Donguibogam Village, Sancheong-gun, Friday 6 September, 2pm. After lunch, I realise that I now have to perform my ambassadorial duties. My sense of gloom is at odds with the enthusiastic spiel that I have to present to the camera. We proceed to the Donguibogam Museum where we meet up with a few people in an … [Read More]
Korea Trip 2013: Mountain Medicine Land and Grain (page 3)
2013 Travel Diary #4: Honouring the spirits, feeling the gi
Donguibogam Village, Sancheong-gun, Friday 6 September, 9am. In the daylight, I am beginning to get my bearings. The Sancheong World Traditional Medicine Expo is set in a 109 hectare (269 acre) site dominated by the dramatic peaks of Pilbongsan (pencil-peak mountain) and Wangsan (the King’s mountain). The natural slopes of these mountains establish the geography … [Read More]
2013 Travel Diary #3: Preparing for the Expo
Donguibogam Village, Sancheong-gun, Friday 6 September, 7am. Four hundred years ago, a ground-breaking medical encyclopaedia was published. The Donguibogam, literally the Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine, was compiled and edited by Heo Jun, a Korean royal doctor, with the support of a team of medical scholars and academics. The work had been commissioned by … [Read More]
2013 Travel Diary #2: Arrival in Sancheong
Incheon, Thursday 5 September, 2pm. As I leave the plane at Incheon, one of the hostesses says: “I hope it’s alright. We tried to get most of the tomato juice off…” Ah, so that’s what my neighbour had been apologising about in the first place, before he added to the offence by tipping water on … [Read More]
2013 Travel Diary #1: The release of stress
London, Wednesday 4 September, 3pm. The stress of clearing the desk before leaving the office, of wondering if you’ve packed everything you need, immediately evaporates as you get into the taxi. There’s nothing more you can do, as you make your way through the rush hour traffic to Heathrow for the evening flight to Seoul. … [Read More]
LKL’s 2013 Travel Diaries: Mountain Medicine Land and Grain — Introduction
In 2010, I travelled to Korea on a visit sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Culture Sports & Tourism, and ended up getting my travel diary printed up as a book courtesy of that Ministry. My visit had encompassed things I myself had wanted to do, and things that my hosts and Korean friends had … [Read More]
LKL’s 2013 Travel Diaries: Mountain Medicine Land and Grain — Index
Here is a detailed table of contents for the LKL 2013 Travel Diaries: 4-5 Sept Arrival Introduction | 1 – Leaving London | 2 – Arrival in Sancheong 6 Sept The International Traditional Medicine Expo, day 1 3 – Preparing for the Expo | 4 – Honouring the spirits, feeling the gi | 5 – … [Read More]