29 Hours In the Ancient capital of Korea- Kyongju.... Part One: The National Museum

The weekend started off bad... I set the alarm for 7:00 Saturday morning, I wanted to get an early start to what would become a epic and magical weekend getaway...

The alarm didn't go off, when we woke up close to 11:00 it was pouring rain, we trudged out anyways. Thankfully, when we got outside, the rain stopped... YES! We bought the intercity bus tickets ($4.00 each) then we found out that we dropped the ball again, we had to wait 2 hours for the next bus... I was wondering if we were ever going to get to the much hyped, ancient city of Kyongju (see above photo of Alissa entertaining me at the dingy depot)!!!

When we finally got to the city of around 225 000 people, we darted to the National Museum of Korea, the biggest and best in the country. Some of the popular items: the Bell of King Seongdeok, cast in the year 771 it is still in perfect condition (see above pic of me rockin out to the sound of the gong... ring the gong, get it on), the ancient Buddhist relics (above pic of Alissa in awe of the "Baby Buddha" statue), and 3 crowns of the ancient monarchy (90% gold they were, no pic). Me and Alissa also tripped out in the psychedelia of the virtual exhibit (see above)... we spent our first 2 hours in the museum... what a great time so far!