Goeje Tour Monorail, Geoje POW Camp Park, and Goeje City, South Korea

Sep 16, 2021 | City, Museum, Nature Scene, South Korea - South

u003cpu003eThe Goeje Tour Monorail ascends to the summit of Gyeryongsan Mountain, offering a panoramic view of the city and the sea. Next to the Monorail is the Historic Geoje POW Camp Park. 264u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eGoeje Tour Monorail: Gyeongsangnam-do, Geoje-si, 계룡로 61, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspan class=u0022GRkHZd w8qArfu0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eGoeje POW Camp Park: Gyeongsangnam-do, Geoje-si, 계룡로 61, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eGoeje City: u003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003e55 Seomun-ro, Gohyeon-dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Koreau003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspanu003eDate Picture Taken: September 2021u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003ch2 class=u0022qrShPb kno-ecr-pt PZPZlf mfMhocu0022 data-dtype=u0022d3ifru0022 data-local-attribute=u0022d3bnu0022 data-attrid=u0022titleu0022 data-ved=u00222ahUKEwj8h_D8vd_wAhVaUd4KHYQQAtgQ3B0oADAeegQITBABu0022u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/h2u003e

u003cpu003eI took a taxi to Tongyeong Bus Terminal, a bus to Goeje Bus Terminal, and then a bus to the Monorail station. The monorail station is inside the Goeje POW Park. The Monorail with Goeje POW Park entrance costs about $12. The one-way ride up to the mountain top took about 30 minutes, and I was allowed to stay up there for about 30 minutes, then it took 20 minutes rides down.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eMonorail up to the mountain. Some of the areas had an incline of 37 degrees.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eAt the top monorail station.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe panoramic view of the islands from Goeje side toward Tongyeong. When I was in Tongyeong, I was looking a the same islands toward Goeje. Unfortunately, the day was cloudy to take best photos. The two photos are left to right.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe opposite side shows the view of Goeje city. The Panoramic view from left to right.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eTook the monorail back to the bottom.u003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eNext to the monorail station is the Goeje Historic POW Camp Museum. During the Korean War, the UN built the Prisoner Camp in Goeje, accommodating up to 173,000 prisoners.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe graph shows the number of prisoners by the year.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eMost of the prisoners were North Korean soldiers.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eTheir activities are mainly to take care of themselves in the camp.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA model of the campsite.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eBy the end of the war, the prisoners were exchanged.u003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eTo accommodate the campsite, the people who were lived there were forcefully moved without compensation. They had to find a location to live somewhere by themselves.u003c/pu003e