For some reason I wanted a bit more of a challenge than walking over uneven terrain for kilometers at a time. So it seemed like a perfectly reasonable suggestion that I made to my friend Frank that we should climb Ulsanbawi rock. While it is only a 3.4km walk (one way) the kicker comes when you realize that the last 1km contains 800+ steps - a steep incline in anyone's language. We were obviously very pleased when we reached the top, only to have to turn around and come back down again.
We have even had the opportunity to go inside a North Korean submarine. Not such a big deal I hear you mutter. Well it becomes a big deal when you find out this particular submarine beached itself in 1996 - that's right, only 11 years ago! Apparently the captain shot and killed the crew when they beached, and then he and 16 soldiers were on the run for 49 days, during which time they killed 17 South Koreans and injured 11.
Jenene and I use to ride the 98 almost on a daily basis when we lived in London, and here it is sitting out the front of a hotel in the middle of a national park in South Korea.
One of our favourite dishes is the 'Scillion Pancake' - full of spring onions, cuttle fish, and octopus. Yum yum!
Gotta love that dried cuttle fish as well - keeps you chewing for hours.Whether it's hanging out in caves, relaxing by streams, or visiting Buddhist temples, we are enjoying every mo
ment of it.
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