Gosu

For some time I had been wanting to visit an area of South Korea called Danyang.  It is a popular area for tourists and locals with beautiful mountains, a large limestone cave, and a lake made when a dam was built.  This river was on the way up to Danyang.

We stopped in an area called Dodamsang to view a natural bridge, likely a remnant from a collapsed limestone cave.  We had seen another natural bridge when we were in Wyoming a few years ago.

A very nice woman with our group offered to take my picture.  Bill could not be convinced to walk down to the observation deck after he had to walk up to see the bridge.

Bill standing in front of the Three Rocks.  There is folklore that these symbolize a king, his wife and his mistress.  I did not hear the entire story.

It was overcast and hazy as it often is in South Korea, but it was still beautiful.

We had lunch in Danyang, then went into Gosu cave.  Hard hats were not needed, so we knew it would be an easier exploration than Ondal cave was.

 I am no great photographer, so the pictures don't do the cave justice.  It was very pretty and cold!  The cave is over 4000 feet deep, and the temperature stays at about 59 degrees F.

 'Gosu' means field of tall reeds and refers to how the area around the cave used to be full of tall grasses.

The cave was rediscovered in the 1970s.  Rough stone tools were found at the cave's entrance, indicating that prehistoric people used the cave, likely for shelter.

 

 This sign was at the exit.  Love it!

The small town outside of Gosu cave is all about health.  These stone planters and statues were really beautiful.  I am so glad we finally were able to see this cave and then the lake which I will put in another blog since it is mostly pictures.