Jeju-do!

So the next day we went out and about a little more and found ourselves in the middle of nowhere island! Woot for being explorers! We went to the Dolharbang park which was a total blast! Dolharbangs traditionally protected the Jeju island from intruders, however, as time wore on the superstitions changed and women began to believe that if you touched the nose of the Dolharbang or drank some stone from the nose of a Dolharbang you would have only sons, and then of course in the early 20th century the Dolharbangs have been transformed to represent love and protection of those you love. AWESOME!!! So Brit and I (of course) wandered about and took photos with these loveable guys!

After that we went to see some Lava tubes that were nearby. Now lava tubes are formed when lava flows underneath the earths surface an it melts the rock in interesting ways and i'm not sure what else. The translated Engrish was umm...not very well translated. But it was SUPER cool to be in the tube nonetheless! You descend into the earth and there is an instantaneous temperature change and then it's pitch black. The ground is uneven and looks as though lava just hardened beneath your feet, the walls have lava stalagmites, and water drips from the ceiling! super cool batcave.

The next day Brittoni and I FINALLY made it to the BEACH!! Oh how lovely the beach is. Sadly I woke up irrationally cranky this day so I had to remain quiet the majority of the morning for fear of lashing out >:( . But once we got to the beach all my crankiness evaporated, I mean honestly, who can be cranky at the beach?! No on. The beaches in Korea are very interesting, gorgeous turquois blue water, with black/white sand beaches, jungle cliffs directly behind you, and black lava rocks protruding from the coast. Absolutely breathtaking. The only bizarre thing about the Korean beaches are the Koreans themselves. They don't like the sun. They hid their faces behind GIGANTIC sun visors that frequently come down over their faces and look similar to plastic welding masks, they wear arm sleeves so that their arms don't see any sun and they WEAR THEIR CLOTHES INTO THE OCEAN. Also, none of them really know how to swim. Seriously. They are majorily afraid of water. What???? So they invest in things like adult water wingies (yes, that image in your mind is exactly what they look like) and they rent out gigantic tubes on the beach and the lifeguards don't let you go very far into the water before they whistle you to return. They also wear life jackets. Always. haha. I love traveling for the sole reason that I get to see the way that different culture work. Americans are sun worshippers. Not liking the sun is close to blasphemy and here is a people that despise the sun! haha.

Well the next day we left Jeju, got back on the ferry to Mokpo...ew. Thankfully we didn't have to wait around in the City of flavor long and were quickly on our way home!! 

Summer camp starts tomorrow so i'll be sure to keep you updated on whatever ridiculous nonsense my students come up with! 

Anyeong!