First we went to Mokpo to visit Barbie and a few of her friends. Scott and I went down on Friday night, we took the KTX (train) and decided we could make the earlier train. So running like a couple of crazy people, we got a cab right outside out apartment (which never happens) and went to the train station. I have never had such a slow cab driver in my life!!! Traffic laws in Korea are more guidelines than actual laws, so we were surprised when he stopped at every red light and slowed down when people were entering and exiting traffic in front of him!
We arrived at the station just in time to literally run inside, get our tickets and run to our loading area! We agreed it was a good thing we've both been working out! :) The train ride is like butter so it's nice for sleeping, but we were pretty pumped so we just talked and looked at magazines. We bought some snacks off the cart - Starbucks and Beef Jerky. I wouldn't normally have thoughtmuch about my choices until I read the package of beef jerky and it said, "Western Meat Snack". Then I thought about Starbucks being western too and I realized I was fitting my stereotype to a T! Excellent!
In Mokpo, we met a couple of Barbie's friends at a foreigner bar and had a couple of drinks and went to bed. The next morning, we woke up early and got on a ferry to the island. The island was really tiny but during the summer months it has a salt water pool and water slides all for free! And the accommodations there weren't bad at all! So we had a great weekend in the sun, working on our tans and enjoying soju and mekju.
Last weekend I went with a couple of people I work with to Sun-yu Island. It's only about an hour from Iksan and amazing! It's a chain of islands all connected by bridges. It was a lot bigger than the island we visited near Mokpo and the beaches were even better, the only problem was that it rained our entire three day weekend on the island. GREAT!
SO what do you do on an island when it's cold and constantly sprinkling on you? You guessed it! Go rent scooters and see the island for yourself!!! :) Here are a couple of pictures from my tour around the island and a picture of our biker gang, yes I wore my helmet! Safety first people!
We had a small barbecue before the rain really started coming down and the people who we're renting our rooms to us gave us an entire plate of fresh sushi!
Korea and Koreans are amazing about being giving, especially with food. If you're at as "service". Every time we get service, all of us remember how much we love Korea! The plate of sushi these people gave us easily could have sold for $30 or more. They helped us grill a little and made sure we had everything we needed. Having sushi that came straight out of the sea is AMAZING! It was so fresh that it didn't even have that funky fish smell! A little wasabi, soy sauce and a swig of cucumber soju and we were in sushi heaven!!!
Other activities that prove to be fun while it's raining and there's no where you would rather be than on the beach? Well, Tori made some cucumber soju which I found mixes splendidly with a little beer. So she and I decided to take care of almost a liter of soju and two or three pitchers of beer that night all while hanging out and playing board games! It was a lot of fun!
I would love to go back when it's sunny and plan on doing so. The hiking there looks amazing also! Hopefully I will have some more adventures worth blogging very soon! Take care!
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I love the blog!!! I will check back often... Looks like your having a BLAST- good for you! SO glad to see it :) Miss you.
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