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Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Woncheon Lake : just like heaven :)

Today is a day after Chuseok (चुसक) which is a major festival in Korea. This festival is actually related to the harvest time (फसल कटई) in old days of farming.


Today we went to Woncheon Lake which is 1.5 or 2 km from our home.


This lake - which was a secluded place a few years ago - has become a major tourist attraction after development of park and apartment complexes in the vicinity.
Above is first shot from my camera : the shot was in direction opposite of lake. It shows the cloudy day, which was sunny also.


The below is the shot of the lake and children playing at water pool at 4:30 pm today




Coffee shops next to lake were buzzing with customers.


Below is view of sky and apartments behind coffee shop line.


Below are some other nature shots





Below is apartment building under construction next to the lake. If you look carefully, you can see a bird and a plane flying in the sky.


This area felt like a heaven probably because light rays of setting sun made everything look beautiful.

Below shots are from the side of lake opposite to coffee shop line. 


Wow. the greenery !

It is exercise time for some.


The sun is setting behind the cloud.
 Golden lights of setting sun which are falling on below apartment buildings.

In the night





Saturday, June 14, 2014

Trip to Jeju Miniature Park, Halasan Mountain, and ....

It was Saturday 3rd May 2014, the third day of our stay in Seogwipo town of Jeju island, ,Korea. We started at 9 am in the morning with plan to go to Hala-san (हला-सान, 한라산 ) mountain first.

Starting from Seogwipo town on car

Hala-san (हला-सान) is a volcano (ज्वालामुखी) and is the most famous tourist place in Jeju island. 
San (सान) in 'Hala-san' is a Korean word for mountain. 

On road of Seogwipo town, 8:50 AM

The road goes to start of Seongpanak trail which goes to the top of Hala-san,  9 AM


'Fluid lava flows' some 20 lakh years ago on top of sea-floor (100m below the sea-level) created  Jeju island and Hala-mountain in middle of it.  Our goal was to reach the below crater at end of the day.

Our goal was to reach this crater by walking some 10 km on Seongpanak trail 

The last volcanic eruption in Hala-mountain happened a thousand years ago, in days of Mahmud of Gazni (known in India for his plunders).

We reached at the start of Seogpanak trail at around 9:40 am, which has below facility for the people going for trekking. We parked our car there.
Facility at start of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 9:30 AM

Start of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 9:40 AM
1.5 km of Seongpanak (성판악) trail, 10 AM

In background, there is a single-line rail-track, and a vehicle on top of it carrying food-items for sale, up along with trek
some water stream in background, 성판악 trail, 10:15 AM



10:20 AM, 성판악 trail, volcanic rocks of Jeju



After 3.1 Km of trekking,  성판악 trail, 10:45 AM


After 4.1 Km of trekking, at Sokbat shelter in 성판악 trail, 11 AM


After looking at trail map, we decided that it would be better for us to return because trail would increase in difficulty.
We returned back from Sokbat shelter, 11:15 AM

Somewhere while returning on 성판악 trail, 11:40 AM

Back to start-point of 성판악 trail, 12:00 PM

After returning back to start-point of 성판악 trail,  we prepared noodles and had lunch, and waited for our friends to join us. 

After rest, we left this place at around 2:30 PM with plan to go to Jeju Miniature Park.  We found below observation point on the way, and stopped to click some photos.





At observation point, near Seongpanak, 2:40 PM
 We also saw a horse-farm on the way, and stopped there as well to click photos.

Horse-farm, near Seongpanak, 2:47 PM

Road near horse-farm, near Seongpanak, 2:50 PM

With Gulliver, in Jeju miniature park, 3 PM

in Jeju miniature park


Replica of Osaka castle of 1600 AD, made of stones and wood.

Replica of memorial in Taipei in memory of Chiang Kai-shek

Replica of 600 years old Forbidden City , home of emperors of Beijing, China

Replica of 800 years old temple in Angkor Thom , Combodia dedicated to Buddha and built by Mahayan buddhist king Jayavarman VII

Replica of 4500 years old 60 feet high statue of Sphinx, a mythical beast in Giza of Egypt, Africa.

Replica of 800 years old Vishnu temple of Angkor Wat , Combodia built by Khmer king Suryavarman II

Replica of 2300 year old temple built by Askoka and later restored by British, dedicated to Buddha at site 100 km from Patna, Bihar, India


Replica of statue in New York,  symbolizing freedom with broken chain at feet.






The Thinker
The Thinker is the bronze sculpture created by Auguste Rodin to represent philosophy.

With Gandhi


Statue of Sakya-muni Buddha