Seoraksan

Seoraksan

Last weekend a friend and I visited Seoraksan, Korea's most popular national park. Rather than writing an entry here, I've captioned the photos in this web album. Click on the photo above if you want to see/read about the trip!

Buddha's Birthday

Yesterday was Buddha's birthday (2,500-something this year, I think); it's an official holiday here in South Korea, and also, from what I can gather, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. That means I technically had the day off, but I spent most of it in my office working on a training manual for our summer teaching interns. In the evening I took a break from that and went with a couple of friends to Bongwonsa, one of Seoul's larger temples, to observe the festivities. Here's what we saw: