Well, the last place I left off was my trip to the Mud Festival. Since then, I have traveled to 궝주 to visit my friend Wes. He moved here from FL as well and this was the first time I have been able to visit him. While here I was able to visit a bamboo forest and a bamboo museum.
The day we went to the bamboo forest was probably the hottest day in Korea. I don't really know if that is true or not, but it definitely felt that way. But once you got into the forest the temperature dropped to a reasonably temperature. To get there, we took a bus for about 45 minutes which dropped us off at a small station. We decided to get a taxi to drive us to the forest. As my Korean is not very good, I tried the best I could to tell the driver where we wanted to go. After a few minutes and some conversing with other drivers, we were finally on our way. We began our drive on a nice paved road which turned into a long, wavy dirt road that eventually dropped us off in the middle of nowhere. However, we got out of the cab and enjoyed our time there.
Afterwards, we got another cab and headed towards the bamboo museum. It was neat to see the different things you can do with bamboo. We walked around the shops and left to head home. Also, while in 궝주 we went to a baseball game. We actually got the crowd to do the wave which went around the entire stadium around 3 or 4 times. I guess you can say we were proud of ourselves, haha.
I also met a girl who I thought was cute. Found out her name, that she lives in Seoul, is an actress, and a Christian. However, I failed to get any sort of contact information. I guess it wasn't meant to be.
Then there was 가평. A few weeks ago, I was asked if I would go with a group of kids. They said it would only cost about 50,000 won. I thought that was a good deal to venture around Korea some more. We all met at a subway station in Seoul and headed towards the train. When we got to the train station, the train we were supposed to take was leaving. Therefore, we had to wait about 2 hours for the next train. This is also when I found out we would have to stand for the whole hour and a half train ride. (Was not a fan of this. But it only cost about 3,000 won, so who cares right?) We made it to our destination and unloaded our things. We jumped into a van and headed to the river. Once there, we began riding on a banana boat and some other floatation devices. It was definitely a good experience. We also went swimming which had a small slide. We played around trying to knock each other off some floating objects you would see in a game show like "Wipeout."
We left to head to our pension. Once there, we showered and begin preparation for our dinner. We began cooking and they began watching me as I began grilling the chicken we had brought. It is funny how grilled chicken is such an oddity here. But once they ate it, they loved it. It is such a good feeling to have someone appreciate something you have done (even if it is something as simple as grilling chicken.) We all hung out chatting until we fell asleep. The next day, we woke up quite sore from our day at the lake. We cleaned up the place and put our things together. We jumped into another van and headed to the train station. Again, we had to stand on the train. Well, we eventually just sat on the ground. I guess we were too exhausted from our trip to care.
Now, I think this has caught you up to where I am. Korea has been a blast. I have been meeting so many people lately. I thank God for every day I am here. This will be an adventure to remember and one that I think will continue for quite awhile. My promise is to keep you updated as much as possible.
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