One of the highlights of my trip to Tongyeong was to visit the four turtle ships moored in the culture plaza at the centre of town. Tongyeong is famous for a historic sea battle that took place about 400 years ago. An invading Japanese fleet was victoriously defeated by Admiral Lee using his sleek distinctive Turtle battleshipsIn the main culture plaza at the centre of town there are four ships in dock. They are made from long timbers with a slim low design. They...

Continuing my exploration of the southern coastal town of Tongyeong the next place I had long been excited to visit was the undersea tunnel. This was built almost a century ago during the Japanese occupation to connect the closest large island to the mainland. I'm not sure why this was needed to be done but was a remarkable engineering accomplishment for its time and possibly the worlds first undersea tunnel.The tunnel runs for several hundred metres almost paral...

This weekends trip took me back to the southern coastal town of Tongyeong. I've been trying to come here for over a year due to its historic heritage of the major sea battle of Admiral Lee against a Japanese Invasion using distinctive Turtle ships.I did get to come briefly in May for the Daegu Bloggers field trip but we didnt see the sights I wanted to see. I tried coming again on the May holiday weekend but had to cancel due to bad bus timings from Suncheon.Tong...

The Sincheon river that runs north to south thru downtown has a biking trail on both sides popular with local bikers and city residents out for a stroll with families, or walking their dog. I've always avoided it expecting it to be busy, which it normally is. However, towards the south end of the trail I discovered an interesting Temple more reminiscent of Thailand providing a unique experience in the heart of the city.This was my first time biking south down the...

Coming to a maritime country like Korea surrounded by ocean on three sides I was excited I was going to eat a variety of fish cooked different ways. However after arriving I was surprised to learn that fish is hardly eaten except for raw fish and most seafood dishes are a preference for squid, octopus, and shrimp (haemul). After much searching and asking friends I did recently discover a fried fish restaurant at Jungangno easy to reach that serves fresh fried fis...