GYEONGJU

GYEONGJU

Gyeongju is the ancient capital of the Silla Dynasty and is a very historical Korean city. I went to visit Gyeongju with my friend Walker on the weekend. 

I went through a service call Couchsurfing.org, where you can find free accommodation by staying with hosts in that city. Our Couchsurfing host was an American English teacher named Erik. He showed up around all the places to see in Gyeongju. He was an excellent host and took us to some of his favorite places in town.

Eating Paijan- a Korean egg/vegetable/seafood pancake
Pictured (l-r): Erik, Walker, Me

Late night eats - Raw beef with Asian Pears

Gyeongju is known as the museum without walls and has many tombs to honor past royalty. These tombs are done in the style of giant burial mounds

 

 

 

 Gyeongju is home to East Asia's oldest observatory: Cheomseongdae. Scientists were looking at stars from Cheomseongdae as far back at the 7th Century.

 

We cycled around Gyeongju and looked at some more historical places. I brought Gretta (my bike).

 

 

 

 

An ancient bar of kings. This was said to be a well of constantly running soju (alcohol).

 

Finally, we finished our visit with a hike to the top of a nearby mountain to overlook the ancient capital of Gyeongju