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UNESCO Heritage: Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty

2015 Travel Diary day 10: Namhansanseong and the Gangnam Tombs

posted 7 Jun 20159 May 2020 updated 9 May 2020 by Philip Gowman 12 minute read
Namhansanseong walls

Myeongdong, Seoul, Sunday 7 June The Mountain Fortress I am scheduled to meet a friend at 9:30 at Sanseong Station on Line 8. From there we take the bus (number 9) via a circuitous route through a residential area and up the steep hill to the main car park of one of Korea’s latest UNESCO […]

2015 Travel Diary day 3: Park Soo-keun, King Sejong’s tomb and the journey to Gangneung

posted 31 May 201525 Feb 2018 updated 25 Feb 2018 by Philip Gowman 11 minute read
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Myeongdong, Seoul, Sunday 31 May. Most of the morning I’m faffing around with my bags, working out what I can leave at the hotel in Seoul so that I can travel slightly lighter on the bus down South. For the first time I’ve brought an SLR to Korea with me to get some slightly better […]

2015 Travel Diary day 2: The Drawing hand | Seooreung | Tea Museum | Makgeolli at Kim Sakkat

posted 30 May 20159 May 2020 updated 9 May 2020 by Philip Gowman 13 minute read
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Myeongdong, Seoul, 30 May. Two hours sleep on the plane, and only another two on my first night in Seoul, means that I’m groggy on Saturday morning. A quick session in the hotel gym doesn’t do much to remedy that. Coffee with The Drawing Hand My brain is gently kick-started by a coffee in the hotel lobby, […]

Five Royal Tombs. Destination: Seooreung (Goyang)

posted 30 Aug 201010 May 2020 updated 10 May 2020 by Chris Backe 5 minute read
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A few days ago LKL wrote about a Silla dynasty royal tomb in Sancheong County: the Last King of Kaya. Power K-blogger Chris Backe reports on a visit to five Joseon dynasty royal tombs in Goyang Just across the Seoul border rest some once-royal dead people. UNESCO certified as being significant to world culture, these […]

The LKL Korea Trip 2009 pt 2: Suwon and Prince Sado’s tomb

posted 23 Jul 200912 May 2020 updated 12 May 2020 by Philip Gowman 5 minute read
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Thursday 16 July Today the plan is to get a few UNESCO world heritage points: the Hwaseong Fortress at Suwon, followed maybe by the nearby folk village. From my base in Insadong, a one-hour tube journey direct from Jonggak station on Line 1 takes me to Suwon, armed with my guide books. A moment of […]

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