South Korea 2006
DAY 1: Monday 27 November
After a 6 hour flight on Asiana Airlines, we touched down in Incheon Airport in Seoul at 0600 hrs. Couldn't sleep on the plane, so I was pretty tired by that time. First thing that greeted me when we stepped out of the airport with the tour group was a cold blast of air right in my face.
There is nothing that makes you come fully alive like 6 degrees celcius cold wind blowing at you. It was worse than being doused with ice water. Instantly I felt so much more awake. It was cold, veeery cold.
Korea is in Late Autumn season now and the temperature is constantly below 10 degrees centigrade. My face was freezing, my hands were numb.
After that we proceeded in a heated bus(whew) to the Dachangjin filming site in Gyeonggi-do province. The whole set was built on the side of a steep granite cliff, so it was quite majestic. FYI, Korea has a lot of spectacular landscapes because 70 % of the peninsula is covered with granite and limestone mountains, not high but quite steep. there are 9 provinces in all.
This is the main entrance:
Where the king sat to eat
This was how they pounded the rice
Next stop after a delicious lunch was the Daemyong Vivaldi Park resort on Mt Maebong 2,132 feet above sea level. Its a ski resort but the snow wasn't ready. Anyway we went to the Water theme park there to chill, or rather warm up. There are hot spring spas there and I tried them for an hour or so. the spas are divided into Men and women sections because, well, you have to go in totally nude. But its worth the experience. One hot spring in particular, was open to the sky unlike the rest which were indoors. So you can feel the drizzle of cold rain on your face while the rest of you is immersed in 40 degree hot spring water. Super shiok.
I did'nt take any pics coz photography is not allowed. It would be porn wouldn't it?
After that we went for dinner and back to the hotel. Our tour guide told us to try sleeping on the heated wooden floor like traditional Koreans and so I did. It was really quite comfy and warm sleeping on the floor with those firm Korean pillows.
The days are shorter here, with sunset at 5pm, and so I couldn't get a good picture, so here's one in the morning:
Because Korea is located at high latitudes the sun barely rises 45 degrees of elevation in autumn. the climate is temperate(eastern and western, depending) so the vegetation there is mainly temperate forests. There's oak, pine, maple etc.
Thats all for now. More later OK?
DAY 1: Monday 27 November
After a 6 hour flight on Asiana Airlines, we touched down in Incheon Airport in Seoul at 0600 hrs. Couldn't sleep on the plane, so I was pretty tired by that time. First thing that greeted me when we stepped out of the airport with the tour group was a cold blast of air right in my face.
There is nothing that makes you come fully alive like 6 degrees celcius cold wind blowing at you. It was worse than being doused with ice water. Instantly I felt so much more awake. It was cold, veeery cold.
Korea is in Late Autumn season now and the temperature is constantly below 10 degrees centigrade. My face was freezing, my hands were numb.
After that we proceeded in a heated bus(whew) to the Dachangjin filming site in Gyeonggi-do province. The whole set was built on the side of a steep granite cliff, so it was quite majestic. FYI, Korea has a lot of spectacular landscapes because 70 % of the peninsula is covered with granite and limestone mountains, not high but quite steep. there are 9 provinces in all.
This is the main entrance:
Where the king sat to eat
This was how they pounded the rice
Next stop after a delicious lunch was the Daemyong Vivaldi Park resort on Mt Maebong 2,132 feet above sea level. Its a ski resort but the snow wasn't ready. Anyway we went to the Water theme park there to chill, or rather warm up. There are hot spring spas there and I tried them for an hour or so. the spas are divided into Men and women sections because, well, you have to go in totally nude. But its worth the experience. One hot spring in particular, was open to the sky unlike the rest which were indoors. So you can feel the drizzle of cold rain on your face while the rest of you is immersed in 40 degree hot spring water. Super shiok.
I did'nt take any pics coz photography is not allowed. It would be porn wouldn't it?
After that we went for dinner and back to the hotel. Our tour guide told us to try sleeping on the heated wooden floor like traditional Koreans and so I did. It was really quite comfy and warm sleeping on the floor with those firm Korean pillows.
The days are shorter here, with sunset at 5pm, and so I couldn't get a good picture, so here's one in the morning:
Because Korea is located at high latitudes the sun barely rises 45 degrees of elevation in autumn. the climate is temperate(eastern and western, depending) so the vegetation there is mainly temperate forests. There's oak, pine, maple etc.
Thats all for now. More later OK?
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