Korean Folk Village

Just simply stunning and soothing to our heart and eyes. 딱 4년전에 찍었던 사진인데 아직은 생생하게  잘 보이네요.

A Brief Re-Visit to Hanok Village

 Delve into the details of Hanok...that's what I wanted to recapture.

But then...it was a hot yet bright day.

See? It's seamlessly beautiful.

Then...it's time to go into the house.

First. ..the door handle caught my attention. See how it aged...

A peek into the kitchen.

And the wooden handrails over the rooms...

...and then a look into the interior of a room.

It's unmistakably so.Hanok.in.style.

A look.out.to.look.at.

Another door handle. Wait..it's the same as the previous one. Only...this time..I took the picture from inside the house.

Yup...it's another doorknob.

Wooden ornament and an iron latch (?)...

An old dilapidated wooden floor only accentuated the oddness of the house...which is great!

What would a hanok without these kimchi earthenwares? 

Jeonju Trip (part 10): Jeonju Hanok Village from Atop the Hill

The sunlight obscured the landscape that I was expecting to be spectacular. Though it was not that spectacular as I had imagined, still..this slow city retained itself to be what it best boasts itself: the landscape full of traditional Korean roof-tiles house which of course...a quite a sight in itself. 

I wished those cars had not been there:) But that would also be an impossible feat to beat since cars are surely allowed to enter the village as it was after all..a city within a city..or  a village within a city. 

Zooming it in....and voila...the daily lives are captured on camera. Of course, they look traditional in appearance, but the superficial look does not necessarily mean that its inhabitants are not allowed to get access into modernity, right?

Anyone an spot what I mean? 

Up..and up the hill, I could now see clearly what the landscape would be like. Oh, Jeonju turned out to be full of high-rises, too...seen from afar. 

Panoramic view of well-I-should-have-lowered-my-angle picture.

sorry... 

With digitally restored picture, the sunlight added depth into the winter atmosphere that I felt when I took this photograph.

Gyeongju Summer Trip (part 2)

After about 3.5 hour-ride from Seoul, we safely arrived at Dongdaegu (East Daegu) Station where we had 20 minutes to rest before changing our train into the Mugunghwa train (the less expensive intercity train). We were about to embark on the 2 pm train that would transport us directly to Gyeongju. 

Freya and Eyra were having cups of milk before departing...yes..it's better to drink something warm instead of iced-beverages in the unbelievable 'heat' in the summer. 

Even the air-conditioned coach seemed to be hapless to retract the heat that 'bombarded' the window panes of the coach. We felt a little hot...so as to make the kids enjoy the 1-hour trip (Dongdaegu --> Gyeongju), their Mom made ponytails out of their hair. 

We arrived at one of the several small stations along the way. 

Another group photo: we did not travel by ourselves, in fact another family (mas Wawan and Mbak Ulfa) were also on the trip together with us. It's their first trip to Gyeogju, too. So ...the more the merrier, right? 

With gleaming smile on their face (including mine?)^^ we're trying our best to make every second counts (counted). 

my turn.... 

Another small station. Oh, this one really captured our attention since there was this petai cina tree. Yes, petai cina (Leucaena leucocephala) that we can easily find back home in Indonesia. Well, of course, I am not sure if they were petai cina..or lamtoro or mlandingan...anyway..it just captured our attention. 

Back to the coach...now let's take a picture with om Wawan and mbak Ulfa. 

One-hour trip never felt so bored if we knew what to do...and always kept the spirit high and positive...and oh...we started to see the glimpses of hanok houses...Korean traditional houses that we knew we would encounter a lot in Gyeongju.

so..it meant only one thing: we're approaching to arrive at Gyeongju.