Today was another public holiday – to avoid the masses, my original plan had been to head out for the National Park and enjoy a bit of hiking – – but the bus to get there never showed up. So – I made up my mind … and jumped on the next bus for Bulguksa Temple.

It was still a busy day – but much better than the yesterday. In the temple it was actually intersting to watch the locals go by their beliefs, put their wishes on paper sleeves and hang those up on laterns in the temple grounds.

I made my way around the temple and its various buildings, before starting the 2.5km hike up the hill for Seokgram Grotto for another temple.

Up there I thought about continuing to the peak, but decided against due to rain coming  in (and – well, it started raining as I descended back to the Bulguksa). Laer on I gave the National Museum a second chance – and it was more do-able today. On my way back I also checked out the ruins of Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond, as well as the excavation site of Wolseong Fortress.