Hiking around the neighbourhood.

Mrs. Ulsan and I have starting hiking around our nieghbourhood.  There are some beautiful trails that lead into the mountains with some great vantage points of the city.  It is an excellent way to spend an afternoon.

Map of the hiking trails around our neighbourhood.

Mrs. Ulsan ready to go.

Part of the trail.

Mr. Ulsan in his hiking gear.

Where we are heading to.

Part of the view from the top.

Another part of the trail.

Mrs. Ulsan taking a break.

Distance to our neighbourhood from the top.

Korean Food

Some photos of the food I have eaten while in Korea, I will keep updating this post.

A traditional Korean lunch at a restaurant in Gyeong-ju.

Raw fish

Fish soup



Korean porridge with muscles



Bean sprout soup

A traditional type of mak-ko-li (korean rice wine)

Beef galbi

Budae-jiggae.

Duck bulgogi.

Korean style Vietnamese food.

Korean style Vietnamese food

Samgyabsal (bacon)

Korean pancake with dipping sauce

Side dishes for Kimchi jimm.

Kimchi jimm.

traditional Korean cinnamon flavoured drink.

Side dishes for galbi.

Galbi (pork ribs) being cooked.

Jim-duck (chicken in soy bean sauce)

Haedong Young-gun sa

North-east, along the coast, from Haeundae(eastern Busan) you will find this temple.  Technically it is in a small city called Gijang, in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful temples in Korea, even though it is quite small.  It can be a little difficult to find, but it is well worth the effort.  Last time I was there, they were doing a lot of road works in the area, to make it easier to get to but they should be finished now.

The entrance of the temple

Us in front of the temple

Us on a bridge that connects the two parts of the temple together.

Some artwork

Us in front of a state at the temple

Outside of the temple.

Ulsan Whale Museum

In Jansaengpo, Ulsan there is a whale museum.  Ulsan used to be a whaling port before all the industry came here.  Now Ulsan is an industrial city, but this museum gives you a glimpse of its past.  A lot of this museum is new, I went to it about a year ago and it was only one building, now there are three buildings to this museum.  Unfortunately I have not had the time to visit all three buildings yet.

A map of the whale museum.

The original part of the museum.

The ticket office.

Me infront of a replica of a grey whale.

A new addition to the museum.

Mrs. Ulsan infront of a fountain.

Another new part to the museum.

Daeleungwon

The heart of old Gyeongju is Daeleungwon, this is the place where many of the Kings and Queens of the Silla Kingdom are buried in their tombs.  Daeleungwon itself is a large park, with many tombs, and you can enter one of them.  This is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon with the family.  If coming from Ulsan, just take the number 7 road all the way north until you see a street sign telling you to turn left, the turn is probably less than a kilometer after the National Museum.  Across from Daeleungwon is another park where you can walk around, seem more tombs, a star observatory, and the remmants of an old palace.

A map of Daeleungwon.

Tourist map of Gyeongju.

The tomb that you can enter.

A pond in Daeleungwon.

Me enjoying my time at the pond.

Mrs. Ulsan enjoying the sun.

Mrs. Ulsan infront of some tombs.

Me infront of the Star observatory.