East Coast Tour -- 울릉도 Ulleung Island -- Touching the Cloud

Have you ever really touch the cloud? It's possible, because there is Naesujeon Sunrise Observatory in Ulleung Island. Again, we had to walk to the top of the mountain. The wind was very strong plus the weather was cloudy. Thus, touching the cloud is not like picking the star on the sky anymore.

The wind was very strong

That's the cloud ㅋㅋ

More pictures here.

August 1 2010

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-- Off to 태권도 class

East Coast Tour -- 울릉도 Ulleung Island -- 봉래폭포 Bongrae Waterfall

Second day of the journey, we went to Ulleung Island. We departed from Mukho port in Donghae and it took about 3 hours to get to Ulleung Island. And if you have problem with the sea, I strongly recommend you to eat the medicine before boarding.

Here we are, welcome to Ulleung-do. Once I get off the ship, the wind was very strong and the weather was kind of cloudy, I thought it was going to rain, but then there was no rain until the end of the day. There were some Ulleung-do teenagers were dancing, I thought it was some kind of welcome dance (maybe it was), but then I realized that there was a event called 2010 회당문화축제 [Hwetang Munhwa Chukje]. I asked my friend and she said it is some kind of Buddhism event. Anyway, I will write the complete report later.

What I noticed in this Island is that there were a lot of visitors and birds (Seagull) and I heard that it is very famous of its squid (and I saw a squid statue and I was like "maybe it's right"). The smell was really like an island (does anyone know how the island smells like? I do!!) and Ulleung Island is a mountainous island, I saw so many high cliffs and it's pretty amazing.

So, the first place we went to is a waterfall called Bongrae. I love waterfalls, I do. In this time, I want to compare some waterfalls I have been visited. To reach Bongrae waterfalls, we had to walk (read: hike) kind of far, but I already knew this because every waterfall that I visited, I always had to walk very far, yet I have never regretted it =]. On the way to the waterfall, I stopped by a kind of cave, and it was really really chilly inside the cave, there was a hole which flows very cool wind.

The cool winds flows from this hole

And then, after walking and walking, there was a bridge and there it was, the Bongrae waterfall. Bongrae waterfall is mentioned as the only source of water in the island (alright, maybe I am wrong ㅋ).

봉래폭포 Bongrae Waterfall

Alright, to be honest ... I am not really so amazed with Bongrae waterfall, because I have seen a lot of better waterfalls. But since Bongrae is still worth visiting =], at least as my waterfalls collection (what?!). Here are some waterfall I have visited, they are awesome =].

Bantimurung Waterfall, Makassar, Indonesia

One of Falls in Great Smoky Mountain, TN, USA

Ruby Falls -- Waterfall inside a cave, TN, USA

Niagara Falls, USA

From all those awesome waterfalls, I think Niagara falls is the best =].

Write again later =].

More pictures here.

August 1 2010

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East Coast Tour -- 서울 [Seoul] - 동해 [Donghae]

Hosted by Korean Culture and Information Service, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, we as the WSK member had the opportunity to experience the beauty of east coast of Korea peninsula and also 울릉도 [Ulleung Island] and 독도 [Dok Island]. The journey began on July 27 2010. It was a 4 day journey and the story began in front of the building of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. On the way to go there, I captured some picture of the monument of 세종대왕 [Sejong Daewang] Sejong the Great who created 한글 Hangul which is now the alphabet of Korean Language.

It took more than 3 hours to go to Donghae. On the way to Donghae, we stopped by a corn field to get some corn for our snack at night -- yes, we used natural resources for our food, ㅋㅋ --. Anyway, there was this lady who explained to us about how to harvest the corn. So, if you want to harvest your corn, you have to hold the stalk and gently pull out the corn, so that the stalk will not be broken and can produce more corn.

After harvesting our corn, the lady's mom then cooked the corn for us. They use this traditional way of cooking, like using big jar and wood. While waiting for the corn to be cooked, we decorated our plant =].

The process was somehow easy. But, since I am not an artist at all, so thats what I could make =]. It's using wood, string, clippers, and other pretty stuff =].

Plant were decorated, corns were cooked, it is time for dinner. We went to this unique place which serves 대나무밥 [Daenamu Pab] Bamboo rice. Yes, like its name, the rice is put inside the bamboo. It was really delicious and we ate it with beef =].

And oh, we can also write our name on the bamboo =]

We finished the day in a hotel, and ready for tomorrow =].

More pictures here.

August 8 2010

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