Comments on: Namsan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 06:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: MrMao http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37397 MrMao Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:44:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37397 This is a better link, actually: http://san.seoul.go.kr/index.jsp This is a better link, actually:

http://san.seoul.go.kr/index.jsp

]]> By: MrMao http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37389 MrMao Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:39:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37389 Thank you. That is most illuminating. You made my day. Thank you. That is most illuminating. You made my day.

]]> By: Robert http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37384 Robert Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:50:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37384 Well, according to the <a href="http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSD&office_id=023&article_id=0000188030&section_id=102&menu_id=102" rel="nofollow"><i>Chosun Ilbo</i></a> (Korean), the city is planning to conduct a "forest trip" program starting from this month in which guides will take a limited numbers of hikers for 2-hour hikes through the forests of 17 Seoul-area mountains, including Namsan. The hikes would take place on the weekend: 50~60 hikers would be allowed per day, broken up into groups of 15-20. The guides would explain the mountain's ecology and cultural properties. The program has a <a href="http://san.seoul.go.kr/" rel="nofollow">homepage</a> that includes information on the forest courses, but it's in Korean. You're probably best off giving the guys a call at 3707-9611 and asking for an English speaker. Well, according to the Chosun Ilbo (Korean), the city is planning to conduct a “forest trip” program starting from this month in which guides will take a limited numbers of hikers for 2-hour hikes through the forests of 17 Seoul-area mountains, including Namsan. The hikes would take place on the weekend: 50~60 hikers would be allowed per day, broken up into groups of 15-20. The guides would explain the mountain’s ecology and cultural properties. The program has a homepage that includes information on the forest courses, but it’s in Korean. You’re probably best off giving the guys a call at 3707-9611 and asking for an English speaker.

]]> By: MrMao http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37376 MrMao Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:29:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37376 some new paths through the mountain’s forests will open later this month. Could you please tell me a bit more about this? I go there all the time but information about planned development of the trails is difficult to get in English. some new paths through the mountain’s forests will open later this month.

Could you please tell me a bit more about this? I go there all the time but information about planned development of the trails is difficult to get in English.

]]> By: sanshinseon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37280 sanshinseon Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:46:54 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37280 Yeah, they are making good progress on making that a pleasant and useful part in the center of Seoul. I can see Namsan's peak and tower from my office's window -- it's always a comforting landmark, seen from most areas of Seoul, letting you know where you relatively are. Its actual name is Myeon-mok-san, and it was believed to have a male spirit; every year in the Joseon Dynasty it was "mated" with the female spirit of Bugak-san to insure the national fertility and prosperity. The way South Korea's birth rate is going, perhaps that custom should be revived.... Yeah, they are making good progress on making that a pleasant and useful part in the center of Seoul.

I can see Namsan’s peak and tower from my office’s window — it’s always a comforting landmark, seen from most areas of Seoul, letting you know where you relatively are.

Its actual name is Myeon-mok-san, and it was believed to have a male spirit; every year in the Joseon Dynasty it was “mated” with the female spirit of Bugak-san to insure the national fertility and prosperity. The way South Korea’s birth rate is going, perhaps that custom should be revived….

]]> By: kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/06/namsan/#comment-37274 kushibo Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:07:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2963#comment-37274 I occasionally walk from my apartment to the top of Namsan for exercise, about an hour round-trip if I'm not pushing it. It's always been a pleasant "nature walk" of sorts, but the renovations do make it even better. I occasionally walk from my apartment to the top of Namsan for exercise, about an hour round-trip if I’m not pushing it. It’s always been a pleasant “nature walk” of sorts, but the renovations do make it even better.

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