Wow am I bad at updating this blog. So much has happened since my last post and there’s nothing on here to show for it. Oh well, maybe this will be the start of more posts in the future.
Well, so much for that. It’s been over 2 months since that post and once again a lot has happened here in the ROK. The most significant event – and the main reason for this post – is our trip to Ulleungdo and Dokdo for Chuseok vacation (Sept 22nd-26th).
Ulleungdo is an island about 120 km off the coast of Korea in the East Sea (the Sea of Japan to the rest of the world). It’s not very big (about 70 sq km and about 10,000 people living there) but the scenery is spectacular. It was another Adventure Korea trip and we went with some of our fellow foreign teacher friends (Amie, Dan, and Linda) and we all had a blast. Most of our time was spent hiking around the island, checking out the sites, and meeting new and interesting people. We met one girl who Amie insisted was Hermione Granger (we never actually found out), another girl who told us an odd story about her dad and then she went around saying “I’m gonna cut you!” to everyone (very strange), a guy Michelle new from high school, and a guy who grew up in Burlington! You’ll meet all kinds on an Adventure Korea trip! Here are some pictures.
Group shot in front of the hotel
Bongnae Waterfall
Elephant Island
The view from our hotel
Bridge jumping
Bamboo forest
A drunk Korean took this pic while he was smoking (hence the smoke)
Michelle and I also took a trip to Dokdo which is another island in the East Sea. This one is actually disputed territory between Japan and Korea so it was really cool to see. It is much smaller than Ulleungdo and there are only 2 people living there. The Korean government subsidizes their living (pretty heavily I would assume) so they can justify their current occupation of the island.
Korean police stationed on the island
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