We have taken the bus to our last stop in Gyeongju where we will stay for one night and two days. Again, we will be staying in a hanok!! Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (57 BC – 935 AD). There is not much left now, its just a lots of ruins but its also a big archaeological site. The pictures of the hills below are actually tombs of kings from the kingdom.
The pictures below are of an observatory called Cheomseongdae, which is still standing. Yep, an observatory. Not sure what sort of view they got since they'd have got a better view climbing one of those tombs.
There were also lots of other nice hanoks and buildings too.
It was really interesting to learn about the history of the place and that all this was going on in Asia so long ago.
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