Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Korea, the Land of the Morning Calm

Hello everyone, this is a scheduled post. I want to show you a little bit about our joyful experience living in Korea, the Land of the Morning Calm as they call it. Below is the entrance of the house where we live inside the military base in Chinhae, South Korea. My brother called it a Blue House. We all misses it.

This is the playground inside the base where we used to play almost everyday.

There are so many neat things that you can see in Korea. I love this one where they planted flowers into different shapes.

This was taken inside the Korean military base where cherry blossoms were in full bloom.
This is a big statue surrounded with flowers during summer time.

The first adventure that we did in Korea was to hike Mt. Jiri, I was way littler then but I climb with the big people with no problem. My Mom and Dad were so proud of me because I never complained the entire hike.

There was one boy who hike with us but he cried and cried so they went back down immediately. We did not reach the peak of the mountain because we ran out of time but we were very happy to the distance that we did.
My brother was so little that my Dad had to carry him in a baby carrier.

This is the start of the hike. That was a big and memorable experience that we did.

The next big thing was our travel to Mt. Seorak. Mommy and Daddy celebrated their wedding anniversary there. We stayed for three days. We couldn't climb it so we just rode a cable car to reach to the peak.

It's so beautiful there, I always think that God did a great job creating that place.
I am glad that my parents took a lot of pictures that we can look back to.
Here's the peak of Seorak San.

Our last memorable trip was our island hopping in Jeju Island where we have to fly to get to to the place. Jeju Island is such a paradise. We had so much fun with our stay in the very big hotel below.

We went down to the beach where we have to climbed down and up, it was tough but we had so much fun at the beach. We did sand casle and stuff out there.

We got to ride the "Kalesa" as my Mom calls it. That was a very nice ride, our very first horse carriage ride.

Below is a kids museum that we did not get to explore but I love how they built it.
Below is the ocean where we used to hang out most of the time.
One time, Mommy and Daddy let us ride one of the boats, we had so much fun.
We love running and go for a walk on this side of the town.

Below is a shot that my Mom took and she submitted it to an online smile contest where I won.

Below is the lake where we always went every weekend. It is so relaxing to walk around this huge lake. A lot of Koreans do their exercise and meditation here.
We always brought a piece or two bread in this place and feed the fish.

Oh we miss Korea very much. Mom and Dad said that we only stayed there for almost two years but I feel like we stayed longer than that. We all wish to go back there someday.

I hope that you have enjoyed the tour I presented to you about our wonderful stay in the Land of the Morning Calm, Korea.

59 comments:

  1. Thank you very much for dropping by and spending your time browsing my little blog. I hope you enjoy your stay. Please don't forget to follow my blog if you like it and I will gladly follow back.

    May God bless you all!


    Ms. Burrito

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  2. Wow, such a nice post and lovely photos as well, everyone is smiling except for Mr. Burrito. Hehe, Korea is really clean I am also going to miss this place if we leave this country.

    I am looking forward to hike in Seorak San, hopefully this weekend.

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  3. oh Jeju Island. I have a cancelled business trip (convention) there when I was still working in a company. i should have seen those beautiful places that you went to. thanks for sharing them Ms. Burrito! stay happy :D
    A Time To Weep and A Time To Laugh
    Heartifying!

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  4. A lovely set of photos of fair Korea!

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  5. Lucky you to have spent 2 years in Korea! No wonder you won the smile contest...I really like the picture of the lake where you can go and just be quiet. Have a lovely week,

    Leslie
    ABCW Team

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  6. Wow, that is one interesting trip.. The cable car is fun, is it not? and yes, you are great without complaining while making your way..

    I love your sharing.. :)

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  7. Congratulations! Your post is adorable!
    Wonderful pictures and for sure an special trip for you all!
    Léia

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  8. I always enjoy visiting you each week. You always have such lovely posts. Thanks for the tour of Korea with you today. It was a very fun trip.

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  9. You could have won a competition with all of your smiles. It looks a lovely place, how wonderful to spend time there.

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  10. Oh what a wonderful visit. These photos are great. It looks beautiful, but what I kept focusing on were the photos with the plastic mats: by the boats, the playground...so kid friendly!
    Meryl
    http://departingthetext.blogspot.com

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  11. thank you for sharing your beautiful pics and your lovely korean life.

