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SEOUL:
THE CAPITAL CITY OF KOREA. SEOUL IS MEGA-MODERN & APPEALINGLY
ANCIENT. PLACES OF INTEREST ARE KYONGBOKKUNG PALACE, NATIONAL
FOLK MUSEUM, CH'ANGGYONGGUNG PALACE, CHONGMYO SHRINE, T'APKOL
PARK, SEOUL TOWER (THE THIRD TALLEST TOWER IN THE WORLD), WAR
MEMORIAL.

KYONGJU:
THIS IS THE OLD CAPITAL OF THE DYNASTY SILLA. THERE
ARE THE ROYAL TOMBS, THE OLDEST ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY,
CONSTRUCTED IN THE 7TH CENTURY. OTHER THINGS TO SEE ARE
THE HALF MOON FORTRESS, THE PUNHWANG PAGODA AND THE
PULKUKSA TEMPLE BUILT IN THE 8TH CENTURY.

THE SOUTH. PUSAN:
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PORT IN KOREA. THERE IS A FISH
MARKET WHICH IS PARTICULARLY PICTURESQUE. FROM PUSAN IT IS
POSSIBLE TO TOUR THE MANY SMALL OFFSHORE ISLANDS, ESPECIALLY
THE ISLAND OF CHEHU-DO. THIS ISLAND HAS A CLIMAT MUCH LIKE
THAT OF HAWAI.

THE SOUTH WEST. CHOUJU:
HERE THE COUNTRYSIDE IS THAT OF HILLS AND VALLEYS TENDERLY
CULTIVATED BY THE INHABITANTS. THERE ARE TEMPLES, LAKES
AND GARDENS TO SEE.

MOUNT SORAK:
THIS AREA IS A NATIONAL PARK WITH SPECTACULAR SCENERY,
EXCELLENT COUNTRYSIDE IN WHICH TO WALK AND CLIMB. THE
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRYSIDE IS PUNCTUATED WITH WATERFALLS
AND LAKES.

SORAKSAN NATIONAL PARK:
SORAKSAN IS THE TOP MOST NATIONAL PARKS IN KOREA. LOCATED
NEAR THE DMZ ON THE EAST COAST, THIS IS A LAND OF HIGH CRAGGY
PEAKS, LUSH FORESTS, TREMENDOUS WATERFALLS, BOULDER-STREWN
WHITE WATER RIVERS, BEACHES AND ANCIENT TEMPLES.

SONGNISAN NATIONAL PARK:
CENTRAL KOREA'S TOP SCENIC SPOT, SONGNISAN MEANS 'REMOTE FROM
THE MUNDANE WORLD MOUNTAINS'. THE THING THAT REALLY DRAGS THE
VISITORS IS POPCHUSA, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MAGNIFICENT
TEMPLE SITES IN KOREA.
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