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3500 tons of garbage,Korea's most successful tourist destination?

                              This is the third post of the Nami island series.I'm really sorry for making you wait.I was really busy because of university admissions. :) I mentioned before that Nami island is all about recycling.Now I will tell you how it happened.        "From weeds to flowers,from noise to rhythm,            from wild flowers to paper,from scenery to elegance" Nami island is not a real island at all.After the completion of Cheongpyeong Dam in 1944 it became an island.In 1965,late chairman Mr.Minn Byeong Do bought this island and he planted Korean pines,cherry trees,white birch and metasequoias on this island.It was used as an amusement park before 2001 and people had came and gone leaving tons of garbage;empty soju bottles,blocks of wood,parts of old buildings,discarded ping pong tables,shards of gla...

The heaven on earth,Nami Island...

If you ask me what is your favourite place on earth,probably my answer will be Nami island.No,I have never been to Nami,But it's my dream to go there oneday,when I'm rich enough :)