2010 01 28 Gunsan River Hill Tourist Hotel (S. Korea)
In Gunsan (Kunsan AB) again. This time I am in another hotel. I have to say, I will probably stay here in the future. It is a bit further to drive,but happily it is all highway versus city streets. I REALLY like the view.
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some of gunsan video
전남 담앵 메타세콰이어길 Metasequoia-lined Road, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, KOREA
전남 담양 메타세콰이어길 촬영일 : 2013년 9월 19일 Metasequoia-lined Road, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, KOREA
If you follow National Road No. 15 up from the Bamboo Museum, you'll come across a beautiful and exotic boulevard that looks like it is came straight out of a fairytale. This unearthly place is the Metasequoia-lined Road.
Metasequoia trees were planted along the street in the early 1970s when the Ministry of Internal Affairs officially designated the road as a boulevard. At that time, the saplings were only 3 to 4 years old and their branches stretched sparsely out into the sky; now, the trees have grown so high that they seem to block out the sun! Thanks to these stately trees, in 2002 the Korea Forest Service selected the boulevard as one of the most beautiful roads in Korea.
The 4 kilometer-long boulevard is located along National Road No. 24 and is one of the most popular driving routes in Korea, especially during summer when the trees' lush green leaves are at their height of beauty. Feel free to stop your car along the roadside to take a walk among these 10 to 20-meter-tall trees and breathe their fresh scent. Bicycling along this route and appreciating its real beauty at a leisurely pace is also highly recommended.