Entry: The Fifth

As I mentioned in my previous post, I happen to have a wonderful Korean co-teacher with a fun family, and they invited me on a family outing last weekend. So while they were swimming I took some time to wander up the mountain road, to see how close I could get to Jirisan National Park on foot. Turns out I could very much get there, and decided that while I wanted to check it out, it would be more worth my time to wait until I had a whole day to do so. Here are a few pictures from my wanderings, like a Jirisan teaser.

These were taken at the swimming spot just under a bridge part way up the mountain. You can have lunch on bamboo platforms sitting in the water if you want, and a few families were, stoves and everything. 

Sadly it was a pretty bright day out, so as I made my way up the mountain my pictures got pretty washed out looking. I adjusted a few things, but at the end of the day the best angles happened to have the sun shining directly at me, and I didn't want to spend four hours calibrating everything. My laziness is truly your loss. 

Instead, allow me to post some photos from around the sports fields an river in Gurye.

 That's an add between two hot air balloons, just sorta floating around over the river

Yea, no big deal, that's just like 2 minutes from my apartment. There're rubber (yea the paths are all made of that rubber cement material they use for track and field circuits) walking/biking trails all along the river too, for miles apparently. Might be worth getting a bike soon.