Saturday, September 15, 2007

Maisan Provincial Park, Jeonju, Korean Traditional Wine Museum And Muju Resort...Day 4

On day 4, we depart from hotel inter burgo at Daegu, heading to Korean traditional wine museum at Jeonju...it's almost 2 hrs bus journey from Daegu.

At the museum, we saw many tools and machines used to make alcohol, of course there are many traditional korean wine on exhibit. They also have a alcohol preparation room and fermentation room where they show you the various process of making alcohol...
As you probably know, Jeonju is very famous in traditional korean food, so we get to dine at one of the local famous restaurant...the table is fully occupied with various kind of foods and they are stacked on top.We went to Maisan Provisional Park after lunch, it's a mountain park filled with a lot of mysterious story in the past and interesting place to visit, it's a good place to walk especially after a heavy lunch.
This park has different names according to the seasons, but the story behind this park is the 2 peaks that was believed to be rock mountain that said to be father peak and child peak about 2 gods that came down from sky and live there for a while, they had a child while living there, the 2 peaks were formed when they were ascending back to sky and got trapped when one village women saw them, there's also a mother peak on the other side but we didn't see that. The mountain tour lasted for about 2 hours, and we continue our journey to the north, the destination is Muju resort! Before that, we stopped near to Muju resort for Korean bbq dinner.

Muju resort is a top famous resort during the winter season. It's surrounded by the breath-taking view of Mt Deokyu National Park, and it's often been referred to as the "Little Alps" in Korea. We stayed at Hotel Tirol where it cost 380,000 won a night! The special thing about this hotel is the Austrian architecture, and its superb interior. The guest room is very spacious with wooden bed.

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