Week VIII: Islands and mountains

I spent the weekend with Mamie in Tongyeong. We had a blast. On Saturday we took a fary to an island and hiked around on it. On the other side there was a beautiful light house and the weather was beautiful too. Then we watched a Korean horror movie which was interesting and really scary. On Monday I hoped a bus to Wolchulsan National Park. Upon arival I explored town a bit and realized I had really sent myself off into the middle of nowhere, I thought people stared at me a lot in Seoul but here I think it is possible that some people had never seen a foreigner in there lives. It was a bit like Mexico, old ladies comming up to me and touching my blonde hair. The park was beautiful, I think they need to rename this mountain range the rocky mountains, they were much rockier than our rocky mountains. On Tuesday I entered the park and met some young Korean guys who spoke English. After helping me find a minbak (traditional Korean inexpensive lodging), they invited me to hike to the peak with them. It was an amazing hike, so steep with lots of treterous terrain and a huge bridge spanning this huge gap. The next day I set off to find the ceramics center. I hoped on a city bus to this village but I didn't know exactly where to get off. Then the bus driver and all the old ladies on the bus looked at me and said something and motioned for me to get off the bus. So I did. Then I didn't know which way to go but there was this touristy looking place so I went there. Well that happened to be the birth place of some famous guy so after exploring it for a while I asked the lady (in broken Korean) where the ceramics center was. She pointed across the highway where there was a sign pointing to the center. I followed the signs and after being lead through this little village I came upon a huge building under construction. Apparently the ceramics center is temporarily closed because they are building a new and bigger building. It was a little dissapointing but a good adventure none the less. I spent the next couple days enjoying the wilderness and then made my way back to Seoul. It was weird comming back to Seoul almost felt like comming home. That's all for now.