Not that far from the city I live is a city called Kyoung-Ju (경주). Kyoung-Ju is a city filled with history, temples, tombs, and some really unique things. The first place we saw was the temple called Bulguksa (불국사). If you should happen to see a picture of a temple chances are it will be this temple. About a 10 to 15 minute drive up the mountain from here is suekgulam (석굴암). What this is is a temple that is built into the side of mountain. From the outside it looks small but once you go inside it opens up, and in this pocket is a huge statue of Buddha which is blocked off with a glass wall. Pictures are not allowed once inside and one must take off their shoes. On Buddha's birthday, visitiors are allowed to go beyond the glass protected area and walk around the statue. From here we went to Gampo(감포). Gampo is a very small city but it has a wonderful beach on the sea of japan. Its fairly clean and usually not a lot of people so one can actually enjoy the sea.