a few days out, chiaksan

great to get out. the weather finally has decided that raining for an entire summer is not the proper attitude. or maybe is was the sun dance i did last night along the river. hmmmm...

either way we're off to visit Wonju, a fairly local National Park. local being only a two hour bus journey and 9,000w from seoul. catch was that the luxury bus drops off at the new terminal which doesn't have a bus stop for the bus that goes out to chiaksan. we had to hop in a cab to get to the local bus stop. nbd, it's all good. we made it. with only a few minor upsets
the local bus we got on really did go all the way up to the entrance of the park, however we were unsure of what exactly this looked like (being as we had never been before) so when we asked the bus driver if we should get off at a certain stop (nearly 3 miles away from the national park entrance) he told us it was the correct one.. pfht. as we are with time the day was already half over, haha.. night hiking is our thing i guess (not really though). however late we were we made it to our waterfall, the temple and even got to jump in the water really quick to rinse off stickiness!

walking...

still walking......

omg! yus!!!

maps. hur, hur.

hmmm....

dragons

here we go!

hundreds... thousands? paper cranes, many many many jars full

grab your latte visit buddah 

pretty water #1

me with pretty water 

stephen with pretty water

bali bali, chusaeyo!

pretty water #2 and waterfalls!

after a dip

night hike down

fare-thee-well

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we made it though, and saw waterfalls (the main goal) and pretty water to swim in (secondary goal)
i've heard going all the way to the top of the mountain there is actually quite beautiful, had we not had to walk 3 miles just to the entrance of the park we might have been able to make it, but what we made it to was really lovely, if infested by moggies cause of the summer weather

A Long Weekend in Busan

Stephen and I had an opportunity to go down to Busan and rent a pension house for a weekend with friends. The boys were playing a friendly with down there and it was a good excuse to let loose for a long weekend!

Fortunately we got to stay right on the Hyundai Beach. Since I had never been to Busan before this point I think it was a good introduction, and through out other parts of the trip we made to other areas of Busan, but most of our time was spent on one of the busiest beaches in Korea, and really there's a lot going on.

All of the bars are just off the boardwalk, restaurants, and noraebongs! there were even mini concerts and promotions going on everywhere cause of the holiday.

A good time was had by all.

2 min rainstorm... roll in roll out

oh sunshine! how nice it was after 3 solid weeks of rain in seoul

ahoy!

sky-scrape'n

game face

all tuckered out roof-top rest

the view

watch out!!

from the bar

found matty!

waddya expect!

rain showers on the beach

a messy monday... but just hours from a KTX ride home... 

bye bye Busan. I'll be back!

Night Shopping

dear dongdaemun,

thank you... but

your faux Louis Vuitton puses, shoes and accessories... the shop stalls filled with crap, shoes for 10,000w, bargains if you're willing to haggle, to much food and neon lights... just didn't make the cut.

i enjoyed you for one evening. i'm sure i'll be back, you just didn't have what i was searching for. i needed chess boards and lovely gifts to take home. i needed cheesy things for people who have never walked the back alleys of seoul. souvenirs and charming knick-knacks.

regards
chelsea.

We went here

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