One day of our adventure south we took a hike on Namsan Mountain near Gyeongju. The mountain is home to over 100 temples, 80 Buddha statues or carvings, and 60 stone pagodas from the Silla Dynasty. We hiked to the top of one of the peaks. We saw a few stone pagodas, a gazebo foundation, and the view. We did not see a temple or a Buddha. Guess we were on the wrong trail.
We had quite a time parking the truck in the "parking". You drive up this dirt road and pick a spot along the side, any open space. We didn't realize this was the parking area. We drove up to the end of the road at the rangers station. No space for a u-turn, so we backed down the road to the first area we could park in. There was space for us, but it was tight. It required about a 90 point turn. Too bad the man in his car across from us wasn't willing to move about a foot. Would have made parking a whole lot easier! haha!
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| The view from the top. |
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| Gazebo foundation. Each boy is a pillar. |
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| One of the many stone pagodas. |
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