The Long Road to Jujeon

One Sunday, we called up Sam and planned to go on a hike. We took the bus to Sam's neighborhood, Nammok, and from there hiked to Jujeon Beach, the next beach to the North. Koreans are pretty lazy, so we assumed the hike was going to be more of a nature walk, but we were wrong. Most of the first hour was straight up a mountain. It was way more intense than we thought it was going to be.

On the trail

Looking back

The view we had from the first place to we took a break. The trail started at those apartment buildings at the bottom of the picture, so we had climbed quite a bit.

Resting

The Ulsan Botanical Garden



Self-timer round 1



Self-timer round 2

This was THE highlight of the hike.
The plaque translates to:
"Rock is similar to a man's privates!"

Penis Rock!

Dong Rock!

Judy and Sam shimmying past the balls...

Some awesome fungi

A random burial site

We finally reached the ocean!

The self-timer set up

We made it!


(The Captain Morgan's pose doesn't work
when your feet are out of the frame...)

Beginning the descent to the beach

An afternoon nap

Working hard



Rice paddies are awesome looking





The mountain side was beautiful








An extremely non-Korean house

Really? You're going to mix that plastic lawn furniture in with the awesome carved wood furniture?

Pagoda lighthouse!








Jujeon Beach One of the few black stone beaches in Korea








Contemplation