"Imgye and Jeongseong" Nancy295's photos around Imgye, Korea Rep.

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Imgye, Korea Rep. by TravelPod blogger Nancy295 titled "Imgye and Jeongseong" Nancy295's travel blog entry: "We were up and out by 8:30 with a quick stop at the resort office so Jon and I could check our e-mail. We really are in the wilds of South Korea and Internet access hasn't been readily available in most of the places we have stayed. We stopped by President Han's grocery store, where his wife gave us drinks and we took a photo. We would have loved to spend some time in there looking at all the groceries. We had a traditional breakfast of soup and sides including little tiny shrimp and anchovies. We found out the Imgye Rotarians had been delayed by car trouble so we did a little more sightseeing in Taebaek. We first stopped at a Memorial for men who had died in the coal mines and then drove high up a mountain to a windfarm. We had a wonderful view of the valley below. We are constantly amazed at where our hosts will drive this big van we are in. Most secondary roads are one lane and we had to pull over a number of times on the side of the mountain as we passed farmers and others picking herbs along the way. Soon we were meeting Director Koh and said goodbye to Mr. Ham. We had lunch near the soybean paste farm we had visited a week ago - I enjoyed the buckwheat pancakes and little rolled dumplings - I can hang on to them with chopsticks. The downside is that these places also offer fermented rice wine which I don't ...