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		<title>Weird Gyeongju: The Teddy Bear Museum (테디베어박물관) and Teseum (테지움) of Bomun Resort</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/07/weird-gyeongju-the-teddy-bear-museum-and-teseum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending an afternoon at Bomun Resort recently, I had an epiphany: teddy bear museums are to Korea what wax museums are to the U.S.  Both are cheesy as hell, prey on bored tourists and are not places you’d want to accidentally get locked in overnight.  Not to mention, both spring up around resorts and <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/07/weird-gyeongju-the-teddy-bear-museum-and-teseum/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going to the River: Girimsa Temple (기림사) and Yongyeonpokpo Waterfalls (용연폭포)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/07/girimsa-temple-and-yongyeonpokpo-waterfalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago a friend on on Facebook asked where around Gyeongju you can “go to the river.”  Unfortunately I’ve been a bit distracted with writing my Master’s thesis over the last month, but I hope to post on a few places to “go to the river” around here while there’s still some of <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/07/girimsa-temple-and-yongyeonpokpo-waterfalls/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gyeongju Cycling Courses and Maps</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/06/gyeongju-cycling-courses-and-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gyeongju is really a great place for cycling.  The countryside around Gyeongju is fairly flat and dozens of cement farm roads weave their way through scenic rice paddies and rustic villages.  Cycling’s also the fastest way to visit the dozens of ancient Silla tombs, temples, relics and ruins scattered outside of the city.  Not to <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/06/gyeongju-cycling-courses-and-maps/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Buddha&#8217;s Birthday at Bulguksa, Tongdosa and Sinseonsa Temples</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/06/video-buddhas-birthday-at-bulguksa-tongdosa-and-sinseonsa-temples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Since we’ve been on the topic of Buddha’s Birthday lately, I thought I’d post a few HD videos shot at a few of the Buddhist temples around Gyeongju this year on Buddha’s Birthday, aka Seokga Tansinil (석가탄신일). Rob Fioretta, my coworker at Gyeongju University, was kind enough to share with me the video he <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/06/video-buddhas-birthday-at-bulguksa-tongdosa-and-sinseonsa-temples/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha’s Birthday at Sinseonsa (신선사) Temple on Mt. Danseoksan (단석산)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/buddhas-birthday-at-sinseonsa-temple-on-mt-danseoksan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 04:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many things in Gyeongju, I’ve been meaning to write about Mt. Danseoksan for a while, but I’ve been too busy to get around to it.  However, celebrating Buddha’s Birthday, or Seokga Tansinil (석가탄신일), yesterday at the ancient stone grotto of Mirukgul (미룩굴) on Mt. Danseokan has given me the best reason I’m probably going <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/buddhas-birthday-at-sinseonsa-temple-on-mt-danseoksan/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Gyeongju: Photo Slideshow Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oddly, my slideshow last month of photos exploring the grungier, funkier side of Gyeongju’s downtown has turned out to be one of the more popular posts here on Gyeongjublog (which might not be saying much, really). I&#8217;m going to keep the write up here brief, as I pretty much said all I had to say <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/05/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-2/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Review #22:  Handmade Kalguksu (손칼국수) at Kim Yu-shin’s Shrine</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/restaurant-review-handmade-kalguksu-kim-yu-shins-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kalguksu (칼국수) restaurant at General Kim Yu-shin’s memorial shrine is one of those hidden gems of Gyeongju; the operative word here being hidden.  It’s actually located in one of the side buildings of Sungmujeon (숭무전), the Confucian Shrine venerating the spirit tablet of the famed Silla general Kim Yu-shin (595~673 C.E.). The shrine itself <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/restaurant-review-handmade-kalguksu-kim-yu-shins-shrine/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Gyeongju: Photo Slideshow Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post probably won’t win me any awards from the Korean Tourism Organization, but once upon a time I was a Fine Arts student.  So after the last few weeks of beautifully blossoming cherry trees, please forgive me if I’m in the mood to post something a bit more urban and gritty.  Here’s the first <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/downtown-gyeongju-photo-slideshow-part-1/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Photos: Cherry Blossom  (벚꽃) Tunnel 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the long awaited blooming of the cherry blossoms (벚꽃) is starting to reach its peak.  Of course, this means next weekend Gyeongju and Bomun Resort will be flooded with tourists, so I’d suggest staying off the roads around here, if at all possible.  However, one stretch of road worth braving the traffic jams for <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/04/photos-cherry-blossom-tunnel-2012/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Spring Events: Cherry Blossoms, Miso II, Concerts and More</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/03/2012-spring-events-cherry-blossoms-miso-ii-concerts-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll skip my usually apologies to my regular readers for not posting in over almost month.  Suffice to say, I’ve been swept up in the usual start-of-semester whirlwind lately.  Thankfully things are finally settling into a routine and with spring at our door step, there are a few things to catch up on. For starters, <a href="http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2012/03/2012-spring-events-cherry-blossoms-miso-ii-concerts-and-more/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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