Long Time...

(We tried some Korean-style acupuncture)

Today was our last day at the house… Tomorrow we will begin our day at 5:00am, on a 5-hour trip towards Kyung-Ju, where we will stay for 3 days. Just a heads up, I probably will not post anything for the next six days as after Kyung-Ju we will be spending 3 more days Tae-Jeon, another city in Korea.

After a rushed morning, we had a tour of the island, where we travelled across Incheon Bridge, the fifth largest bridge in the world, as well as visited 3 exhibitions. 2 were dedicated to Incheon Bridge and one was dedicated to Incheon International Airport. The first exhibition, for the bridge, was a building of very interesting architecture. There was four floors, and each offered interesting information about the planning, construction and aesthetics of the bridge, as well as an observation deck to see the bridge. The second exhibition was similar and also had an observation deck. To reach the third exhibition, we had to walk up a short, but very steep mountain road. Legs sore and panting, we got to watch a few planes fly by.
After lunch, we headed to the beach, which is very close to the house. Most Korean beaches have clay instead of sand, which is extremely good for your skin. When we arrived, we realized that the beach was packed with visitors. Unable to even find anywhere to park, we drove a little further up a terribly bumpy road in order to get to a private beach. The beach is meant for visitors to soldiers in the army, but we were granted access as Sunghee’s Dad is the general of that particular unit. The beach here was sand, but had many rocks and boulders, most of which we covered in shells. After floating around for a while in the ocean, we went over to a particularly rough patch in the rocks. There was no bare surface area at all on these rocks, only sharp shells covering them. A couple of people were there, turning rocks over in search of crabs to sell for eating. We watched them for a while then just relaxed on the beach.

When we got home, we had Korean barbeque. It consisted of sam gup sal, which is similar to bacon, only thicker, a thin sam gup sal, which is thinner than bacon and kimchie of course. We also ate fried potatoes, onions and other vegetables and fruits. We drank banana milk which was very tasty. After eating a delicious dinner, we tried some British treats that I brought with me. The Curlywurly (chewy caramel covered in a thin layer of chocolate) was the favourite. The macaroon bars were too sweet for the Koreans, but I enjoyed them. :D. After eating, the wild cats that live on the property came out for a sniff. The cats are very timid and will not allow people to get closer than a few metres to them. They are still adorable nonetheless! The mother is white with ginger spots and a raccoon tail. Her kittens, which are the size of beanie babies are all different: 1 fully ginger, 2 ginger with some white, 1 full brown tabby and an oreo kitty. They kept running away into trees and poking their heads out of the bush.