| "Passion For Korea" Tour Day 9 (April 13, 2006) Bamboo Theme Park |
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| From Sunchang, we drove to Damyang which is famous for its bamboo. We visited the Bamboo Theme Park and the Korea Bamboo Museum. The Korean word for bamboo is daenamu (dae-na-mu). The Bamboo Theme Park is a filming site for many movies, including Sword in the Moon (starring Choi Min Soo and Jo Jae Hyun) and Blue Swallow (starring Kim Joo Hyuk and Jang Jin Young), as well as TV dramas, such as Summer Scent (with Song Seung Hun and Son Ye Jin) and Damo (with Ha Ji Won and Lee Suh Jin). |
| The left photo shows the beginning of the path through the bamboo theme park. We took about 40 minutes to complete the hike around the park. As you walk through the park (see right photo), you feel like a midget surrounded by sky-high bamboo tubes. Since this area was highly susceptible to fires, signs in Korean were posted along the path warning hikers of mountain fires. |
| In some dramas that I've seen, a big deal has been made about separating rubbish. Typically, a bossy neighbor is scolding a lazy apartment occupant who failed to separate his rubbish. I didn't give that a second thought while watching the dramas. However, when I saw these rubbish bins, I realized that the dramas reflected real life in Korea. You cannot just dump all of your rubbish into one cannister. Here in the park, there were separate bins for cans (left), bottles (center) and plastics (right). At other places there also was a bin for all other types of garbage. Later on in Seoul when we ate at Burger King, we had to separate our rubbish according to whether it was paper or food. Also, there was a sign to indicate that the cups were owned by Burger King and you had to return the cup before leaving the premises. That shows how advanced Korea is when it comes to recycling. Makes me wonder which bin the bus driver dumped my motion sickness bag after I filled it with you-know-what. |
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