Gyeongju, part III

So, after being pleasantly distracted by the cave temple, we continued on our way to:

KING MUNMU'S MARINE TOMB!!!

It was starting to get dark, so we had to drive quickly...the road just kept going and going.

Obviously, it was going all the way to the ocean.

We still consistently saw the inconsistent signs ever few km.

Munmu's Undersea Tomb!

King Munmu's Marine Tomb

Underwater Grave of Great King!

We still didn't really know what it was, but we were getting excited.

The final sign pointed us toward a 'beach.' 

....where is it?

We walked along for a while and finally noticed a tiny sign explaining how King Munmu was cremated and his ashes sprinkled at sea.

....

So...no tomb?

Nope!

Just some AMAZING rocks that you can barely see, where they apparently sprinkled his ashes.

Woot!

As disappointed as we were, it was still kinda funny.

The sun was setting, so it was time to go back.

On the way we saw another field where something interesting USED to be but now all that remained were some pagodas.

By the time we got back to Gyeongju it was dark.

The only thing to do at night was visit Anapji Pond, which is an old garden/pond of the royal family.

It is all electrically lit up now, and it was very nice (although crowded) to walk around at night.

Um...obviously it was dark, so you can't really see anything in the pictures.

 Trust me, it was nice...

Trust in me...

Just in me....