Comments on: Chungju Lake: Photos that don’t entirely suck

By: Travelog: Chunju Lake «

Travelog: Chunju Lake « — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:37:23 +0000

[...] If you haven’t seen them yet Robert has some great photos posted of his trip to Chunju Lake in the central Korean province of Chungcheongbuk-do. This lake is one of my favorite places in Korea because by Korea standards it is not swamped with tourists, has beautiful scenery, good hiking opportunities, and some great nearby cultural attractions. In my GI Korea Photo Album page one of the albums I have posted is a few of my pictures from Chunju Lake, of particular interest is that I have pictures posted from both summer and autumn. I still need to work on creating more albums on some of the nearby attractions such as Woraksan National Park and Mireauksaji, however feel free to check them out and comment if you like. [...]

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:08:59 +0000

Good. People should see it.

I’ll try uploading some photos and video I have from my trip there in 2002. I went to see the hyanggyo that is part of the cultural properties in the main complex area.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:14:45 +0000

Glad you like tha panoramic shots. Amazing what Photoshop can do nowadays.

Usinkorea—Yep, the set is still there.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:35:18 +0000

Is the television traditional village set still there?

By: Nomad

Nomad — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:51:01 +0000

That lake is supposedly great for bass fishing as well but someone told me that it’s illegal to fish there (but people still do). Great pics, Robert. Love the panoramic shots.

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:27:22 +0000

Very nice shots, Robert. That’s one of my favorite places.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:02:23 +0000

The cultural properties site is something most people should try to get to see once. I’ve never been on the lake, but the scenery is a very nice change of pace from the cities. And I am guessing one of the 3 big TV studios still has a set up beside the cultural properties complex. It was back in 2002. So you can walk around a traditional-styled village. It’s worth the drive.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:03:10 +0000

Real good photos — that’s SUCH a beautiful area;
turned out to be pretty good placement and use of
a dam, enhanced the area instead of degrading it.
Destroyed a lovely river-valley — but Korea has lots of those!

By: NathanB

NathanB — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:29:24 +0000

Yes, nice photos: I find that I can see them today.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:14:36 +0000

The photos look good–those panorama shots are ace. I didn’t know where this place was so I googled it and came up with this:
http://www.chungju.chungbuk.kr/english/ –it’s a pretty good site in English considering the usual babelfish stuff you encounter.