Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

This afternoon in Gyeongju, Korea, I visited Donggung Palace (sort of) and its Woji Pond, the Gyeongju National Museum, and some ground before and in...

Not far from the older centre of Gyeongju, sits one end of the Daereungwon Ancient Tomb Complex. I visited it this morning. A string of...

I moved on from Jeonju, Korea, today. I’m now in Gyeongju, still in Korea. If you read my last post from Jeonju, which was about...

I didn’t have a lot of time to see sights this morning because I had to worry all morning about catching my train to my...

I had a mostly splendid afternoon in Wansan Chilbong (also known as Wansan Park) and took another walk along the banks of the Jeonjucheon River....

I hadn’t planned for Jeonju Hyanggyo to be the first stop of the day. When I started this morning, I headed for the Jeonju Traditional...

I read somewhere that there are a few mural villages in Korea. One of them, Jaman Mural Village, is across a busy street, which is...

If you read yesterday’s post, my first from Jeonju, Korea, you’ll know that I went to see the Jeonju Hanok Village because it gets top...

This morning, I left Seoul and took a train to Jeonju, less than two hours away. If you’re like I was before I planned this...

I didn’t leave the Seoul Botanic Garden this morning until close to noon. It’s a bit out from the core of the city, so it...