ju02ya: 2009

2009년 4월 30일 목요일

[KOREA Landscape]

▶ Boseong Green Tea Farm

- Boseong County is the largest tea growing area in Korea. There are several tea frams. The famous farm Among them is "Daehan-Dawon".

* Location : southern, South KOREA

o Cedar way... entrance area

o Daehan green tea farm

- Photographed by ju02ya

(Olympus C-3020Z)

2009년 4월 27일 월요일

▶ Sorokdo (Sorok Island, 소록도)
- Sorok means small deer(fawn). This island is about 1km away from Nokdong port(southern coast in S.Korea). Patients with Hansen's Disease(leprosy) have settled for their medical treatment here from long ago. Jungang Park(Central Park) in Sorokdo was made by leprosy patients. There are several monuments for those who devoted their life to leprosy patients.

* Location : east-southern coast, South KOREA

* Information :
1. http://goheung.go.kr/g_board/board_read2.jsp?id=eng_03_07&num=6237&nnum=0&category=Park
2. http://www.sorokdo.go.kr/sorokdo/english/index.jsp (Sorokdo National Hospital)

* My trip date : 2004.10.31.

o Nokdong-hang(Nokdong Port)

o Sorok-do

o a Catholic Church in Sorokdo

o Sorokdo National Hospital

o Leprosy Patient Asylum (during Japanese Colony Period)

o In Japanese Colony Period, Patients had been confined to dirty cells.

o Monument for Belgium volunteer

o Monument for Austria volunteer

o a monument of Gu-Ra (Gura means 'Be relieve from Hansen's Disease')

o Jungang Park(Central Park)

o Monument for every people who devoted their life to leprosy patients.

- Photographed by ju02ya

(Olympus C-3020Z)

2009년 4월 23일 목요일

Korea, Oedo Botania(Oe Island)

[KOREA Landscape]

▶ Oedo (Oe Island, 외도) - BOTANIA
- Lee Chang-ho and his wife Choi Ho-suk have been creating this subtropical paradise since 1969 and finally unveiled their masterpiece to the public in 1995. It has taken almost 30 years to cultivate and develop what is appropriately called Oedo Paradise Island. (quotation from visitkorea.or.kr)

* Location : east-southern coast, South KOREA

* Information :
1. http://www.oedobotania.com/ (KOREAN)
2. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=257423

* My trip date : 2004.10.30.

o Entrance Sign

o coconut tree(?) way

o Venus Garden & Private House

o Oedo Management Office

o Stairway to Heaven

- Photographed by ju02ya

(Olympus C-3020Z)

2009년 4월 21일 화요일

Korea, Haegeumgang

[KOREA Landscape]

▶ Haegeumgang (해금강)
- in Hallyeohaesang National Park (한려해상국립공원)
- Haegeumgang mean Geumgang-san(Beautiful Mountain in the North Korea) in the sea
- In the Haegeumgang, there are many huge and mysterious rocks.

* Location : east-southern coast, South KOREA

* More Information
1. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264321
2. http://hallyeo.knps.or.kr/eng/visit/natural.html

* My trip date : 2004.10.30.

o On board a ship

o islands..

o Lion Rock

o 300 years old tree. but it is dead in 2003, because of typhoon "MAEMI".