“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
Monday, September 24, 2012
Dinos + Tanks = Invincible.
Shaina and I decided to go on a mini-adventure not far outside of Cheongju proper last weekend. Here is what happened.
We took a bus downtown where Mr. Lee, one of the friendly managers at our apartment building, told us we could find a bus that would take us to the Museum, the Fortress, and other attractions. Armed with our printed map of the area, two backpacks, and the spirit of adventure we set off to discover unforeseen new locations! Our luck that day must have been at max stats because nearly everything went off without a hitch. Here are some photos from the Museum.
These were used to ring bells in Buddhist monasteries.
The Koreans were the first people to innovate movable metal type characters. Here you see a sheet covered in movable letters that would then be used to print onto a blank page.
Confucianism is still the most influential philosophy today when it comes to social order and knowing one's place within the social structure.
Milk soda?
Ancient Korean spear heads. Remember, their civilization traces its roots back nearly 5000 years. To put that in perspective, their civilization is 20 times older than the US is.
Buddhism is big here.
Ancient belt buckles worn by cavalry men.
After the museum we decided to look for the zoo which was supposed to be nearby, but we instead ran into this.
Yes. We had found a free children's museum filled with... you guessed it... horrible paper mache dinosaurs from what appeared to be the late 70s to early 80s.
Shaina impersonates the what would be normally called a dinosaur.
Try to invade this country... tanks + dinosaurs = invincible.
Randomly finding a dino museum... priceless.
What are dinosaurs really? Perhaps we will never know.
The dinosaur section was just one of a few different section meant for children who wished to discover the miracles of science. There was a paleontology section, an aeronautics section, and a space section. Check the video at the end of this post for more in depth coverage.
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What? This was on the evolution poster. Maybe Mulder and Scully need to get on this.
Neptunes, my favorite planet.
After the museum detour we found the zoo a little further up the road.
Anyway! Here are some pictures and video of the zoo in Cheongju. It was roughly $0.95 to enter. Many animals here I had never seen up close like this. When I say up close, I mean it.
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