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fiogf49gjkf0d 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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