Our weekend started off on Friday morning with a grueling 5.5 hour bus ride. Man it was rough. And once we got to our destination, the weather had turned cold and gloomy, so our fun night at the beach turned into a stroll on the beach, just to be able to say we were "at the beach", a few token pictures, then we headed to dinner. Our night wasn't too glamorous or anything, but the next day was when the fun would begin.
Saturday morning we headed out to the park where we would spend the day hiking. Our group stayed together for the entire day, but we passed by and met up with other people along the way... there really isn't way to miss 100 waygooks in one park.
We then set off to go back to the large Buddha statue and the temple. The Buddha was huge and fun to see, however when we arrived at the temple, we were really disappointed. We had heard that there are usually many many lanterns hanging, along with other decorations, at temples for the weekend of Buddha's birthday, but there was NOTHING here! We couldn't believe it! We finally spotted a few lanterns, but they were inside the temple, and we didn't know if we were allowed to take pictures of inside, so we looked for a bit, then headed back out.
We were going to try to hike up to one of the tallest peaks in Seoraksan, however we didn't think we had enough time, so we grabbed a few snacks and found some rocks near a stream bed to relax on while we killed some time. It was actually really fun, soaking in the sun and just talking with friends. Adrienne, Keller and I decided to do a little rock hopping as well...
We then headed back to the cable car where we were taken to the top of one of the mountains. We didn't realize that, once you got up to the top, you could hike up one of the other peaks... and that you had to use a rope to climb up and down... It was actually pretty dangerous when you think about it, but it was totally worth it once at the top... the view was unbelievable... It was relaxing to me, but pretty funny to watch some of the other people freak out about the height (no offense, really, it was just funny, but I realize that there was reason behind the fear)...
That night, it started raining, so we decided we would get chicken delivered to the hotel and play drinking games. The night was hilarious, and ended up in a 15 minute session at a noraebang, before we were kicked out (they said they were "closing").
The next morning we set off, but took a pit stop at the steepest zip-line in Korea. We first got to walk on a "Sky Walk", which is essentially a glass platform off the edge of a cliff, but it provided a really nice view. We then went up to the zipline, which was awesome fun... not like any of the ziplines I've done before though. With this one, you sit in a seat that is attached to 1 of 4 cables, and you zip with 3 other friends at your side before being stopped by a large spring at the end... it was really fun, but I definitely miss zipline "courses".
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