The Korea Furniture Museum is world-class, but not that easy to visit
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Seoul’s Royal Donggureung Tombs are a historical treasure and a break from the noise of the city
The Royal tombs of Donggureung are a great respite from the noise of Seoul
Read the rest of this entry »Hahoe Folk Village outside of Andong: a Korean “Can’t Miss”
The annual Andong Maskdance Festival held in South Korea includes a nearby trip to Hahoe Folk Village
Read the rest of this entry »Walk the ancient stone rampart walls at Suwon, South Korea’s walled city, just outside of Seoul
Visit the ancient Korean walled city of Suwon, just a half-hour by train outside of Seoul
Read the rest of this entry »Visiting for a few hours on beautiful U-Do Island, Korea
U-Do island is only 15 minutes by ferry from South Korea’s Jeju island, and worth a visit
Read the rest of this entry »Visit a hanok, the traditional Korean house in Seoul’s Bukchon neighborhood
traditional Korean houses are now being preserved as cultural treasures, and you can stay in them, too
Read the rest of this entry »The tuk-tuk driver took me on a wild goose chase in Bangkok
The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: The tuk-tuk driver took me on a wild goose chase Dear Pa Farang, I agreed to pay a tuk-tuk driver 50 baht to go to a temple. Instead, he drove us around to two different gem shops.you to gem shops, and finally […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: ‘Monuments of Civilization: Ancient Cambodia’
The large-format (13”x10”) Monuments of Civilization: Ancient Cambodia (1978, ISBN 0-448-02026-2) by Donatella Mazzeo and Chiara Silvi Antonini was actually first published in 1972, and remains a magnificent book, detailing the pre-Angkorean, Classic Angkorean, and Late Angkorean periods. The photographs are lavish, the text informative, and the diagrams readable, in this 192 page, 100 photograph […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: ‘The Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka’ by UNESCO
Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle embraces an area encompassing the ancient sites of Anuradhapura, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa, and Segiriya, and the city of Kandy. This area is perhaps the area most visited on the island, and is well worth the trip. Each of the ancient sites have book kiosks in the museums, and there are a number […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis visits Buduruwagala, home of Sri Lanka’s massive carved Buddha statues
Buduruwagala is easy to miss, sitting 4 km off the main road, roughly 5 km south of the town of Wellawaya, on the A2 road, off the turn-off to Tissa. But you shouldn’t miss it. There are several massive statues carved into the rock, some of which have fine detail, including a Buddha statue that, […]
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