Tag Archives: history

When in Andong…

The Colours of Hahoe Village

The Colours of Hahoe Village

I guess when a place is known as the ‘capital of the Korean spirit’ it should be pretty obvious there would be a lot going on. National treasures, important folk material, and even an intangible cultural asset…Where to begin? Continue reading


Mt Palgong: Hiking into History

The rugged beauty of Korea

The rugged beauty of Korea

Going off an address that we had gleaned from the simultaneously vague and informative Palgong Provincial Park website, we set off in what we hoped was the general direction of some good hiking. The back roads from Waegwan wound themselves through villages with crooked brick bus stops and past fields of Continue reading