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		<title>Blog News: Technical Difficulties</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/07/blog-news-technical-difficulties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies for the lack of updates this month.  We’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties with the bogging platform, web server and other technical mumbo-jumbo that you probably don’t give a rat’s patootie about.  Believe me, it has been the cause of much consternation and gnashing of teeth.  But fear not, gyeongjublog.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 ancient Tombs of Gyeongju: Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1&#8230;.
5. Neoseo-ri Tombs (너서리왕릉): Once surrounded by houses, the half dozen or so tombs of Noseo-ri have been cleared of buildings and made into oasis-like park in the midst of downtown Gyeongju. Just across the street from Bonghangdae tomb, this park is a great spot for tomb watching, an afternoon picnic or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 ancient Tombs of Gyeongju: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that make Gyeongju noticeably unique among Korean cities are all of the ancient Shilla hill tombs scattered about.  Some of them are pretty darn impressive actually, as they range from one to two millennia old and most of them are at least a couple stories high.  Not to mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Review #12: 100 Years Tea House (백년찻집)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perched on the ridge of Mt. Tohamsan (토함산) , looking East over the Churyeong (추령) Pass is one of the best kept secrets of Gyeongju:  the Beak Nyeon Cha Jip (백년찻집) or “100 Years Tea House”.  Whether you’re a dedicated  tea aficionado or you need a break on the trip over to the East Sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gyeongju Guide Books</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/06/gyeongju-guide-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of months I’ve managed to collect a few really killer guidebooks on the Gyeongju, mostly through tips from friends and browsing through the Gyeongju National Museum book store.  If you’re visiting Gyeongju, you’d be doing yourself a big favor by picking up at least one of these books and giving it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/06/temporary-hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the radio silence lately. I&#8217;m taking a temporary hiatus from posting due to the recent birth of my son and end of term grading at my University. I plan on getting back on line here in a bout a week.  So, until then, thanks for reading.  
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		<title>Restaurant Review #11: Kalguksu (칼국수) on Mt. Namsan</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/restaurant-review-kalguksu-namsan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with temples, ancient Buddhas, and funny-shaped boulders, Mt. Namsan (남산) has also been blessed with a fair number of kalguksu (칼국수) restaurants. If you’ve not tried it before, Kalguksu is a hot and hearty noodle soup; perfect after a hike. Kalguksu literally means “knife noodles” as the noodles are cut by hand and quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dang-namu (당나무): Sacred Trees of the Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve spent any time touring the Korean countryside, you might have noticed a single  gnarly old tree standing nearby a farm village here or there.  These trees are actually called Dang-namu (당나무) and according to Korean folk religion (a form of Korean Shamanism) they are actually one of the village’s Dong-shin (동신), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dongguk University Lantern Lighting: 2010 Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/dongguk-university-lantern-lighting-2010-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhist culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned a few weeks ago Dongguk University held it’s lantern-lighting ceremony in honor of Buddha’s Birthday on April 29th.  As it turned out, the 29th was also declared a National Day or Mourning in honor of the 46 sailors who died in the sinking of the “Cheonan” on March 26th. Unfortunately this meant all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pear Flowers (배 꽃) &amp; Bokwonsa Temple (복원사)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/pear-flowers-bokwonsa-temple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other Sunday the sun was finally shining after a solid week of rain.  My wife and I hopped in the car and took off to explore the countryside determined to enjoy some of the hard-earned Spring weather.   As luck would have it, we drifted back some country roads going west out of town, and [...]]]></description>
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