I thought I was leaving Korea for good in September, so I’ve been putting myself under some pressure to see the places in Korea that I hadn’t made it to yet. Moka Buddhist Museum in Yeoju is one of those places that I had circled in the guidebook before I ever came to Korea. After more than year, I finally made the bus trip down there with a new teacher at school who is actually interested in cultural things and not just drinking until they turn into a new form of Asian Cocktail.
My guidebook said Yeoju was forty minutes from Seoul Express Bus Terminal. After the actual two hours it took in the cluster of extraneous status symbol, I mean car, traffic, we finally made it to Yeoju by 2pm after leaving the house at 9am. As much as I love travelling around Korea, some days it’s hard to convince myself to leave the neighborhood knowing that even a simple trip to Seoul is going to take over an hour on either end. Why so many people insist on driving their own cars when the public transportation is arguably one of the best the entire world, I know, but refuse to understand.
Moka Museum is a really cool little place though. Well worth the visit. It’s a bit outside of town, the number 10 bus goes by it, or a taxi ride is about 10,000W.
The museum grounds are a statue park of different religions, mostly buddhist. It was a really gorgeous and relaxing place to be.
King Sejong, the creator of Hangul with his book.
The highlight is the actual museum, but of course, you can’t take pictures inside. I did sneak this one of the child of Samsara (the circle of living and dying with attachment) for my travel buddy.
And then there was this guy…..
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Ruby Ramblings 
Cool place Shanna. I will be sad if you leave in September too because I love looking at your photos of Korea. Maybe you will come and visit Russ and I in Kentucky????
Comment by K. Crane July 11, 2010 @ 1:47 pmI so love living vicariously thru your journey!
Comment by Diana Gold July 11, 2010 @ 5:11 pmWell, even better, I’ll be in Mongolia in Sept., so you can live through that. 🙂 I will be in the states in late Oct./early Nov. and I hope we can meet up for dinner or something. 🙂
Comment by therubycanary July 13, 2010 @ 3:16 pm