Winter Sonata

European inspired houses around Yongpyong Ski Resort

European inspired houses ala Austrian Alps

Birch trees all over the place

A view of the resort from outside

A Buddhist Temple near the resort (setting of a classic korean movie)

Frozen stream

Apartments in Yongpyong

Greenpia Condominium (where i stayed) @ Tower B, 9th floor.

Entrance to the resort, with Greenpia Condos in the background

Inside the ski resort

Frozen stream outside

Yongpyong itself is synonymous with the history of Korean skiing, and is recognized worldwide as a ski resort that is completely equipped with the latest hardware and software. It has built a reputation for excellence among skiers and tourists all over the world, having successfully hosted the World Cup Ski Competition in 1998 and 2000, as well as the Winter Asian Games in 1999.
The popular korean soap opera "Winter Sonata" was filmed here.

I had the chance to visit this place for the second time when my group went here to attend the Winter Conference of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology (February 4-6, 2009).

I spent 2 days skiing and of course taking photos of the sceneries. I roamed around the whole area, and made some shots. To enhance colors, the photos attached were processed as dynamic range images and were shot using my handheld Canon EOS 50D dSLR. Original photos were shot as RAW files, then saved as JPEGS resulting to loss of image quality.

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