After lunch we were dropped off by an old Victorian brick style post office. This was infact the old Customs building for the port from the Japanese Colonial time. I'd been to Incheons Colonial area before and seen some of the old Banks and Japanese buildings that had survived. I was again surprised to see such things this far south in a region not too famous for such heritage.The building was closed to the public but faced a much larger Modern History Museum. Th...

A short walk behind the Gunsan Modern History Museum was the Jindo Military Theme Park. It doesnt seem like much till you reach the entrance. This is a free outdoor park with many types of military aircraft and machinery parked outside. On either side are giant naval vessels. I'd been to similar military musuems in Seoul and Vietnam so thought I'd seen it before. The tanks and aircraft I skipped past in favour of the military vessels. The first was a large naval ...

Sunday morning the plan was to have breakfast and go biking for an hour before our ferry back to the mainland. The guesthouse owner said he didnt know about breakfast for our group and we were told to come back in an hour. A small fishing boat just pulled in and delivered a crate of fresh fish produce which they needed time to prepare. So instead we went biking early while they had time to prepare by which time we'd have more appetite after a morning biking. The...

After our morning biking and late breakfast we were due to take the 11am ferry back to the mainland. This ferry was not going to be as eventful as our arrival being stalked by a horde of seagulls. However, the ride was longer at 90mins vs the shorter 50min ferry arriving This time the boat had a full upper deck. As the ride was going to take slightly longer than before they had a sleeping room where people could lie on the floor and rest for the journey. The fam...

After arriving back on shore our next stop was to a Japanese Temple. I found this a bit strange as to what a Japanese Temple was doing this far and why it was here in the first place. Gunsan was an important shipping port during the Japanese Colonial Period for the then unified Korea and has several architectural landmarks originating from that time.We parked by what seemed like a 'Culture Street' which was a small street off the main road paved with colourful fl...