2016 travel diary: the index by Philip Gowman posted 11 May 201612 Apr 2020 updated 12 Apr 2020 in Tourism. 2 minute readCho Ui at Daeheungsa temple, Haenam-gunThu 12 – Fri 13ArrivalSat 14Coffee with the Drawing HandBuddha’s Birthday 1: morning at Jogyesa.Exhibition of restored Hwaeomsa paintingWedding at UnhyeongungBuddha’s Birthday 2: lunch and afternoon concert at GiweonjeongsaStroll through Ehwa Womans UniversityBuddha’s Birthday 3: evening at Bongwonsa.Makgeolli and 2차 in InsadongSun 15Walking Seouls fortress walls with Royal Asiatic SocietyKansong exhibition of genre paintings at DDPBukchon and DaehakroMon 16Visit to National Folk MuseumKim Soo-nam’s shaman portraitsJourney to GongjuIntroduction to the Baekje sitesGongju: the Royal Tombs in Songsan-riGongju: Gongsanseong FortressBuyeo: Jeongnimsa Temple SiteBuyeo: The Baekje Royal Garden — Busosanseong FortressBonus feature: Song Si-yeol, the scholar with the chisel at NakhwaamTue 17Buyeo: Baekje Culture LandBuyeo National MuseumBuyeo: Neungsan-ri Ancient TombsSancheong: lunch with deputy mayorSancheong: Hwangmaesan Royal Azalea FestivalSancheong: Moxibustion and moreWed 18Sancheong: farewell to the mayorJourney towards JindoHaenam: The Monument for the Victory at Myeongnyang BattleHaenam: Song of the Sword and Roaring Currents: the two sides of MyeongnyangHaenam: Yun Du-seo’s historic houseHaenam: Land’s EndThu 19Haenam: Incompetent Foreigner on the ferry to BogildoThe Scholar’s Garden #1: Yun Seon-do on BogildoBonus feature: Song Si-yeol’s last chisellingHaenam: Journey to IljiamHaenam: Choui and the rebirth of Korean teaHaenam: Daeheungsa and the righteous armiesHaenam: Yuseon YeogwanFri 20Haenam: Yun Seon-do’s museumThe Scholar’s Garden #2: Dasan’s place of exile in GangjinGwangju: The 5.18 National CemeteryThe scenic sites of Gwangju and DamyangThe Scholar’s Garden #3: The SoswaewonSat 21Gwangju: WonhyosaGurye: Tea making with the RASKBHwaeomsa and the return to SancheongSun 22The Jinju tea culture festivalHaejangguk in PimatgolMon 23Insadong: the Tteok museum