Golguram hermitage - Buddha in a mountain!

Anjong,

after picking a perfect room for us we decided to start our first trip. I wanted to visit the Golguram hermitage. It is a temple in eastern Gyeongju. High in the mountains there is a Buddha chiseled into the stone. I thought you never see something comparable again... 

 On our way to the temple...

 Please use the sidewalk.... we walked during a very long pre sunset to the temple.... So nice weather!

 Arriving at the front gate... which is protected by big bad statues!

 We loved them!

 On the way up to the top we saw lots of stuff.... a Pagoda, a little Buddha with an eye in his belly and a little temple...

 And there you see the glass dome protecting the Buddha, maybe the bad statues are not enough...

 Very exhausting...kkk

 Watch your head!

 And there he is.... so big and beautiful.... and below you see his view... so amazing!

 The hills have eyes....

 Next to the Buddha there was a little shrine build in the rocks... but we had to climb a little as you see above...

 Here I act like the big Buddha... watching the sunset from the mountain!

Was a really cool trip for the first day! We loved to climb up!