i'm not sure why i pumped up this post so much... 
i mean, i just hiked up a mountain... it's not like i was rock climbing or anything... but i guess it's because i haven't climbed a mountain in a long long time... i used to do it all the time when i was a teenager... it wasn't easy (read-out of shape) but well worth it. i don't know the name of the mountain - there are so many in korea that they don't put them all on the map... if they did, it would be the only things on there! but i'll find out from kat and edit this post later... to the right is the first view of it that i saw... unless you count looking out kat's bathroom window! but before we got to the mountain we had to go through these rice paddies, which were beautiful. it was a gorgeous day, warm and sunny, with a nice breeze. the rice was almost glowing, and on our way back at the end of the day, it was.
this is the path through the rice fields.
a shot of some plant... i just like it, so here it is.
a korean scare crow.
the path through the woods up to the mountain.
some tombs at the base of the mountain... rich koreans pay a lot of money to have their burial mounds up in the mountains, and they were all over the one we climbed... more pictures of them on the way...
the bottom of the mountain was easy...
me and chris on one of the "work out machines" that was at the first work out station that we found up the mountain... these things are all over the place in korea... i saw one in front of a KFC in Cheongju... apparently climbing the mountain isn't enough though, you ahve to use these funny machines to get a good workout! this one is for your hips (i guess)and you just hold on and swivel your hips back and forth... it's nice for stretching your midsection, but i don't see how it's really exercise.
the giant hoolahoop at the station...
...and chris trying to use it! this was hilarious, i kept thinking that he was going to take a dive, but he managed to stay on his two feet...
this little guy was on a pile of rocks at one of the workout stations... he had lots of little friends all around the rocks, but this is my favourite shot.
this is where it started getting really hard. well, okay maybe it was before this, but i was lagging... i figured it didn't matter if i went slowly, we'd all get to the same place eventually, and why kill myself over trying to keep up... besides, my legs are shorter!
almost there... this was actually harder to come down than it was to go up!
again, almost at the top, what a view. it was pretty hazy, we are still undecided on whether or not it's haze or pollution. Ulsan is the most polluted city in South Korea - Hyundai heavy industries is based there.
another nice view of Hogye-dong - the buildings in the middle of the shot in the back are the ones that we walked around the day before.
This port-o-potty look alike was sitting on the top of the mountain. no idea what it's there for, it's locked, so you can't get in, but there are magazines, and a spot to sit inside. very odd... i'm starting to think that there are a lot of really weird things in korea... well, if i had any doubt about it, i don't now.
a shot of the rice paddies we walked through to get to the mountain.
this is my favourite shot of the rice... see what i said about it glowing? it was gorgeous.
i mean, i just hiked up a mountain... it's not like i was rock climbing or anything... but i guess it's because i haven't climbed a mountain in a long long time... i used to do it all the time when i was a teenager... it wasn't easy (read-out of shape) but well worth it. i don't know the name of the mountain - there are so many in korea that they don't put them all on the map... if they did, it would be the only things on there! but i'll find out from kat and edit this post later... to the right is the first view of it that i saw... unless you count looking out kat's bathroom window! but before we got to the mountain we had to go through these rice paddies, which were beautiful. it was a gorgeous day, warm and sunny, with a nice breeze. the rice was almost glowing, and on our way back at the end of the day, it was.
this is the path through the rice fields.
a shot of some plant... i just like it, so here it is.
a korean scare crow.
the path through the woods up to the mountain.
some tombs at the base of the mountain... rich koreans pay a lot of money to have their burial mounds up in the mountains, and they were all over the one we climbed... more pictures of them on the way...
the bottom of the mountain was easy...
me and chris on one of the "work out machines" that was at the first work out station that we found up the mountain... these things are all over the place in korea... i saw one in front of a KFC in Cheongju... apparently climbing the mountain isn't enough though, you ahve to use these funny machines to get a good workout! this one is for your hips (i guess)and you just hold on and swivel your hips back and forth... it's nice for stretching your midsection, but i don't see how it's really exercise.
the giant hoolahoop at the station...
...and chris trying to use it! this was hilarious, i kept thinking that he was going to take a dive, but he managed to stay on his two feet...
this little guy was on a pile of rocks at one of the workout stations... he had lots of little friends all around the rocks, but this is my favourite shot.
this is where it started getting really hard. well, okay maybe it was before this, but i was lagging... i figured it didn't matter if i went slowly, we'd all get to the same place eventually, and why kill myself over trying to keep up... besides, my legs are shorter!
almost there... this was actually harder to come down than it was to go up!
again, almost at the top, what a view. it was pretty hazy, we are still undecided on whether or not it's haze or pollution. Ulsan is the most polluted city in South Korea - Hyundai heavy industries is based there.
another nice view of Hogye-dong - the buildings in the middle of the shot in the back are the ones that we walked around the day before.
This port-o-potty look alike was sitting on the top of the mountain. no idea what it's there for, it's locked, so you can't get in, but there are magazines, and a spot to sit inside. very odd... i'm starting to think that there are a lot of really weird things in korea... well, if i had any doubt about it, i don't now.
a shot of the rice paddies we walked through to get to the mountain.
this is my favourite shot of the rice... see what i said about it glowing? it was gorgeous.after climbing the mountain we went home and showered and changed and hit the town... next post - ilsan beach and the hunt for the westerner bar...
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