This weekend, Daniel, Marilyn, and I made our first "Adventure Korea" trip...and it was a blast! Adventure Korea tour group takes tons of fun trips around the country and even some to North Korea. The trip this weekend included hiking up Mt. Jirisan and participation in the Hadong Wild Tea Festival. So on Saturday morning at 5:30am we got started on our trek to Seoul to meet the group. About 80 or so foreigners went, so two charter buses were our mode of transportion. The drive down to Mt. Jirisan took about 4 hours. The mountain is located close to Busan, in the southern most part of Korea, so it took awhile to make it there. Once there we were alotted 3 hours to hike up and back down the mountain, which was easily do-able. The mountain range extends across three provinces and has some of the most well-preserved forests in Korea. Our bus let us out at the car park at 1,090 meters...we hiked to Nogodan Peak, the third highest peak, which is at 1,507 meters. The hike was beautiful. There was still snow on the mountain, but it was around 80 degree at the base. It was so much fun!
That night we stayed at the Jirisan hot spa hotel. We slept on the floor with mats, which is very traditional here. Its not so bad because the ondol (floor) heating keeps you very warm! We got to hang out that night with other teachers on the trip. On Sunday we had breakfast with the group and then headed out for the Wild Tea Festival...more on that to come!!!!
Daniel and I made a video message at the top for all our family and friends! Just ignore the end...haha!
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