June 7, 2006
For a break from hiking, Leah and I stayed at a hotel in the city of Gongju and visited a set of tombs and the museum nearby. While the 7 tombs (built from 500-529 C.E.) are closed for preservation, full scale replica tombs are available for tourists to learn more about the Baekje (one of four kingdoms of the poorly named Three Kingdoms period).
Tomb No. 6, similar to King Muryeong's Tomb, is not much bigger than a small shed, but we're proof that it can accommodate 6 adults and 25 tittering 8-10 year olds. We somehow ended up pressed to the back of the tomb, but Leah still managed to raise her arms to take this picture. The school lesson (taught by the male teacher on the right) only lasted about 10 minutes. When the kids had finally filed out, and we saw larger group on the way in, Leah pointed to the door and loudly whispered, "Go, go, go..."
