It seemed to be frequented by mostly Korean tourists. We were happy to be in the care of Larry Wilson who speaks the language from his time here as a Peace Corps Volunteer. The place where he first served in PC wasn’t too far from the areas we were visiting. The Koreans were happy to hear him speak to them!
The Silkworm Museum defies description! You may need to put it on your “bucket list”!
Who knew what kind of fantastically beautiful and ornate moths come from silkworms?!
Who knew that silkworm moths can be colored in any number of combinations and that even their cocoons may be colored white, tan, yellow or green?
We expected to find giant beetles in Malawi – we hunted for them all during our trip in December. We found dozens of them (preserved) in cases in the museum.
Who knew that eating mulberry leaves gives the larva their best growth such that the motifs of the museum are both stylized, cartoonified larva and mulberry leaves, trees and fruit?! The souvenirs for sale there are mulberry “everything” – decorative soaps, teas, wines, syrups, powers, vitamins, and ice cream. We ate cones of mulberry ice cream. Yum.
However, they sold no silk souvenirs. I thought that was curious and un-enterprising. Wouldn’t it be a logical place to sell silk items?
The museum did have another large hall, separate from the silkworms, which housed a play area for children with many stations where one could interact with a few live animals or view stuffed ones in their habitats or preserved ones in boxes. I liked it. I thought it was a replicable model. A tame macaw was there. A museum staff member helped the bird to perch on our shoulders. Obviously today, Jon is taking most of the pictures! Thanks, Luv. You've done such a good job.
Who knew what kind of fantastically beautiful and ornate moths come from silkworms?!
Who knew that silkworm moths can be colored in any number of combinations and that even their cocoons may be colored white, tan, yellow or green?
We expected to find giant beetles in Malawi – we hunted for them all during our trip in December. We found dozens of them (preserved) in cases in the museum.
Who knew that eating mulberry leaves gives the larva their best growth such that the motifs of the museum are both stylized, cartoonified larva and mulberry leaves, trees and fruit?! The souvenirs for sale there are mulberry “everything” – decorative soaps, teas, wines, syrups, powers, vitamins, and ice cream. We ate cones of mulberry ice cream. Yum.
However, they sold no silk souvenirs. I thought that was curious and un-enterprising. Wouldn’t it be a logical place to sell silk items?
The museum did have another large hall, separate from the silkworms, which housed a play area for children with many stations where one could interact with a few live animals or view stuffed ones in their habitats or preserved ones in boxes. I liked it. I thought it was a replicable model. A tame macaw was there. A museum staff member helped the bird to perch on our shoulders. Obviously today, Jon is taking most of the pictures! Thanks, Luv. You've done such a good job.
On our way to the seawall, we tried a unique-to-us fruit. I can’t remember the name of it, but it’s an apple-sized melon that has a pleasant taste like a cross between a hard pear and a honeydew melon. There was quite a pile on them alongside the road where we stopped for Larry to open a Geocache.
The Great Korean Sea Wall is an incredible engineering undertaking and projected vision. It extends miles and miles from one outcropping peninsula to another separating the waters of the great Western Sea, leaving sea to the West and shallower lake-sized bodies of water to the East and play areas all along the four-lane highway of the dividing “wall”.
We had planned to have a picnic lunch at one of the spacious rest stops which we did even though the wind was not too kind. Still the fellowship was warm and we enjoyed the stop. The whole project is a giant work in progress, planned for completion in 2020.
Songtan is a shopping area located just outside the Osan Military base, hence the entry gate below.
The stores there cater to the foreign residents so we heard a great many people on the street speaking American English. The shops sell in US dollars and Korean won, and the shop-keepers speak English, too. Martha has a few food items that she typically buys in Songtan so she was happy to take us there. I was happy that we could shop for silk items there, but not so happy to see the prices! Nevertheless, we bought a few. And we also opted for Brazilian churrascaria – all you can eat meat plus rice, beans and salad. This was quite a contrast from last night’s smorgasboard of seafood, cold and raw, hot and salty. The Brazilian dessert was roasted fresh pineapple dripped with a syrup of sugar and cinnamon. Mighty nice. We chatted with the manager, a Brazilian from the state Parana', near the Falls of Iguacu. He told us that some Brazilians show up at the restaurant, associated with the base, but no Portuguese.
The stores there cater to the foreign residents so we heard a great many people on the street speaking American English. The shops sell in US dollars and Korean won, and the shop-keepers speak English, too. Martha has a few food items that she typically buys in Songtan so she was happy to take us there. I was happy that we could shop for silk items there, but not so happy to see the prices! Nevertheless, we bought a few. And we also opted for Brazilian churrascaria – all you can eat meat plus rice, beans and salad. This was quite a contrast from last night’s smorgasboard of seafood, cold and raw, hot and salty. The Brazilian dessert was roasted fresh pineapple dripped with a syrup of sugar and cinnamon. Mighty nice. We chatted with the manager, a Brazilian from the state Parana', near the Falls of Iguacu. He told us that some Brazilians show up at the restaurant, associated with the base, but no Portuguese.
Throughout the day, we were writing the text for our Palm Sunday Message to Dr. Hong, the Missions Professor at KNU, who will be our translator, so the Scriptures from it filled our hearts all day long:
Rev. 6:9-10 …behold a great multitude which no one could number of a nations, tribes, peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with a white robes, with palm branches in their hands
10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!
11 And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures and fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying
12 Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might
Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
We will be sharing stories from Africa tomorrow, from nations and tribes who will be standing before the throne and the Lamb, knowing that, “Salvations belongs to our God.” We look forward to sharing these stories from the Mozambican miners in South Africa who took the Gospel to Southern Mozambique, from the Shangaan in Southern Mozambique who took the Makhua in Northern Mozambique, and then the moving of the Holy Spirit today all across the Continent. We entitled the message, “Palms of Praise from Africa” and are praying for the Lord to use our testimony to His glory.
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