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New Dolsan Bridge and Hamel Light

montanaron — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:30:40 +0000

Continuing from the previous post, I walked down out of the park and toward the harbor, to the new Jongpo Ocean Park Walkway, also being built for Expo 2012. At the far end of the walkway stands one of the massive towers of the new Dolsan Bridge.

Here’s another shot of the other part [...] Related posts:

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The Admiral and the Busy Port

montanaron — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:39:28 +0000

In a previous post titled Boats and Churches, I made reference to Yeosu’s historic past with a photo of a turtle ship replica. High atop Jasan Park overlooking Odongdo Island is a statue honoring Korea’s famous Admiral Yi Sun-shin, inventor of the turtle ship.

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School, Holiday and Bloody Sun

montanaron — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:02:09 +0000

Finally, the CPR classes begin this coming week, sometime, uhhhmm . . . we’re pretty sure. Probably Tuesday or Wednesday, “automatic,” as Mohammed told me. He and I went to the CPR on Tuesday and the grounds were bustling with teachers, admin people and staff. The director wasn’t there, so we didn’t get to talk [...] Related posts:

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Volubilis, Peace Corps Training

montanaron — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:03:26 +0000

First off, I noticed just a moment ago that my home page was reflecting only entries through the month of September. Hmmmmm. So, I had to change, temporarily, back to the old page. I’ll try to set it up later so that the blog works ok as the “front door.”

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