Here are pictures of a couple places Myung and I went to in the last couple of days. The first two pictures were taken during a little trek we took to the top of the hills near Kyongju. Like many of out walks, it is about equivalent to walking from the Berkeley flats to the top of Grizzly Peak. We’re getting really used to that level of activity. There are several Unified Silla period Buddhist stone works, but all of the pictures we have are taken vertically, and I’ve learned these are the ones that get pixilated if I try to turn them and post them. You’ve seen stuff like it anyway.
Yesterday we went to Ssanggyesa. That transliteration “ss” is how they usually write the sound that’s almost like the “t’s” part of “it’s”. It’s another temple place, duh, about 2 hours west of here. We only stayed abit and came back so I could watch the first Obama/McCain debate. She’s so nice to me.
That monument tells of the travels of the monk who brought Zen Buddhism back to Korea from China in about the 12th century. It’s in Chinese, as Korean writing had yet to be invented.
And here are the rest of the pics I uploaded, beginning with one of the little kiln there where they fire the replacement roof tiles in the old way.
Tommorrow we are going for about four days to an island in the south, Namhae, then Songgwansa and Suncheon, then Odong Island and Yeosu, then maybe Boseong. So, until I get back. be well, all of you.