When we were kids we all let our imaginations run wild and wanted to run away to the fantasy worlds we saw in the movies. Some of us even collected action figures and other merchandise related to our favourite movies and super action heroes.However, one local entrepreneur has taken this a step further and opened a gallery to house his burgeoning collection of movie memorabilia and to share his passion with others. Reminiscent of the comic book stores back home CW...

I've followed the trend of some other bloggers and recently started my own facebook page : Departures1This will allow me to collect all my blog entries in one place as they never show clearly on my facebook wall, along with my other articles published on the Daegu Blogsite.It also allows for random followers who send me friend requests to follow me on facebookThe web address is www.facebook.com/departures1 and you can just click 'like' to joinYou can also share w...

This weekend I paid a return visit to the Andong Folk Village which I hadnt visited since March of last year. Normally I do these trips independently with friends but this time I joined a bus tour. This was organized by Daegu Compass a monthly expat magazine and included other craft activities such as mask making and archery for an all inclusive price with lunch for 29,000w ($26)We first went to a country house near the folk village where we made our masks. Andon...

Korea has an abundance of temples and after visiting some of the most famous ones you can suffer from temple fatigue thinking you've seen all there is to see. Daegu is home to some prominent ones along Mt Palgong such as Donghwasa, Buinsa, Pagyesa, as well as nearby Haeinsa outside the city and Bulguksa in Gyeongju. However, just when you think you've seen all there is to see I discovered another Daegu city temple with its own unique style distinct from the many ...

Exploring a University Campus may not be the first thing that comes to mind for a spare afternoon but Daegu's Keimyung University Campus is an interesting architectural collection with museums and an outdoor folk village.The campus is home to two museums, one of which is closed weekends. I was waiting a long time for a spare weekday to go so that I could visit both museums. Fortunately this week school was closed thursday so I had a spare day to try to visit.Of t...