Thursday, February 18, 2010

Hwaseong Fortress and Pyeongtaek Lake

In between our trip to China, and our trip around Korea, we had a few days to explore around Pyeongtaek. We went to Hwaseong fortress in Suwon one day and to Pyeongtaek Lake the next.

Hwaseong fortress was built only a few hundred years ago in the eighteenth century. There is a wall that encloses a part of the city and many interesting buildings. We had a nice time walking on the wall even though we got a bit of a late start on the day.

Pyeongtaek Lake is a man-made lake on the coast. The lake was completely frozen when we saw it, but we ended up with no pictures for some reason. The pictures there are from the Yellow Sea, on the other side of the sea wall from the lake. The tide was really low that day. It was neat to finally see the west coast, which is rather difficult to get to, and to spend so much time with our great parents.

 

 
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