(Day one is here, day two here, and day three here) Day four was to shake off the hangovers from the night before, and pick up the video-shots at Bulguksa (a longish explanation of Bulguksa can be found at the end of this post) that we had missed the day before due to the rain. Bulguksa is…
(Day one is here, day two here) Day three began with rain, which put a spanner into our schedule. We had cafeteria breakfast and headed to Bulguksa, but by the time we got there it was pouring rain and an executive decision was reached to go back to the hotel and shoot a series of…
(Part I is here) The second day was all about literature and literary sites. We awoke relatively late and headed off to breakfast at about 8:30. I had Galbi Tang, and pretty much everyone else had Sundubu Jiggae. Well fed, we headed to the Dong-ri Mog-wol Literary Museum (and school of creative writing). I had…
“The journey of 1,000 meters,” a sage once said, “begins with a hangover.” And so it was this Saturday morning, at the ungodly hour of 6 am, as I waited at exit 1 of Noksapyeong Station to meet my new friend Sanjay, and an Arirang television crew. Our journey? To head down to old Gyeongju…