Welcome to another week of Travel Photo Thursday. The semester has started and spring has sprung, all in one week! Today was glorious, and by Saturday we should be basking in 70 degree temps. That got me thinking about the springtime travel I have done over the years here in Korea (12 years to be exact!). Since I don’t have a car, most of my travel is done by train or bus. What that generally means is that I don’t get to stop anytime I want. Back in 2008 I did take a road trip with a friend who had a car, and we got lost on some old country roads, and stopped anywhere and anytime we wanted to. Today I want to share with you a few shots from “on the road”.
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We came across this very small farming community quite be accident. Definitely could not even call it a village. It was just a few houses and the farmland. This is where the farm workers take their lunch and probably nap in the afternoon. I wouldn’t mind having a little snooze here. How about you?
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Spring time in Rural Korea. Can you find the man sunning himself on the wall?
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We even made it to the coast that weekend.
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Kimchi pots and water jugs in the springtime sunshine; taken at our final destination, Hasan, Korea.
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Do you have a favorite springtime road trip?
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If you missed last weeks Travel Photo Thursday…Here it is!
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Traveler’s Tip
Korean’s drive on the same side of the road as North Americans, and the European continent. Highways are modern, and you will pay tolls. Of course, it is easy to get onto the secondary roads to discover Korean rural life. If you decide to rent a car, be sure to have your driver’s license and an international license. International car rental companies do operate here. Highway signs are not always in English. Be sure to have a map, and a good navigator would help, too. If you do get lost, don’t worry, you probably won’t be that way for long!
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What a great Springtime road trip! I love all those kimchi pots and water jugs and that first picture showing the initial blossoms of Spring. My favorite Spring road trip would have to be up the central California coast.
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I’ve never visited the Southern California coast. However, any photos I’ve seen have been beautiful!
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Very pretty scenes – looking forward to spring which seems to take a long time coming up here. (PS I couldn’t find the man suntanning… think it’s time to get those glasses once and for all.)
Haha Sophie…look to the right
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sometimes the roads less travelled – or roads discovered by chance – are the best! WOw love that pagoda on the edge of the field. Stunning. and I really like your image looking through the grasses out to sea. Have a wonderful week, and thank you for hosting Travel Photo Thursday.
Thanks, Jill! I was surprised to find such a beauty of a pagoda next to a field
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I found the man in the second photo. At first I was looking in the first photo and was stumped. By the way that first photo is a beauty. It would have been great having the car and being able to drive wherever you pleased and without lots of other people.
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That is the beauty of having your own vehicle. Many times when I am on the bus here I just want to hop off and run down some little dirt road to find out what is at the end!
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I can’t even think of spring right now. It’s snowing for the third time in a week – though a week ago most of it was gone and I foolishly felt that spring was just around the corner.
I always like the west coast in spring – with the fresh green and early spring flowers.
Nice to get a sense from your photos of rural Korea.
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Canadian springs are such jokesters, eh? Just when you think its happening winter pushes its way back in and bites you in the butt! Same way in Korea, actually. Although, I’d bet money we won’t have any more snow. More like rain, and a cold wind.
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Your first photo is exactly how I imagine Korea to be. It’s beautiful! We’re heading into autumn here so the winter months are fast approaching. if it was spring we would head north to escape the last of the winter cold or we could head south and lose ourselves amongst the vineyards of Margaret River.
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The vineyards sound like a picturesque place to get lost in with your camera.
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I laughed at Leigh’s comment above about the West Coast spring green and flowers, as right now the West Coast is gray, ground and sky . . .there are a few signs of green and a couple brave daffodils outside my window. But our high today was 44-degrees F. Not quite there yet. Loved your photos – they gave me hope. . .
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I am glad I gave you hope, Jackie. The blossoms are not here yet in Korea, but a least the temps are going up, and I got up to sunshine today
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Love that first photo! Beautiful! Honestly most of my springtime trips have been to Florida, I don’t get out in the spring very often, wish I did. It doesn’t work into our schedule yet, but I can’t wait until it does
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There is just something about spring that makes me feel a live. Coming back to the gray winter of Korea makes me want to see spring come very early!!
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That first picture is beautiful. I love the spring photos, especially as I look out my window at the snow covered ground and long for warmer days.
My favorite spring trip was when I lived in Alabama with my family and my parents’ visited for a week. I spent the week driving them around to some of my favorite places, waterfalls, covered bridges and walking trails. Memories that I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.
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Your trip through Alabama sounds very special. It’s a part of the USA I have never visited. Maybe I will get there one of these days.
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Beautiful trip! I like how the kimchi pots were carefully arranged, like they were on display in a museum. (^_^)
haha…actually the pots were part of a museum display. The museum was in the town where we spent the night.
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I agree, it’d be lovely to take a snooze there and if you hadn’t mentioned, I wouldn’t have noticed the man in the top photo.
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The man is a more than a little difficult to see. He stands out better if you look at a larger copy of the photo…just click
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I wish spring were sprung where I’m at…we just got a foot of snow two days ago!
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I hope it melts quickly!!
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I took me a while to find the man in the photograph. In fact, I thought the blue thing just above/behind him was what I was looking for until I clicked through to Flickr. That top photo is my favorite since it really captures spring to me. I’ve always loved the Easter holiday drive between Austin and Houston, Texas because the bluebonnets are always in bloom. No springtime here in Malaysia, though!
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I would love to see the blue bonnets in bloom. Just coming back from almost two months in Chiang Mai, I know what you mean by no spring. However, the nice thing about CM in Jan and Feb is that it’s cool at night and in the morning (more so in January then February), and it is also flower season…beautiful!!
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Love the first photo too but have not been able to find the man! Can’t wait for spring mostly because it means summer is coming. Longer and warmer days are the best.
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Debbie, if you have time, click through to the photo on Flickr. You’ll see a bigger version, and the man is a little easier to spot. He’s a bit like finding Waldo
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No photos from me this week, just been a hectic week and no posts were suitable. But hope to catch you next week!
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Thanks for dropping by! Looking forward to seeing your photos next week
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Hi Nancie, what a lovely spring road trip. The first photo with the gazebo is transporting. I can totally see myself napping in there. The kimchi pots are beautiful. I wish I can learn the Kimchi-making process.
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Come to Korea, and Kimchi making can be arranged
There is even a Kimchi making festival in October!
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It’s not at all what I expected rural Korea to look like – It’s gorgeous!! Had to look really hard for the man on the wall!!!
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Haha Becca. Yeah, he likes to blend in with the scenery. Spring is definitely one of the prettiest times here. Winter is gray, gray, gray, so the colors of spring are most welcome.
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Lovely scene, i wanna be at that place! like the pastoral and laid-back atmosphere, and i love the 1st photo. thank you for sharing!
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Thank you! Come and visit Korea in the springtime
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So enjoyed discovering your blog, and seeing your great photos from a place I’ve never been (but want to visit)…spring time looks to be the perfect time!
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Thank you, Anita! Spring and Autumn really are the best times of the year here in Korea.
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What a lovely place! I sure wouldn’t mind taking a nap there. Better yet, I would stay awake and enjoy the surrounding.
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It would be a nice place to just sit and contemplate life