Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

After leaving the temple on high that I was at this morning, Beomeosa Temple, I soared to another height with a visit to Geumgang Park...

I started yesterday morning at a seaside temple, Haedong Yonggungsa. But recognizing that variety is, as they say, the spice of life, I switched things...

This afternoon in Busan, South Korea, started with me seeing some sea life at Sea Life Busan, an attraction by the sea. See? It ended...

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple is one of those Busan sights that, before settling out for it this morning, I thought, “This had darned well better be...

This afternoon, I went to the Songdo Coast of Busan and took in some attractions there. I walked there from my last stop of the...

I started the morning of my first full day in Busan at Jagalchi Market. The morning proceeded from there to other sights that were easily...

After a 35-minute high-speed train ride and Uber rides to and from the respective inconveniently located train stations*, having left Gyeongju, I arrived at my...

My morning in Gyeongju was a lazy one, and I didn’t see all that much. So, being negligent in the quantity of sightseeing I did...

I engaged in a bit of a lazy morning in Gyeongju today. I walked to, and then around, Gyeongju’s Gyochon Village. I then walked to...

This morning in Gyeongju, I visited Bulguksa and Seokguram. At least that was the plan when I started the day. I knew that seeing Bulguksa...