Friday, May 18, 2007
A Weekend at the Coast
This past weekend we headed over to the east coast for a little R & R. We went to Seokcho, which is a town at the base of Seorak mountain. We left EARLY on Saturday morning (we're talking 5 a.m. wake up call), and arrived at the coast by 12:30. Funny thing: most of the ride there was sunny, however once we got to Seokcho, found a hotel, and found a beach, we had about 15 minutes before hurricane weather rolled in and we were faced with blowing winds and drenching rains. Pretty funny, and we managed to enjoy the beach anyways.
We hiked Seoraksan on Sunday. It was a beautiful day, and the mountain was absolutely beautiful. I have never seen shades of green like we saw there. A lot of people were out, as hiking season is already full blown over here. The finale of the hike involved about 800 metal steps that were bolted into the side of a huge rock face...very cool, but a little scary, as the steps were pretty steep, and who knows how long ago they were bolted there. But, we managed to survive, and we've got the pictures to show for it. Enjoy!
This is a picture of what we saw out of our bus window for most of our trip over to the coast. It's planting season and the rice paddies have all been flooded.
Here we are on the beach: powdered sand, smiles on our faces, and dark clouds looming.
This body of water is known as the "Sea of Japan" to everyone in the world except Koreans. They call this water the "East Sea" because they don't think it's fair that it's named after Japan. I call it both.
Despite the chilly water temperature, the guys decided to take a dip. They are so tough!
This is what you have to do if you want to order pizza in Korea. Step 1: Make an elaborate drawing of exactly what you want. Step 2: Look up all the words in the Korean/English dictionary, and write them down too. Step 3: Find someone with a cellphone. Step 4: Show them this paper. Step 5: Let them call. Step 6: Wait for your pizza. It worked!
This is a pre-hike picture. Sam enjoying some energy food...chicken on a stick.
This statue was at the bottom of the mountain. We've found that most mountains here have a temple and a huge statue right before the trailhead.
I thought this dragon sort of looks like the one of "The Never-ending Story", so I made friends with it.
Some of the beautiful scenery. You can't see them, but this is the rock face that the stairs are bolted to.
Here we are getting closer and closer to the rock face. Sam posing as a friendly mountain man.
Starting up the stairs.
The views we had were amazing. Still hiking the stairs...quite the workout!
Here we are at the top.
Some of the rock formations were unreal. The one behind us just looked like slabs of rock that had been set against each other.
Here I am hanging on for dear life. This could have been a very bad accident!
We hiked Seoraksan on Sunday. It was a beautiful day, and the mountain was absolutely beautiful. I have never seen shades of green like we saw there. A lot of people were out, as hiking season is already full blown over here. The finale of the hike involved about 800 metal steps that were bolted into the side of a huge rock face...very cool, but a little scary, as the steps were pretty steep, and who knows how long ago they were bolted there. But, we managed to survive, and we've got the pictures to show for it. Enjoy!
This is a picture of what we saw out of our bus window for most of our trip over to the coast. It's planting season and the rice paddies have all been flooded.
Here we are on the beach: powdered sand, smiles on our faces, and dark clouds looming.
This body of water is known as the "Sea of Japan" to everyone in the world except Koreans. They call this water the "East Sea" because they don't think it's fair that it's named after Japan. I call it both.
Despite the chilly water temperature, the guys decided to take a dip. They are so tough!
This is what you have to do if you want to order pizza in Korea. Step 1: Make an elaborate drawing of exactly what you want. Step 2: Look up all the words in the Korean/English dictionary, and write them down too. Step 3: Find someone with a cellphone. Step 4: Show them this paper. Step 5: Let them call. Step 6: Wait for your pizza. It worked!
This is a pre-hike picture. Sam enjoying some energy food...chicken on a stick.
This statue was at the bottom of the mountain. We've found that most mountains here have a temple and a huge statue right before the trailhead.
I thought this dragon sort of looks like the one of "The Never-ending Story", so I made friends with it.
Some of the beautiful scenery. You can't see them, but this is the rock face that the stairs are bolted to.
Here we are getting closer and closer to the rock face. Sam posing as a friendly mountain man.
Starting up the stairs.
The views we had were amazing. Still hiking the stairs...quite the workout!
Here we are at the top.
Some of the rock formations were unreal. The one behind us just looked like slabs of rock that had been set against each other.
Here I am hanging on for dear life. This could have been a very bad accident!(Note: the above picture is staged. No hikers were hurt in the production of this photograph)
# posted by Becky @ 11:25 AM 
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Hey guys,
Glad you could get away and just relax and have some fun!! I loved the pictures-beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains! Glad you survived the hike up and down!!!!
Love you so much, Auntie Sheila xox
Glad you could get away and just relax and have some fun!! I loved the pictures-beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains! Glad you survived the hike up and down!!!!
Love you so much, Auntie Sheila xox
ooohhh becky.. you made me laugh at the last pic and explanation. We are watching a movie right now that has 3 sisters and a mom hanging out ( Because I said so..) and its making me miss you guys..
can't wait till christmas.
love you
annie
can't wait till christmas.
love you
annie
you guys are hilarious. i totally fell for the staged photo. man alive. it's like the time you fell off the longboard and sam laughed at you! haha.
i promise we will do amazing hikes when you get back here too!!
love you guys!
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i promise we will do amazing hikes when you get back here too!!
love you guys!
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