Caveat: Happylooking Dog

I’m back “home” in Yeonggwang after my weekend adventure(s). I’ll write more later – lots to write about, I suppose, if I really wanted to. But for now, here’s an awesome picture I snapped yesterday evening.

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I’ve always loved taking pictures of random dogs when I travel… or of any animal, really.

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Caveat: 원효사

My friend (and colleague at work) Byeongbae took me to his home, where I met his wife. He lives in a very modern and nice apartment in a modern development in the southeast part of Gwangju – the area reminded me a lot of Ilsan, actually. Here is a view from his apartment.

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After that, he said every Saturday he goes to a bathhouse. He invited me to accompany him. I’ve always thought the Korean bathhouse tradition was cool, but I admit I often feel uncomfortable as a “foreigner” going to them – so it was nice to go with someone as a “guest.” It was actually very relaxing. After that, he and his wife and I drove out the eastern flank of the city, in Mudeung Mountain Park (actually near the hotel where I stayed during my orientation). We visited a temple there called 원효사 (Wonhyosa). I took some pictures.

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His wife joined some friends at maintaining a vegetable garden that is in the woods near the temple.

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Here is my friend, hamming it up a little bit beside his car, while we waited for his wife and their friends to get back out of the woods.

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[this is a “back-post” added 2010-06-21]

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