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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  August 23, 20175:00 am| 32 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Lots of color today, and tomorrow, some great stuff from Raven. Friday, a smorgasbord.

Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

Following up on our previous visit to Gyeonbokgung and Changgyeonggung, today’s pics are from Changdeokgung. It is adjacent to Changgyeonggung to it’s east and is a few block east itself from Gyeongbokgung. Changdeokgung was the primary residence of the kings so it has more of a homey feel and also includes a large garden(Piwon) to it’s north. It’s also better preserved that the other two palaces, since Changgyeonggung was turned into the city zoo during the Japanese colonial period and much of Gyeonbokgung was destroyed during that time period. I visited this palace alone since madame was laid up with what we later found out was a gall bladder attack.

Technical Note: Again these pictures were shot with a Cannon Sure-Shot Ace and are scanned from the negatives at 7200dpi, producing about a 70mp file. The day was cloudy, so I’ve darkened and added some color to the sky in Photoshop.

All pictures were taken in May 1989.

Geumcheongyo

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

Geumcheongyo is a stone bridge(the oldest in Korea) built across the north/south stream east of the palace proper. It was built in 1411.

Injeongjeon

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is the palace’s throne hall that was used for coronations and receiving foreign dignitaries.

Inside of Injeongjeon

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

While the photographic quality of this picture leaves much to be desired, I’ve included it since it shows the interior and that what looks like a 2-story building on the outside is a single story with high ceilings.

Samsamwa

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This building was part of the Crown Prince’s quarters.

Buyongji

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a pond that is surrounded by several pavilions. It’s one of the most beautiful parts of the “Secret Garden”

Bullomun

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a stone gate, the gate of long life. Everyone that passes though it will have a long life. It is at the entrance to the Aeryeonji pond. There is a replica of this gate at the Gyeongbokgung subway stop.

Aeryeongeong

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a pavilion on the Aeryeonji pond.

What’s really funny about this, is that I thought that this was taken at Buyongji until I started writing this up. The trees don’t much up right and there’s no island. I’ve been using a guidebook for the palace to help refresh my memory of where pictures were taken in the palace.

 

Thank you so much ?BillinGlendaleCA, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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32Comments

  1. 1.

    p.a.

    August 23, 2017 at 5:27 am

    Beautiful!

    It’s good to be the king. Bigger houses. Better schools. Higher grades. ??‍♀️

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 5:32 am

    @p.a.: Thanks. I think it’s a bigger apartment, not like the White House, it’s a dump.

  3. 3.

    eclare

    August 23, 2017 at 5:41 am

    Great pictures, think I like the first best.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 5:47 am

    @eclare: The bridge?

  5. 5.

    OzarkHillbilly

    August 23, 2017 at 5:54 am

    Nice.

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    eclare

    August 23, 2017 at 5:55 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: yes, is that forsythia?

  7. 7.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 6:02 am

    @eclare: I’m not sure.

    @OzarkHillbilly: Thanks.

  8. 8.

    Baud

    August 23, 2017 at 6:09 am

    Bill is bringing it with his pictures.

  9. 9.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 6:16 am

    @Baud: The next set will be from this century.

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    raven

    August 23, 2017 at 6:17 am

    Nice, we didn’t have a lot of trees up north.

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    Mustang Bobby

    August 23, 2017 at 6:17 am

    BillinGlendaleCA, do you know when these buildings were constructed? I’m in awe of the artistry and architecture.

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    Baud

    August 23, 2017 at 6:28 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I’d be really impressed if they were from the next century.

  13. 13.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 6:29 am

    @Mustang Bobby: They’ve been built and rebuilt after fires and the Japanese destroying them(and not just during the colonial period). Some were moved from other palaces during the colonial period as well. Most probably date from the 1700’s and 1800’s, but I think there was quite a bit of damage during the Korean War as well. Remember Seoul changed hands 4 times(I think) during the war.

  14. 14.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 6:30 am

    @Baud: You’d need Obama’s time machine for that.

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    JPL

    August 23, 2017 at 6:43 am

    Wonderful pictures. My favorite is the secret garden with the pond. All of them are lovely though.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 6:46 am

    @JPL: That’s probably my favorite as well. Thanks.

  17. 17.

    Mustang Bobby

    August 23, 2017 at 7:00 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Thanks.

  18. 18.

    debbie

    August 23, 2017 at 7:23 am

    Love them all, but that first one takes the prize for me. The stone bridge reminds me of spring in Central Park.

  19. 19.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 7:31 am

    @debbie: Thanks.

  20. 20.

    rikyrah

    August 23, 2017 at 7:39 am

    South Korea looks beautiful.
    Thanks Bill?

  21. 21.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 7:42 am

    @rikyrah: Thanks, it’s really a pretty place. I’ll put together a couple more series of pics from other parts of the country, I still need to rescan some of them.

  22. 22.

    bystander

    August 23, 2017 at 7:59 am

    Great pics! Thanks, BiG. The springtime secret garden pics are really evocative.

  23. 23.

    Quinerly

    August 23, 2017 at 8:03 am

    ?

  24. 24.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 8:04 am

    @bystander: Spring and Fall are the best times to go, Summer’s too hot and sticky and Winter’s fucking cold. Though I’ve seen some winter pictures that look magical. There’s one thing I didn’t admit to in the text; in the throne room exterior, I changed the color of the grass. In the original, it was brown.

  25. 25.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 8:05 am

    @Quinerly: ☺

  26. 26.

    satby

    August 23, 2017 at 8:16 am

    Beautiful Bill!

  27. 27.

    MomSense

    August 23, 2017 at 8:23 am

    Oh my, Buyongi is soooo beautiful. And the way those tree limbs gracefully shade the bridge is so lovely. I want to step right in to these photos, Bill. Beautiful.

  28. 28.

    Waratah

    August 23, 2017 at 8:47 am

    Lovely Photos Bill. I have always wished I had the patience to have gardens like these. They always seem so peaceful. Next spring I am going to plant a Japanese maple.

  29. 29.

    scav

    August 23, 2017 at 10:21 am

    @eclare: The bush might be Kerria japonica — it’s native to Korea.

  30. 30.

    scav

    August 23, 2017 at 10:26 am

    @scav: forsythia is apparently native to Korea too, so you’ve got options.

  31. 31.

    J R in WV

    August 23, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Very nice. I’ve always been tempted to try to arrange an extended trip to Asia, my parents went and enjoyed it greatly.

    I sent Alain a set of pix from Monday’s celestial show, hope it’s acceptable for the Jackals. Just some Kentucky country trip photos, ya know. Roadside wide spot with a tiny bit of shade.

  32. 32.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 23, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    @satby: Thanks.
    @MomSense: As I mentioned there’s a replica in the subway, I have a picture of it with myself and madame; however it was damaged in processing and I need to fix it. I’ll put it up in comments in one of the future OTR threads.
    @J R in WV:

    I’ve always been tempted to try to arrange an extended trip to Asia

    Do it! We stopped in Tokyo on the way to Korea on our second trip. Madame really wants to see Nara since her mother was born and raised there(it was during the colonial period). I’d love to see more, but that window has closed.

    Please do send out some pics from Monday.

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