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Gyoengju – Korea (a break from Europe)

This city is one of the most important cities in Korean culture. It is the birthplace of the Kim family. Several stories passed by me. One is the Silla king had a phoenix lay a golden egg in front of him and a baby popped out. Kim in Korean, Chinese and Japanese means GOLD! In my travels here, once 45 years ago, the streets had no golden eggs laying around but I am sure there were many Kims.

This is an astrological observatory built in the 7th century. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheomseongdae)
used for storing goods
people do these rock towers for good luck
there are many dozens of these tombs around the city. they look like large mounds
guess who is minding the store
the reconstructed walking bridge
the almost ccompletely rebuilt “traditional town” (model) with the walking bridge on the right
in complete control of things
organic Cornell collors
a school for manga and animation creation, a huge Korean export
if you do the doo doo that he do
an excavation site around a former castle