• Start
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• Prologue
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• Climb
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• Ganwoljae
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• Sinbulsan mountain
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• Taehwa-gang river
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• Daewang-am park
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• Jangsaengpo Old Town
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• Whale & Ocean Experience Center
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• Good restaurants in Ulsan
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• Epilogue
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• Finish

Have you heard of a man named Roy Chapman Andrews? He’s a famous explorer and a real life Indiana Jones. Ulsan coastal waters were known as a whaling base since a long time ago where this explorer wrote a paper about whales while he stayed in Jangsaengpo for a year in 1912. And Jangsaengpo was like an outpost for whaling. That’s why they have many events and things related to whales.

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I’ll walk you through Whale Park to Jangsaengpo Old Town.

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That’s a bathroom. You can assume it’s in Whale Park by the look of it, right?

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As a part of Whale Park, many sculptures remind you of whales.

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This is a ticket office to Jangsaengpo Old Town. This also looks like a whale. ^^

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They charge you 1,000 won for each person. I’ll go inside.

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It’s not a big town but it was a perfect place to look around and be lost in memories.

By

the way…I am worried that this blows my age…which I just want you

to guess…

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When

I was young, it was easy to see this type of bookshop in the country.

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These books may be as old as me.

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It’s a post office…

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By the look of it, it was made way before I was born.

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Looks like a restaurant that sold whale meat…

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Inside the restaurant looks quite friendly, doesn’t it? I am still fond of this kind of restaurant. ^^

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This is how they cut the whale. I guess it would be much more disgusting if it’s real…

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This is a barbershop. By the way, the television show Infinite Challenge showed a barbershop like this a while ago.

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This is a coffee shop but I felt like I was at a filming site.

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Red pay phone…I actually tried to use it. -_-;;;

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We had well and water pump that looked just like those in my hometown. But they were not used together like this…well…I guess it’s different in each town.

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This looks friendly. A class with the reed organ and a heater…This somehow reminds me of times that I delivered coals with small hands.

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I also used to see that kind of posters on the walls.

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And it was filled with home appliances that are old as me. These always remind me of old times.

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I could see whale bread at the entrance. It’s like fancy fish-shaped bun. It was yummy.

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You could also try a stamp tour program. I could not look around because I didn’t have enough time but I want you to do that for me.

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Wherever you go, you’ll see whale sculptures.

Jangsaengpo

Old Town reminding me of old times…I’d like to show my kids this

town as well if I have a chance someday. I’m not sure if they’d

like it though…