A different kind of touring

Trip Start Jul 08, 2009
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Trip End Jul 22, 2009


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Flag of Korea Rep.  , Jeollanam-do,
Thursday, July 9, 2009

As I was trudging along sleepily, I realized how Korean tours are different. Even the first day, we were constantly walking up and down mountains. First we went to Mt. Fortress Wall (Bu Soo Sansung), then Seo Heae Bridge, then Mt. Yu-Dal. Even the elderly couple was walking up the hill with enough ease that I would feeled embbarrased to complain about the walking.

The second day, we went to Soo Sae Won Garden full with different bamboo types. I saw how an edible winter bamboo shoot only took days to grow. We walked around Gwang Han Ru with Chunyang's memorial. We then ended up in Mt. Jiri where there was a buddhist temple.After visiting the compounds, we were told to wait 45 minutes. By that time, it was raining cats and dogs. All of our raingear was wet.  Thank goodness I came fully equipped with a poncho, umbrella, and waterproof clothes. Learned from past traveling. So some of the kids (which included Min and I) decided to walk barefoot around the temple compounds for half an hour. After that, I took one of my infamous micro naps and woke up with drool on my poncho. The drumming ceremony was exciting to see these monks do their stuff. Everyone had a different rhythm.

We ate at a most original restaurant who serves its own plants.  
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