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#FallTravel
One of the places on my bucket list for a flower trip wearing hanbok was the Geumgangsan Asta Chrysanthemum Festival.
I wanted to take pretty pictures with my hanbok, so I even brought my camera with me, but since I was getting real-time news about autumn flowers, I thought I would have to wait until next year to finish editing it after more than a week since I visited. 🥺
This was my first visit since the first festival, but it was more walkable than I thought (taxi fare wasn't cheap..) and I was so happy to meet cute friends here, and I was also happy because the hanbok suited me so well.
People who visited during this holiday said that the flowers are still in good condition, so I think it would be a good idea to visit to see chrysanthemums for a while! (Actually, I went there in mid-October the first year of the festival...?)
On weekdays, people leave after taking pictures of the sunrise, and then flock back around sunset, so it seems like the least crowded time is between 9 and 11 AM, and on weekends, if you don't leave really early, it's hard to even get in.
Actually, last weekend, cars lined up starting around 8 AM...
Oh, and since many people asked me how I got there by walking, I'll leave this based on Cheongju. I definitely wanted to go early in the morning, so I looked into transportation, but there's no way to go directly from Cheongju to Geochang.
So I had to take the first bus at 7 AM from Daejeon Complex Terminal, but there was no bus from Cheongju to Daejeon before 7 AM. 🥺
So I went from Osong Station to Daejeon Station (train), then from Daejeon Station to Complex Terminal, took a bus there, went down to Geochang, and took a taxi from Geochang Terminal to Gamaksan! During the festival, many people take taxis to Gamaksan, and our driver gave us his business card and asked us to call him when he left, and it seemed like he waited in the parking lot until we left.
When traveling by foot, it is often difficult to catch a taxi, but in Geochang, I met a great driver and was able to walk to Gamaksan and Galgye Forest! (The taxi fare is just tearful...)
This place is really beautiful with its combination of wind farms, chrysanthemums, sky, and mountains, so I recommend it even if it is not this year!
💜Gamaksan Flower & Star Tour
🗓️~10/13 (Sun)
📍Geochangbyeolbaram Hill, 57 Deoksan-ri, Sinwon-myeon, Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam
🚘Parking space O
🐶Pets allowed