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  12. Lovely post so interesting to see what life is like in Korea, it looks like you really enjoyed it.

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  13. K for Korea. Thank you for sharing about your life there. I'm sure you miss it... will you visit sometime? This was an excellent post. You have wonderful memories.

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  14. Beautiful memories and shots too. happy WW!

    Mine is here

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  15. beautiful tour,

    Glad to see you have fun.
    Cheers.
    you have a beautiful family.

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  16. thank you for the lovely virtual tour!

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  17. I think building the sand castles looks like a lot of fun.

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  18. I think building the sand castles looks like a lot of fun.

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  19. I enjoyed this post. Beautiful shots.I agree, "God did a wonderful job creating it."

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  20. What a beautiful country is Korea. Thank you for the tour. The photos are so beautiful and you look all so happy!

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  21. I enjoyed the tour, Ms Burrito! Hugs, Tita Hazel

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  22. love the photos of your family :)

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  23. korek..ganda daw dun..I had friend living there..nakapag asawa sya ng koreano..actually si casseydab yun..she do tutorial too there..
    visiting from ABC WED
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  24. Wonderful tour of Korea and also great family shots. You all look like you are having a great time.

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  25. Fun story and great pictures!
    Thank you for stopping by my blog!
    Have a fabulous day!
    Debbie's Travels

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  26. wow! ang gaganda ng mga photos...

    Happy ABC WED.

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  27. These are such great photos of wonderful times in Korea. Thank God for digital cameras! What treasured memories! You do have a beautiful family and you just have the cutest smile. I am not surprised that you won!...Christine

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  28. What a beautiful place!
    Enjoying all photos :)

    Thanks for visiting...

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  29. wow! what a beautiful place to relax and nice photos too...thanks for droppin comment on my post...;)

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  30. what lovely memories of Korea. i love the lake shot...so serene and beautiful.

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  31. Hi rylie.. dami nyo pala fun memories sa Korea love all the photos :)
    MY ABC Wednesday is here

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  32. it is such a beautiful place..with lots of breathtaking views. It is definitely one of the places to visit for sightseeing and adventures. thanks for sharing awesome photos little Ms.

    I got Keys and father and son on a canoe for watery

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  33. Wonderful shots. I had been in Korea for 50 days and it was a nice experience.

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  34. Thank you for taking us on a tour of Korea. It is a beautiful place.

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  35. This is a wonderful entry for K-day. I have American friends teaching in South Korea. They love the country! Thank you for stopping by my ABC Wednesday entry and leaving a nice comment.

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  36. What a beautiful tour of Korea, and what a beautiful family. Sweet faces and bigs smiles. I love it!

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  37. Ika nga ni EJ let go home hehehe. ganda ng Korea ano. sana dami tayong pera para makabalik at makapag vacay dun, tapos isasama nyo ako hehe

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  38. Such a lovely country - great photos for K! What great memories you children will have!

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  39. Ms Burrito you have a CUTE blog. I enjoyed your post and photos.

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  40. Ms Burrito you have a CUTE blog. I enjoyed your post and photos.

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  41. What a varied series of adventures. Korea looks like a great place to live or visit.

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  42. Korea is such a beautiful country, thanks for sharing your beautiful memories with us.

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  43. aww how cute...thanks for following..following you back...This Simple Haven

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  44. Wow, ang taas nang pila dito. :) I love all your pictures Rylie!

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  45. How beautiful! Howdy! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog design site today and following along. I am so glad you did! I love getting to meet new people. I’m returning your follow. I hope you’re having a great day!

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  46. Beautiful photos. Korea is a lovely place.

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  47. Having fun with a young beautiful family... there is nothing better in life!

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  48. I love your picture in yellow shirt with bangs! you are so beautiful!

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  49. daming comments ni rye, ang gaganda kz ng fotos, para nadin akong nkatravel s korea:)

    http://www.clarizzatomacruz.com

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  50. I love the travel experience you faced. Post explain how much enjoy you have during your trip. Like this blog and follow it in the future for sure. Captures are so pretty and adorable.

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