An awesome trip to Gyeongju!

I helgen åkte många av oss utbytesstudenter till den gamla huvudstaden i en av Koreas gamla kungadömen, Gyeongju. Staden ligger ungefär 1h bussresa från Busan, vi anlände vid 10 och kom hem runt 22, det var en lång dag med andra ord... Dagens planerade sevärdheter var Pulguksa templet, Seokguram grottan samt Anapji pond. Pulguksa templet anses vara ett buddhistiskt mästerverk, Seukguram grottan innehåller en av världens finaste buddhastatyer av granit. Anapji damm tillhörde en av de gamla kungarna i det gamla kungariket som existerade från 57 år f.kr. till 935 A.D.

 Departure from Busan

 It was a marathon in Gyeongju this morning, notice the screaming trainer on the moped

On the way to Bulguksa temple, hot dog with samurai sword

 The entrance to Bulguksa temple

 On of the ponds 

 The temple

 Inside the temple, the stone structures which you can see are called Pagodas

 There were a lot of these kind of buildings inside the temple

 The roof inside one of the buildings

 The view from the balcony

 Inside one of the buildings

 All the exchangestudents who went there

 It gives you luck to put stones like this

 Notice the bell inside the building 

 The Seokguram cave (where the buddhastaty of granite) is located very high, this is the way there

The bell building on the top of the mountain

The buddha statue made from granite

A little market on the top of the mountain, beside us we have the bell building

 That is the location of the bell building

 It turned dark before we arrive to Anapji pond, which were quite good, because it looks very cool in the dark

In the weekend most of the exchange students went to the old capital of an old Korean kingdom, Gyeongju. The city is located approximately 1h with bus from Busan, we arrived at 10 and returned home around 22, it was a long day with other words... The planned places to visit were Bulguksa temple, Seokguram cave, and Anapji pond. The Bulguksa temple is considered as one of the buddhists masterpieces, Seokguram cave contains one of the worlds most beautiful buddhastatues made of granite. Anapji pond belonged to one of the old rulers from the ancient kingdom which existed from 57 B.C to 935 A.D.