Highlights of My Trip to Korea

These are some of the interesting places that we visited in Korea.

Bear Tree Park houses many Korean black bears some of which are almost 6 feet tall on their hind legs. They are kept in pit enclosures and visitors are allowed to feed them with fruit that are sold for that purpose. The bears will stand on their hind legs, looking up at the visitors, hoping to catch the fruit that are lobbed into their pit.

The park itself also has glass houses that contain different types of flowers and plants.

This beautiful peacock with its gorgeous tail plumes flew out of its enclosure to climb up the steps to another peacock waiting at the top. He could not be persuaded to spread his tail to show off his beautiful feathers.

Scattered among the trees in the park are also statues of bears.

Seoul Tower is another interesting tourist spot. There is a time capsule which was buried in 1935 and after 500 years, that is, in 2085, it will be retrieved so that the people of that time can view what was put inside.

From the observatory deck of the Tower, the whole of Seoul can be seen and the distances of various cities in different parts of the world are indicated above the huge picture windows.

Namsan Hanok Village showcases traditional Korean houses which give an idea of how people used to live. There is also a very interesting outhouse that is placed in a corner of a pig sty. You can guess why.