See the new South Korea in 20 days – Gyeongju

Stop 2 – Gyeongju, South Korea. Visited 25 – 26th October 2024

After six days in Seoul, I rode the train southward to Gyeongju. The train arrived at the station at Gyeongju earlier than I anticipated. In a slight panic, I tucked the phone away and rushed off the train. On the platform, I searched my pockets but could not find it. So I rushed back onto the train, leaving my luggage on the platform, my brain already in a retard phase. Not finding it, I tried to disembark, but the door slammed in my face. While still in despair, the train door miraculously popped open, and I burst out of it. As soon as my feet were on the platform, the train took off like a bullet. I then found the phone in my backpack.

While still calming my nerves, three Italians offered to take me with them downtown in their taxi, without my asking and free of charge – very rare in all my years of solo travel. Young people with big hearts, from Sicily, the place I couldn’t help associating with the mafias.    

I read that Gyeongju is a museum with no walls. It looks more like a graveyard of the dead among the living. Tombs of the ancient royals appear all over the city like round mounds, carpeted by green grass and sitting on green lawns. I visited the Bonghwangdae, Daereungwon, King Michu, King Muyeol tombs, among many others. Visitors wandered around, enjoying a fine day in the park in the company of the dead. When darkness descended, the crowd had gone home, a walk in the parks, whistling past the graveyards, would be a novel experience.   

I sauntered through the tombs to the Woljeongyo Bridge, more like a glamorous hall built over the Hyeongsan River. It was a pleasant walk, with just enough living souls to make one feel this is not an open graveyard for the dead. Everywhere I wandered, the streets were lined with abundant food and snacks – the living still have to enjoy living.     

Bonghwangdae Tomb
Bonghwangdae Tomb
Daereungwon Ancient Tombs
Daereungwon Ancient Tombs
Tomb of King Michu
Tomb of King Michu
Tomb of King Muyeol of Silla
Tomb of King Muyeol of Silla
Woljeongyo Bridge
Woljeongyo Bridge
Stepping stones across Hyeongsan River
Stepping stones across Hyeongsan River
Inside of the Woljeongyo Bridge
Inside of the Woljeongyo Bridge

I rode a jammed-packed public bus 13 km to the Buddhist temple Bulguksa Temple. It consists of a few impressively designed and colored halls, gates, pagodas, and courtyards that space out these different buildings. So it was a good outing, appreciating the temple architecture in a garden, like an open museum.

Gyeongju, a place to celebrate the dead with the living, by living well.

From the balcony of the high gates in Bulguksa Temple
From the balcony of the high gates in Bulguksa Temple
Bulguksa Temple entrance gate
Bulguksa Temple entrance gate
A balcony in Bulguksa Temple
A balcony in Bulguksa Temple
Bulguksa Temple halls
Bulguksa Temple halls
A belfry in Bulguksa Temple
A belfry in Bulguksa Temple
A temple gate in Bulguksa Temple
A temple gate in
Bulguksa Temple
Pagodas in Bulguksa Temple
Pagodas in Bulguksa Temple
Intricate woodwork of a Bulguksa Temple hall
Intricate woodwork of a Bulguksa Temple hall
Icy buckwheat soup noodle
Icy buckwheat soup noodle
Touristy Poseok-ro Street
Touristy Poseok-ro Street

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See the new South Korea in 20 days – Busan

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See the new South Korea in 20 days – Seoul

This South Korea itinerary: Seoul > Gyeongju > Busan > Jeju

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