Miruksaji - Baekje Temple near Iksan City

/The three great dynasties of Korea were the Baekje, Shilla and Joseon. The Baekje are perhaps the most mysterious of the lot because most of their cities, temples and artifacts were destroyed by both the Shilla or the Japanese. Westcentreal Korea (Jeollabuk and Chungcheongnam provinces) was the heartland of the Baekje. About an hours drive from Gunsan is Miruksaji, the largest Baekje temple. There isn't much standing these days, but it was still an interesting visit.

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The funny thing is that we actually came across the temple by accident. Mike, Rick and I were looking to do some hiking in the area, but as per usual we had no idea were to go and how to get there. In Mike's car we followed the horrible signage to a park and got lost along the way. A man we met along the way offered to drive us (in his car) to the mountain but took us to a temple. The problem was that he drove us far from our car through backcountry Korea. Luckily we are all geographers with strong innate senses of direction.