The Jones' Korean Adventure

On our last day in Gyeongju, we headed to Bulguksa Temple, a famous temple in the area. The architecture was beautiful! We spent a good amount of time just wandering around and looking at all the different shrines. A lot of them had "No Photo" signs outside, but we managed to get a few by playing the "dumb foreigner who didn't see the sign" card. After our time at the temple, we caught a bus up the mountain to the "Buddhist Grotto", which we found out is a famous "World Historical Site". We walked down a long path to an area that had a temple-looking building that was built right up against the mountain side. When we walked in, we saw that part of the mountain had been dug out, and a huge stone Buddha was in the niche, with tons of statues carved into the walls around him. It was really cool to see, because it had been there since 751 A.D. It felt like we were standing in history. After that, we hiked back up to the bus, and rode back to town. We had a little time to kill before our bus ride back to Osan, so we walked around Gyeongju for a bit, bought some snacks, and then headed to the terminal. Our ride back was great...we had a different bus driver - one who knew how to maintain a steady speed. All in all, a great weekend!

Sam and I in front of one of the two big pagodas on the temple grounds.

Here's JoJo in front of a cool drum that was sitting on the back of a big turtle.

Here, Sam and JoJo are in front of the other big pagoda on the temple grounds.

Here's Sam in front of part of the main building.