Town and Temple

Well I had planned on simply going around town to sate my Blog's need for pictures, which I did succeed with to a degree, however when I got to one end of the town I discovered a large archway and decided I had to go and have a look.  After quite a walk I came across a fairly large bhuddist temple, covered in tourists.  But anyway, I'll start with the photos of the town.

This is my apartment building, not much to look at, but there you go.

This here is the shop that I do most of my food shopping at, the choice isn't very big and as ever in Korea there's more fish in it than a Blue Whale could consume in a week.  But it's just up the road from me, so it's very conveniet.

A  phone box, yep that's all.

This is a pet shop, I guess, I haven't been inside but they have a bunch of dogs in the window in small boxes.  They're all small dogs and have stupid tops on them.  Oh and before you ask, no they are not for food.

The local Police station, although I get the feeling that if I had an issue and asked for help they woulc have no idea what I would be going on about.

This is just one of the many french-like bakeries across Korea, they are pretty good, but the stuff inside ranges from just plain strange, to really good.  Unfortunately without a grasp of Korean it's just a case of jump in and try something new each time.  So basically some days I come out happy and other days I'm throwing it away.

No idea what this is, probably an eatery, but it just looked a bit mental.

This is one of those PC Bangs, basically where you CAN use the internet or a computer, but basically most people go and play on computer games and most specifically Starcraft 2.

The entrace leading up to Tongdosa Temple.

 So when I saw this archway I decided I would go for a bit of a wander.  The main temples were about 1km away, but the walk was really nice and it smelt really fresh out there, which I have to say I can now appreciate.

I was amazed by this, someone has actually built a support for the tree so thatit doesn't break.

I decided not to take any photos of the inside of any of the temples because it is not just a tourist trap, people still pray there and I didn't want to act in a disrespectful manner.  In fact there were several buildings right at the back that the general public were not allowed into where I assume the monks that I saw wandering around live.  The temple on whole was really nice and I decided to pick a quite spot and do some Kung-Fu.  I couldn't actually find a place out of the way, so I went over to the river and did it there.  There were many people passing by, but that didn't bother me.

But about half way through I realised there were some people on the otherside of the river taking photos of me, heh, it didn't put me off, but for a short while I had a bit of a crowd.  To be honest it didn't bother me one jot, people here stare at me all the time, so if they're going to stare, they may as well stare at something exciting.

Well there we go.  I have successfully provided my blog with a bit of spice and I also got some good exercise in, in the process.  Right, that was quite a long one, I'm off for a bit now.