This evening I got to experience another jimjilbang, this time in Gyeongju. For those unfamiliar this is a cheap place to crash for $10/nite with a communal sleeping hall and communal showers.The tourist info office said there were three jimjilbangs in Gyeongju in different parts of town and fortunately there was one next to the Teddy Bear Museum which I had just visited (see previous entry)Admission was 11,000w ($10) and as I had come early after 7pm I was the o...

Korea has a peculiar fascination with Teddy Bear Museums. There are two in Jeju Island, one in Seoul, and two in Gyeongju. On a previous visit to Gyeongju I had mistakenly visited its other Teddy Bear Museum thinking it was this one so today was able to finally visit the right one(See Gyeongju's other Teddy Bear Museum http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1333313873/tpod.html)The Teddy Bear Museum spans two floors and is broken into many inte...

After spending the first half of the day in Pohang I caught a bus to Gyeongju and went to the tourist info office to plan the rest of the day. I was planning to goto Golgulsa Temple and then come back to a jimjillbang to spend the night there.The tourist info office explained there were three jimjilbangs in different parts of town. One was next to the Teddy Bear Museum which I was unsure whether I should go this weekend or to leave if for another trip. Since they...

Guryeongpo is a small town on the east coast from which to change buses to get to the Homigot Sunrise Hand. If I wasnt going there I'd have no reason to visit Guryeongpo. However the town hides an interesting secret preserving a historical Japanese street, and shouldnt be overlooked as a tourist stopGuryeonpo can easily be reached from Pohang and bus 200 runs frequently for only 1500w ($1.25) from the bus terminal and much of downtown. It is a small fishing town ...

A famous Korean landmark widely photographed is the Homigot Sunrise hand on the eastern most tip of the mainland. Due to its positioning it is seen to be holding the sun as it rises in the early morning. Many people come to watch the morning sunrise and especially the first sunrise on New Years Day.Being such a popular national symbol this was also on my list of places to visit but was a bit awkward to get to. Although people refer to it as being in Pohang, its a...