What a relaxing day!! Had a nice sleep-in, then coffee and eggs with two ladies travelling from New Zealand.
Spent the rest of the morning making reservations for the next month. Guess who waited too long to get a plane ticket out of Japan?😐😐😐😐😐😐
Samgwansa temple was my first stop today. So delightful! I was the only foreigner there, got a lot of surprised looks. But everyone was nice❤
Then back to the hostel for tofu and broccoli. 200 beds and one burner…cooking may not be in my future after today.
The late afternoon activity was a visit to the UN Memorial Cemetery. Great visit and I had the place to myself. When that closed, the UN Sculpture park, UN Peace Park, and Busan Arboretum kept me busy until the mosquitos drove me back inside.
Dinner was pot stickers and banchan at some anonymous restaurant. Yummy!
On the walk back to the hostel, I found 20 bucks on the ground!!!!!
All in all a great day.
Here’s todays pictures…
This place is easily reachable by bus. Mostly women here.The buildings themselves are relatively new. Some of the Buddhas inside are older thoughThese steps number 108. You reflect on every step your mistakes of the past. When you get to the top, a hand washing allows you to move forward with a peaceful feeling in your heart.If I could read Korean, you’d know what these saidHave you seen this place????These banners are just like the lanterns at some other temples. You buy one to support the organisation.The pagoda is new but holds many old, old relicsAgain, a new statue, but made with the same stone as the palaces that housed the Joseon kings. Like from the same quarry
I was inside a hall admiring the Buddhas, wishing I had a snack, and a nice lady handed me this mochi! How interesting
The hall of filial pietyI liked this priest bestThe Templestay program here allows you to stay the weekend or longer to meditate and prayThis is a six. Ton. Jade. Buddha. AwesomeIt’s jade!!!This nature path covered 20 acres. Little Buddhas were on every stumpEnough culture and religion, you say? Where’s the picture of the knockoff Trevi fountain in the basement of a department store? Well, it’s right here!!If you ever wanted to pay 70 bucks for 2 melons, Lotte Department Store is for you!The UN Cemetery was really neat. There’s still a burial or two, as widows of the Korean War pass on and are buried with their husbands.This is the original flag flown at the first burial in the cemeteryHere’s those badass Indians againThe landscaping was meticulousI’d like to see these roses in the summer
There’s an eternal flame at the memorial wallBrave Oregonians who died defending the Republic of Korea
The United States memorialLots of great sculpture here at the Sculpture and Peace park
What you can’t see here are many very aggressive mosquitosI love you too, Busan!This was part of the Arboretum
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