Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Fall Jeonnam POE Cultural Trip

28-30 October 2011

Every semester, TaLK scholars are taken on a multi-day cultural trip with the other English teachers in their province. Our group of 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th gens traveled to Busan and Gyeongju for 3 days and 2 nights. Food, transportation, and hotels all inclusive! Plus, we got Friday off.

Photos taken with my new camera and my cell phone.

My thoughts on the trip? It was nice. Relaxing. We hit a bit of traffic, so we spent a lot of time sitting on the bus and sleeping. It takes about 5 hours to travel to Busan, 5-6 to get to Gyeongju. We covered a lot of ground in 3 days. And I'm to lazy to write much else...so here are some pictures. Enjoy!

FRIDAY (28 October)
6:35am bus from Mokpo to Gwangju
5am woke up at the buttcrack of dawn. I wanted to throw my comforter in the laundry, then hang it up to dry before heading off to Gwangju. I also burnt my last piece of toast in the frying pan.

Mokpo -- Gwangju -- Baekcheon-sa Temple -- Jaeseung-dang -- Cable Car (Mt. Mireuk) -- Tongyeong

Joanne & I ate Halloween donuts from Dunkin Donuts in the Gwangju Bus Terminal

Baekcheon-sa Temple
Baekcheon-sa Temple
Baekcheon-sa Temple
Baekcheon-sa Temple
Baekcheon-sa Temple
We went on a boat ride and walked around an island at Jaeseung-dang
Jaeseung-dang
Cable Cars up to Mount Mireuk in Tongyeong
View from Mount Mireuk
Panoramic view from Mount Mireuk

Jackie Chan, what are you doing here?!

SATURDAY (29 October)
Busan Aquarium -- Haeundae Beach -- Bulguksa Temple -- Seokguram -- Gyeongju

Otters at the Busan Aquarium
Moon Jellyfish

Sting ray
Shark tank



Seokguram

SUNDAY (30 October)
Gyeongju Museum -- Cheonma Burial Mounds -- Cheonseungdae

Gyeongju Museum: I learned about these Buddha statues in Intro to Asian Art.
Too bad I don't remember anything from that class. 






Cheonma Burial Mounds

The BEST Korean Buffet ever!

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