Just another world from Ploy's view
We’ve all been there: on a road trip, eyes fixed on the final destination, treating everything in between as mere scenery on fast-forward. But sometimes, the most memorable parts of a journey are the unplanned detours. On a recent trip east from Seoul, my navigation app highlighted a route through Namyangju-si (남양주시), and a name …
In this post, I am going to introduce you to one of the most unique Buddhist temples I have ever visited in Korea, Anmyeonam. It was less than a twenty-minute drive from the Travel Break Coffee located on Anmyeon island of Taean-gun. My friends and I visited the temple in late summer which was considered …
Being from the country whose prevalent religion is Buddhism makes me very comfortable here in Korea…. On the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar that corresponds to April or May in the Gregorian calendar, the entire country of South Korea will be illuminated with vibrantly colored lanterns in order to …
I have been coming back to Japan several times visiting different places but yet never get a chance to witness its icon, Fuji Mt. I then didn’t forget to put it as a major destination in the itinerary this time. My boyfriend and I planned to visit Lake Yamanaka on the first day of 2019 …