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Temple: Unjusa

2013 Travel Diary #20: The temple of a thousand pagodas

posted 11 Sep 20136 Jul 2020 updated 6 Jul 2020 by Philip Gowman 6 minute read
Unjusa pagodas

Unjusa, Hwasun-gun, Wednesday 11 September, 3:45am. My phone wakes me up at 3:45 am, and I struggle into my trousers, splash some water onto my face, and make my way to the main shrine. I’m the first one there, and soon Kyung-sook arrives, then Wonsan himself. Later, a couple of the temple women join us. […]

2013 Travel Diary #19: Mosquitoes at Unjusa

posted 10 Sep 201312 May 2020 updated 12 May 2020 by Philip Gowman 9 minute read
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Suncheon-si, Tuesday 10 September, 12:30pm We head back to the hotel for a quick shower and change of clothes, before lunch at a nearby eatery – a deliciously delicate clam noodle soup. The soup is brought in a large bowl full of a light broth. At the bottom of the bowl is a mound of […]

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