Seogwipo Lions Hotel

... for a short break from the wind. Justin was desperate for some hot chocolate, and even offered to trade me for a cup, but nobody took him up on it. So, we were happy to be on<br>the way down, but after we took a quick break for some ramen and kimbop at the Unesco station again,<br>it started to rain and the torrents just got worse and worse evertime J<br>said they couldn't. It might have been God laughing at us, I'm not<br>sure. But it was a lot of fun ...

... in the rooms, so I slept great!! In the morning we went for a run and got some cereal from the convenience store for breakfast. We took a bus to the far east side of the mountain and hiked Sunrise Peak. It was a short, about 30 minute, hike but the view was beautiful from the top. After we finished, we walked down the black sand beach and layed out for a while, insistant that we were going to get our chance at tanning. We had a galbi dinner (barbque) and went ...

... my understanding of the world and what the different people of it do. The meat tasted like turkey a bit. We ate and drank soju. At first it was hard to stomach. Not because it tasted bad but because of the psychological mind job it was doing on me. As the meal wrapped up I gave a bottle of Yellow Tail Cabernet to Sally's parents for having me be part of this bbq. Sally's mom asked through Sally if they should open it now and if that was custom in Canada. I said no you can open it ...

... there all day - I was in awe! Also impressive was a smaller building nearby that had another buddha statue, and hundreds of smaller figures - strange but intriguing.<br><br>We spent the last few hours of Sunday exploring the Sanbangsan region, climbing up to Sanbanggulsa which was a cute little temple actually inside a cave. There we had a drink of the water that was dripping from the ceiling, and admired the view out to the ocean. The car had to be back at the depot early in the ...

... there. I figured you need to have an intermediate to pro ablilty to surf in that place, that which I am neither. I went for a swim in the ocean and then showered to be clean and smelling good for the plane ride home. I left the beach around 11am and found the bus to the airport and arrived here at 12pm. I could have waited longer at the beach to see if waves developed, to which they were as I left, but I did not want to risk missing my 5pm flight. I've got a really bad ...

... just off the coast, connected to the mainland by bridge. Nothing to write home about but I was just there to catch the ferry over to JEJU-DO which is where the FUN was had! They call it the Korean Hawaii, and I can see why... The views were just looooooooooovely. Lots of pretty waterfalls, mountains in the background and just gorgeous beaches with crystal clear waters. Settling in for three nights which meant I could ...

... beautiful coastline. It was nice to be out of the city for a bit too. It actually really reminded me of California's central coast--like between Santa Barbara and San Simeon. Jeju was a little tough to navigate because I'd never been there before, and it's...well...Korea. I've had a little more fun showing her around Busan, since I know it much better. If you know me, you know I LOVE playing tour guide, so this has been fun.<br><br>I think Pauliina's having a ...

... gerne glauben wenn die sagen dass es mein koreanisches Blut ist, aber irgendwie hallte ich dass fuer bloedsinn. Egal. Es war auf jedenfall ein unglaublicher Zeit in Korea die ich nicht so schnell vergessen werde. Aber jetzt bin ich auch soweit was neues zu sehen. Ich freue mich riesig auf Japan, es kann nur richtig Geil werden. Meine Reise faengt im Sueden von Japan an - Tanegashima, da werde ich auf einen ...

... and your family for a fee. The eight famous sites or whatever it was called was a complete waste of time and a traveller's nightmare. The tourist brochure depicted rocks jutting out from the river with mist and mountains all around. What we found at the most famous of these sites Todam Sambong, was what the brochure couldn't have possibly portrayed. Opposite to this wondrous scene was another massive tourist complex, complete with folk music wailing at an ear bleeding pitch from a ...

... barrier against the strong sea winds. We then headed to Cheju-do's second Natural Wonder of the World. Manjanggul Cave is the worlds larges lava tube and was designated a Natural Monument in 1970. It is thirteen and a half kilometers long and fifteen meters high and it was awesome to walk through. As we walked Kim translated what the guide was saying for me. What really did make me ...