Most days Chuey and I walk straight from home, but sometimes we take a car ride first. This was one of those days.
I went to get a booster at City Hall, which was half way to 대방진 Daebangjin Port. That's a fancy name for the Samcheonpo Bridge area, which was where we watched the air show a few days before. We drove past a few new items that I wanted to check out, like this little boardwalk.
And this new sign.
Admiral Yi Sun-sin and 300 of his men were stationed here at Daebangjin Port in 1592 during the Japanese invasion. The 군영 Gunyeong Forest was their "training ground and resting place for their body and mind."
This is the actual port. It was a man-made port to prevent frequent Japanese invasions during the late Goryeo Dynasty. It was designed to be invisible from the outside. It is said that Yi Sun-sin's famous turtle ship was hidden here.
These spiders are common here. They are pretty. It's called an East Asian Joro spider. Japanese mythology considers this spider a deceptive shape-shifter that can change her apprearance to a beautiful woman who then preys on young, handsome men to seduce; the men become bound in her silk and devoured. The name joro-gumo means 'binding bride' and is sometimes called a 'whore spider.' In Korea the name is 묻앙 구미 mudang gumi, which translates to fortune-teller spider. This name is a little more kind.
청널 Cheongneul Park can be seen from afar by the windmill located on top of the hill.
This is inside the windmill. You can see the arm going by.
Chuey doesn't love our photo seshes, but she tolerates them.
[November 9]
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