays and 27,000won on busy season and weekend.

About a Cruise course

There are several ports in Geojedo that can take Oedo tour cruises. I used Jangseungpo port among them. Therefore, I will try to explain on the basis of Jangseungpo port. The cruise sightsees to the coastline through the Seoyima llighthouse and Jishimudo. And the cruise is landed on the Oedo and stays for an hour and a half. We can't stay in Oedo more than one and a half hours because of self-regulation phase. Next, the cruise goes to Haegeumgang. Also, You can tour the caves of the cross-shaped. This tour takes 3 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Oedo-Botania marine plantation

The Oedo-Botania marine plantation is a marine park located in the clean and blue southern sea and the Hallyeo Marine National Park famous for beautiful landscape. The Oedo is one of the islands that are adjacent to Geoje island. In spite of the islands, Oedo is abundant in water, warm climate and high rainfall. So tropical plants and chant some easy to grow. The Oedo-Botania marine plantation was opened April 25, 1995. In just two years. it has established itself as a tourist attraction that visitors of more than one million people per year have visited. Recently, it was chosen as the best tourist sites in South Korea.

Oedo seems to have been moved the town on the coast of the Mediterranean. It is nicely decorated with wonderful landscape and building of an exotic figure. Oedo was brought up by married couple for 30 years. They raise Oedo with natural love and utmost sincerity without rest since 1969. Including the rare subtropical plants, more than 740 large and small plants are growing in Oedo.

It is said "The development is the destruction of nature." But Oedo breaks this stereotypes and is made by adapting nature. Try to go Oedo once.

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The Young People Mall in Nambu Market

 Hi~ In this posting, I introduce unusual place in Jeon-Ju. When people travel Jeon-Ju, people usually go to traditional korean village "Hanok Village". Of course, Hanok Village is beautiful place for trip. But I would like to introduce young people market(청년몰) in Nambu Market, Nambu market and the Pungnam-Moon. Specially, this "the young people market" appears on television and is right for a day's trip.

> A map about introducing place

 

The Nambu Market

 

 

 The Nambu Market is a traditional market in jeon-ju for more than 100 years. There are the Pungnam-Moon and the river side of Jeon-Ju river around the Nambu Market. The city of Jeon-Ju discusses ways to vitalize traditional markets. So there are unique signs. While the advantage of the large mart is ease of use, that of the traditional market is busy bustling about from lively people's dialogue and friendly feeling. At the traditional market, we become light-hearted. So it's great place for going on a visit.

 

 

The young people market (in the nambu market)

 

 The name of the young peole market in the Nambu market is real-new-town. This market is planned and applied by Jeon-Ju city and many young business people for vitalizing to traditional markets. The real-new-town is located second floor of the Nambu market. So it is difficult to find. When you find this market, you can use map in the Nambu market. The murals were painted on walls next to the stairs going up to the Mall. This murals were painted by the young business people in real-new-town. The young people mall's motto is "Earn moderately and live wonderfully."

In the young people mall, the opening hour of store is 2~3p.m. The young storekeepers are familiar and have broad-minded.

 This mural is painted in the side of the wall of store named "mistery store(미스터리 상회)" This mural is popular because of particularity. Also here's stores are decorated unusually and characterfully.

 

 And I'll tell you some of the stores.

Nabi cafe(카페나비) - There are several cafes in the young people mall. Among them, Nabi cafe is designed on the theme of the cat. Also this cafe is fist store of the young people mall.

Play together store(같이 놀다 가게) - This store is the sole board game store in Jeon-Ju.

Handmade store - This store sells handmade products. And you can learn handmade skills in this store.

Bum's plants store(범이네 식충이) - This store sells insect-eating plants mainly.