Mt Gwanggyo

Recently Harper and I have been exploring Mt Gwanggyo – a hiking park that borders our city of Suwon. There are many different paths to choose from, however the one thing they all have in common is the steep ascent.

This morning we set off on what we though would be about a 90 minute hike. When we reached the top though we took a bit of a wrong turn and instead of coming back down the same side of the mountain, we followed a path down the other side of the mountain and into the neighbouring city of Yong-in. When we got off the mountain- about 2 and a half hours after we started - we found a small store where they called a taxi for us - $10 and about 15 minutes later we were finally back at our starting point.

All in all it was a fun morning and we hiked some very challenging terrain. We are looking forward to going back next weekend to try out some of the other trails.

Bulguksa Temple

We recently attended our staff retreat in Gyeongju Province which is situated in the South East of the country. It was a great weekend that was all expenses paid by the school – all we had to do was turn up and enjoy the food and the festivities. Of course I had to attend a couple of meetings on Saturday, but it goes with territory I guess.

While we were there we got to visit Bulguksa Temple – a beautiful remnant from the Silla dynasty. It is amazing that considering all the temples we have been fortunate to visit over the years, this one still blew our minds. It was absolutely fantastic with all the different levels – it was like an imaginary wonderland. Hope you get this feeling from the photos.

Harper was very excited to actually see the monument that he and Promise are standing in front of because he has been learning about this in his Korean classes. History really becomes meaningful when you can actually see what you are learning about.