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Title: Korea Post by: Totino on October 04, 2008, 11:41:31 AM I'm deploying to Korea in a month on my Bday. Should be pretty interesting. Has anyone been there?
Title: Re: Korea Post by: Totino on October 29, 2008, 01:53:33 AM Welp I've been here a few days now, and it is pretty sweet. I am station in the small city of Waegwan. I'm planning on going out all day Saturday exploring so I'll post some pictures and recommendations then.
Title: Re: Korea Post by: neorealist on October 29, 2008, 02:32:52 PM sweet! looking forward to the photos :)
Title: Re: Korea Post by: Totino on November 02, 2008, 02:10:39 AM I got "hey youd" and had to pull CQ all day Saturday until 9AM this morning. So you'll have to wait until next week :P. Awake for 36 hours and still kickin.
Title: Re: Korea Post by: Totino on November 08, 2008, 06:16:01 AM I've made friends with one of the local shop owners here and he was able to point me in the direction of the biggest Buddhist temple in Waegwan. So I've got some pictures of that. I also took some videos, which I'm in the midst of uploading now.
The Temple has 4 main buildings. I wish I could explain what each of them are for, but the nun who showed me around was explaining everything thoroughly in Korean, which I didn't understand haha. She also showed me how to properly enter the temple, where to bow, the process of lighting candles and incense, etc. It was a wonderful experience. This was the main temple: (http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV72NbGYUI/AAAAAAAAAIE/Dpg-u0C3rYM/s720/PB070022.JPG) (http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV70YmBXBI/AAAAAAAAAH8/EFikfXzISdk/s720/PB070016.JPG) (http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV7zJ7Ln6I/AAAAAAAAAH0/KyszswWWW8c/s512/PB070015.JPG) (http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV7xxsoqoI/AAAAAAAAAHs/RAmkqOkKirw/s512/PB070014.JPG) This next temple is where I believe they practice Zazen (similar to meditation): (http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV74OgBWaI/AAAAAAAAAIM/X9MHpI8O558/s720/PB070023.JPG) I have a video of inside which I'll post later. And this next statue was in what looked like a little shack: (http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV64s1SEqI/AAAAAAAAAHc/Ec6yLcPbZJk/s720/PB070019.JPG) (http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pTkl6yXuJF4/SRV60guseVI/AAAAAAAAAHU/uO6n68AKgPA/s720/PB070018.JPG) I'm hoping to take a Katusa (which in lamens terms is a Korean soldier that serves with a US unit. It stands for: Korean Augmentation Troop to the United States Army) with me next time to mend the language barrier. Title: Re: Korea Post by: neorealist on November 08, 2008, 01:53:52 PM Keep'em coming! THANKS FOR SHARING :)
Title: Re: Korea Post by: Jericoacoara on November 08, 2008, 05:30:38 PM I agree with Neo.
Fantastic pics Totino.I am really enjoying reading your updates and seeing the pics. It is extremely interesting reading and seeing your impressions and life in Korea. Great thread :) Title: Re: Korea Post by: Totino on November 08, 2008, 08:15:31 PM Here is a video from where I thought they practiced Zazen:
http://picasaweb.google.com/totino/Buddhism?authkey=qD52mE7ZbZE#5266493962043851602 Title: Re: Korea Post by: thief on December 23, 2008, 08:59:17 PM Hey T,
I have spent some time in Korea. Looking at your pictures makes me wish I took some while I was there. I was mainly on the military bases. Pohang, Yechon, Camp Humphreys and Taegu. I was impressed by the ROK Marines, the are hard corp. I didn't like Pohang, it was a dirty steel town and we were set up with GP tents by the flight line. For added fun it was some sort of "spider season" and our bivouak looked like a scene from Arachnophobia. Yechon was alright peaceful and got some good kimche from a local. Humphreys has a great all ranks club and Taegu was a fairly nice city.
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