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Korea People-to-People Program
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 Photo essay: Jinju to
Hadong
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(90km, 55mi)
Points of Interest: Ch’oksongnu, Hadong, tea country, Ssangwansa |
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 Individual
vendors set-up early in the morning before many buyers are in area. As
time passes the shoppers come, many bring wheeled carts to carry home the days
purchases. |
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The river banks in many cities are used for
non-motorized activities. In Jeju there are several kilometers of walking and
bicycle path. Besides trails, the area
in the flood plain and inside the dikes is sometimes used for other kinds of
recreation facilities like basketball and volleyball courts, inline skating
ovals and soccer fields. |
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 Further towards the edge of
town, and also along the river, are a number of plant nurseries and tree farms. |
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Curiously, all rice fields they cut a
corner by hand before they finish the work with a mechanical cutter. The
practice is to give the mechanical harvest space to maneuver, without damaging
any of the crop, when they first enter the field. |
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Jang-seung,
"totem poles", usually locate in male-female pairs at the entrance to a village
on the mainland to mark the village boundary and scare off evil. In this case they lined the roadway.
They are smiling scary. |
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 More relaxing travel, with
plenty of time to focus on the scenery and ponder how to photograph it. |
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 Near Hadong
is a memorial to 313 soldiers who lost there lives in the Korean war, in a two
day battle at the end of July 1950. |
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This is a typical stream coming out of the hills.
The banks have been straightened and hardened and small dams pool the water as
it descends. The adjacent green houses probably draw water from the
stream. |
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A Korean fast food restaurant sells some
dinners to families in Hadong. |
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Jinju
 Seomjin River |
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Individual
vendors set-up early in the morning before many buyers are in area. As
time passes the shoppers come, many bring wheeled carts to carry home the days
purchases.
Further towards the edge of
town, and also along the river, are a number of plant nurseries and tree farms.
More relaxing travel, with
plenty of time to focus on the scenery and ponder how to photograph it.
Near Hadong
is a memorial to 313 soldiers who lost there lives in the Korean war, in a two
day battle at the end of July 1950.
