Gyeongju National Park
We decided to climb Mt Namsan (meaning South mountain) from the west side...up and over to the east side of the mountain. The height of Namsan is about 1574 feet or 480 m. The hike was amazing with several ancient relics, pagodas and tombs from the Silla Dynasty. Gyeongju is considered a national treasure because it is one of the only places not destroyed by the Korean war. We saw 3 Buddah's carved into a rock from about 570 AD. We also saw many of the tombs (pictured above and look like a grassy hill) from ancient kings. The tomb is contructed by piling rocks over a stone casket (with the body and treasures inside) then covering the stones with dirt and planting grass on top. Some of the temples and relics here are on the Unesco World Heritage list.
-Heather