We wandered around for a while in search of a Herbal Medicine Market. We found it. It was lame. So we decided to get on bus 401 for an hour to Gatbawi. Gatbawi is a tourist town at the bottom of Mt. Palgong.
We started to walk up the mountain via a incredibly steep concrete ramp. It was very very steep. After a bit we made it to a Buddhist temple. But it was a small one. We stopped and took some pictures and looked around. And then we trekked on. But this time, we went up through the woods and rocks instead of the ramp. It was hard going sometimes, but it was really fun. It was a beautiful day, the first nice nice nice weekend of the year. It was warm and sunny. I even got burn/beginning of a tan. Heyoo!! Anyway, we were going up a rocky trail and got to a peak. We could still see things that were higher than us, but we were at the top of a peak. And there was a temple. So we checked it out. It was pretty cool and there were a lot of statues of Buddha. Made me feel real ignorant about the religion, so maybe I'll start doing some research. Maybe. Anyway, it was cool. But we could see up to a giant temple where there was chanting. We also saw a sign that said it was .5 km to the next peak. So we went up. Again. Through the woods, rocks, and mud. There was a point that we were using a rope to get up the rocks. We made it. We were sweaty and tired, but we made it. It was cool. There were a lot of people doing the buddhist bows and a giant statue of him. We walked around, checked things out, and then went down some stairs. We thought we were on side that was heading towards Daegu. Whoops.
We went down and realized that we were NOT on the same side of the Mountain that we started on. We didn't really know what to do, so we got on a bus with the plan of getting to a town and going from there. The bus driver started yelling at us, and we didn't know what to do. We were tired, dirty, and getting scared. The driver was yelling and an old man in the back of the bus said that he could speak English and would help us. He said that the driver was scared because we were foreign and he really wanted to know where we were getting off. I said "we have no idea, but we want to end up in Daegu and we came on bus 401 and have no idea where we are." They sorted it out and told us what bus we needed to get on after they told us where to get off. So we made it. Whew.
We then went to a Love Motel, got a room, took a shower, and felt much better about life. Love Motels? They're all over Korea. You can rent them hourly or for the night. Some are real sketch but they're cheap. The one we stayed in was clean and comfortable and 50,000 won. About 40-45 dollars. Sweet. Next we got some dinner and wandered around the bar area. It was really fun even though we didn't meet any new people. It was really fun to hang out with Sara. We got up at 10 Sunday and walked around Deagu more. We found a Market that had vegetables and clothes and shoes and stuff. And we had lunch and got back on the train. We still had standing room only tickets, but we both sat on the floor and read books that we bought in the station. As of that trip I am now reading Love in the Time of Cholera. I think I like it, but it's not really an easy read.
Blue skies. Mountains. Buddha. Temple.
A lion. Me. A mountain. A temple. A beautiful day.
SaraBrown and a whole lot of Buddhas. Great day.
Look! We did some new things in Korea! Made it to a temple! Heyoo.
I went to a Cherry Blossom Festival last weekend. We'll get to that in the next post. This one is longer than I was planning on. I love you. I miss you. Hope you're enjoying spring. I'll be home in 10 months!
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