Memories from South Korea Book 3: This picture book is the third of the 5 which cover some touring - mostly unguided - of South Korea. For Europeans, South Korea is going to have some distinctly different experiences, maybe not so for Americans. It is about as culturally distinct as one can get, except for a visit to the its northern neighbour (although there isn’t much neighbourly behaviours between the two). It could be a real challenge except that it is a place with a great deal of foreign influence, especially in the bigger cities. In the countryside you feel totally odd, as you can be the only European, or even non-Korean in sight. A relative was working in the country and so this was the impetus for the visit: it probably wouldn’t have happened otherwise, but we were glad at the end that it did. Book 3 continues with the visit to the south of the country around our base at Geochang. Over South Korea there are many ‘temples’ to Buddha. My western view of a ‘temple’ is building, but in South Korea, it can refer to a whole community with many buildings. Commonly quite isolated. The subject of most of this book is the temple of Haeinsa, and the countryside surrounding it. Although the temple was a major reason for visiting, getting to it was a bit of a challenge, as our vehicle had a very impressive navigation system which only worked in Korean: lots of guessing about the roads. The book starts with some strolling around the town of Geochang: undeniably Korean: minimalWestern influence. At times on our visit we realised a guide could have made a big impression on our appreciation of what we were looking at. Our reluctance to offend probably meant we didn’t see things we could easily have seen. Haeinsa contains a copy of the Tripitaka Koreana (which we couldn’t see as the buildings were closed) but the fact that it has been there since 1398, puts the temple into sharp focus! Just seeing the general location of such an ancient bit of human culture is humbling. There are 93 still images and accompanying pages of minimal description. The file size limit of the eBook format is the reason for 5 books. The original photographs (taken by the author, an amateur, with amateur equipment) are very large and so need compressing to fit in the file limit. If you have wondered what such a trip might be like, have a read. If you just would like see an amateur view of an out-of-the-way part of South Korea with enormous cultural significance to South Koreans, have a read. If you wondered what this part of the world might be like to see, have a read. Ideally, have a read and get as much enjoyment as the author did in being able to collect these ‘Memories from South Korea’.