Gyeongju Pension and Anapji

We stayed at a fantastic pension while in Gyeongju. It was a bit pricier than your regular 40,000 won a night pension but we were with a group and I think it worked out to be 30,000 a night per person. The owner was amazing and spoke great English. Either her or her husband would pick us up or take us to the bus stop whenever we called. It was in a great location. If you are going and can afford to spend the extra money, I would highly recommend JY pension (http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AC/AC_EN_4_8.jsp?cid=872918).

Anapji was was another interesting place to visit. I wish we would have stayed a little later and seen it at night. However, it was still a nice place to visit. It was built around 1500 years ago, was destroyed, but since has been restored. For more information on Anapji check out (http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AC/AC_EN_4_8.jsp?cid=872918).

(View of JY pension - there was even a swimming pool but it was a bit too cool to go swimming)

(There was a great little garden)


(A nice little water wheel)


(A full shot of the garden. As you can tell, there weren't any other houses around. We were out in the middle of nowhere. It was great to get away from the city life for a bit and just relax in nature. I am definitely excited for nicer weather so I can get outside a lot more.)

(View of one of the temples at Anapji)

(Katrina excited to be outside and exploring a new area)

(Here you can kind of see the three major structures and a bit of the pond)

(This would have been a sweet shot at night. There are a lot of lights that come on later in the evening. If you search, you can see a lot of great night time shots.)

(Shot of the temple and pond through a tree)

(Katrina again as we were leaving. One last shot and a chance to say goodbye to Anapji)


(This was just a pretty sweet tree inside the complex)

(Some burial mounds in Gyeongju - they are actually a lot larger than they appear in this picture. To give you an idea, those are full sized trees on the left side in the background...)

(For some reason, this stone observatory was a thing to see. However, I wasn't that impressed.)