Andong and its culture

A short 2 hour hop by train to Andong was divine . The autumn colours were well and truly turned now with some of the most photographic scenery. We hopped on the local bus as soon as we arrived to go out to Hahoe Village. Once a week they have the masked dance and comedic opera at 3 pm.We hoped we would make it but found out on arrival that it started at 2pm. Never mind that we travelled half way around the world to see it..only joking.To our surprise it was still going so we saw a snippet of the show.Very colourful and very funny if the laughter emitting from the crowd was anything to go by. Of course it was in Korean but the actions speak louder than words. It was a dreamy warm Autumn day wandering around a living and working folk village.Their homes are situated around a very old tree in the centre of their village. Some of the buildings were thatched immaculately and were from mud brick construction.The others were roofed with the traditional pottery type roofing one would expect to see with curved edges.The flowers around the place were lovely as were the veggie gardens. We were able to peek into a few homes and how they lived as they had set aside a few for the tourists to see. It is a very popular place for Koreann tourists but they are very respectful. It was very quiet and serene. Very impressive place with an insight into what Korea was like in times long gone. No hooha either. Got to love this country. The 24km trip cost a total of $10.60 including admission. Korea is very inexpensive to travel , to eat, to sleep and to visit their important sites. Love it