Jinju's Fortress

This weekend Nolan and I decided ed to explore Jinju. It's an hour away from Changwon. We really went with no plan, no itinerary of any sort. We left our home with no directions nor any names of places we should visit. We got to the bus terminal and caught the next bus to the city. We got off after an hour and found what has now become quite a familiar site for us in Korea. Narrow roadways filled with street stalls. Vendors selling their vegetables and street foods. After grabbing lunch we went into a PC room, which are ubiquitous in any Korean neighborhood you end up in. We did some googling and decided we wanted to visit the Jinjuseong Castle, which is the Fortress.
The Fortress was by the Nam River. There were a lot of boat peddlers out on the river. You can see a cute couple here in their duckie-mobile.
Here's some other nice views of the Nam River. The river runs right through the city, dividing it in half. The fortress used to guard the Jeolla province.
I don't know who this man is, but he was looking pretty fierce in his warrior stance.
The fortress was also surrounded by cannon over looking the city. This is me being super excited about all the possible ammunition that once shot through these things.


Night fell as we toured more and more of the fortress. This is a view from the opposite side of the wall. You can see the yellow glowing E-mart (The Korean Wal-Mart) sign in the middle.
After making our way through the Fortress we stopped into a shop named, Silkian. Jinju is known for its silk production as well. There were a lot of beautiful scarves and trinkets of all sorts to purchase. We got a few gifts and headed back towards the bus terminal. It was a pretty good trip considering we hadn't planned a single step beforehand.