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Yeoju, Pottery Shopping

1/14/2009

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This is how it started.....

This pretty red bus almost made mince meat of my van and everyone in it.  I'm telling you, I thought we were going to die.  Once I recovered from the shock of my near death experience I thought we were on the wrong road.  I do not want to be on the wrong road in Korea, so I turned around and went back to start all over again.  The next time we did it, at the same merging area (where the bus nearly ran over us) a taxi cab cut me off, then hit the trucks in front of him!  That will show him to cut me off.  No one was hurt, so I am allowed to say that.  At this point any sane person would give up,  turn around and go home.  Not me, we were on a quest for pottery. I had 2 girls in the car that had never been to Yeoju, and I felt it was my duty to show them this amazing little pottery town.  So we continued on our journey with my not so fancy GPS....

One thing you don't have to worry about here is getting pulled over if you are speeding, there are never police cars out on the roads..........however they do have 'police enforcement' all over the place, and they warn you of it often.

Now when you see these cute little yellow signs, I suggest you check your speed.  If you choose not to heed thier warnings, they will happily take your picture and send a nice little note to you in the mail....

Once we made it to Yeoju, it was all worth it.   We went to a couple of my favorite places, and then to many more places.  This next picture is where I bought our everyday dinner dishes (like I have any other kind); I call it the 'blue and white factory'. The dishes are stunning in person, they are not too girlie, but not too manly either.  They are sturdy enough for this rough family of 6 and they are very inexpensive!!!  Anytime we have someone over for dinner they always compliment our dishes.  My friends S & L liked them so much; they each now have a set to call their own.

Look at all of our boxes after shopping at the blue and white factory.  Only the one little box on the ground is mine.

We took the 3rd row out of the van; it's a good thing too, because by the end of the day, the back of the van was pretty full.

After checking my GPS again....

we headed to another favorite little spot of mine, the white on white factory.

Seriously folks, this is the factory.  You go in through their garage!

Every time I come here this little man is always sitting here spinning pottery with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.  He took the cigarette out of his mouth for the picture.  I wish he hadn't done that.

All of this pottery is made by hand, most of it by the man above and his wife.

On the way home from Yeoju, I had to stop at a rest stop.  If you have never been to a Korean rest stop, you NEED to go!  They are unlike any other.

Korean's are recycling fools!  They recycle EVERYTHING! (That's a good thing)

They want to make sure you have a place to put your dog,

and your baby....

while you have a snack.

Yes, I ate that.  My friends didn't want to have anything to do with it, but I made them try it.  It is just mackerel, or go/dung/ah in Korea.  It is SO YUMMY!

Our trip home was another story.

NOTE TO SELF #36.....While living in Korea, do not try to take a shortcut home, no matter how bad traffic is.


******Some of these photos were stolen from my friend L's facebook account.


13 Comments
Liz
1/14/2009 12:45:35 pm

Trish, I am still dying over your GPS! This trip is truly on my top list! ;o) Looking forward to many more trips!

Hugs,
Liz

PS.. Short cuts are always an "adventure" and adds to the great memories I will take from this place.

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kathie
1/14/2009 09:49:47 pm

WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! Be careful out there, and how many boxes did S. mail home?

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kathie
1/14/2009 09:53:04 pm

The fish looks crazy!!

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Gram
1/14/2009 10:17:45 pm

OMG...and I thought I was bad, S is crazy! Can't wait to hear how many boxes had to be mailed. That looks like the same GPS you used when we went to Yeoju! Did you buy anything from the white on white store? I love the vases that I bought there, I use them all the time. PS...How many drinks did your husband have before you took that picture?

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Trish link
1/15/2009 04:38:08 am

S mailed 11 packages home, and I still have 5 more I need to send to her! What picture are you talking about? The one at Karaoke? If so, that was the begining of the night, maybe 1 drink....I like it!!

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Staci
1/15/2009 06:34:03 am

The trip was memorable to say the least. The bus incident was frightening. I am a bit more scared now that I read Trish's version. I swear that first bus only missed us by centimeters... Then there was the second bus she did not mention. It was worth the near death experience. The pottery is beautiful. I cannot wait to get my dishes and start eating on them. The vases are awesome and I wish I had purchased more. Did I say more? I am feeling a little bad that I didn't buy any for anyone else but myself..... I guess I will just have to go there again.

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Melissa
2/28/2012 07:59:21 pm

Hi! I am a fellow military wife who is (still) stationed in Korea. I hope your PCS went smoothly! I am going to Yeoju next week and am wondering if you have the address (for GPS) by any chance still for the white on white factory and the white and blue factory? Thank you so much I thought I would just give it a try.

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Trish
2/28/2012 09:10:01 pm

Melissa,

I wish I could help you with the address. I only knew how to get there by sight. I am going to look through my things to see if I by chance have a business card, but don't hold out hopes.... The white on white place is down an alley in a basement.
There is a pottery shop that carries the white on white....if you find that place ask them to take you to the factory and they will. They own it.

IF I come across more informtion I will let you know. Sorry I'm not much help.

Trish

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Kenyetta
11/3/2013 06:05:31 am

I'm glad you guys got there save. What an adventure. I would love to go to Yeoju if you go again. It seems as if lots of people also love to go along. Could we possibly car pool and you show us where it's located.
Thanks

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Chelli Plummer
5/22/2014 03:02:20 pm

Trish,
I am wondering if you could give some guidance where the blue and white dishes were found?

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Tamra Turner
1/12/2015 11:57:18 am

found this for directions to the blue and white pottery...does this look right to anyone? h

here are some directions:

1. Start location is at Yongsan Garrison

2. You will take a left out of Gate 13 and head towards the Han Nam Bridge.

3. Remain on the right side of the bridge and this will take you onto Highway 1. This is the same way to Osan Base.

4. You will take Highway 1 until you hit Highway 50 E going towards

Singal JC. (Approx. 25km)--If I remember correctly, going towards Everland.

5. You will remain on Highway 50 for (Approx. 54km) and take the exit that says Yeoju / Janghowon IC (Highway 37).

6. Stay on Yeoju IC (Approx. 5km) and the road will fork. Stay on the Right side of the road and you will cross a bridge. Once you cross the bridge, the road will go left, right, and straight. You will go straight and slightly to your left and at the end of this road, you will have arrived at the Yeoju!

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