let's take a walk

so i've told you before that i've started going for a walk on my lunch break. today i (finally) remembered my camera so we can take a walk together!

this is the wall below the playground when you leave my school. the kids aren't allowed to leave school grounds, but when a ball goes over the fence one of them has to run down here. there are always trucks parked here - i assume their drivers are eating lunch at one of the restaurants across the street. we turn left at the end of the wall.
these are the bottom steps of the climb up to gimhae college. you'll get a better view of that soon.
this is the school (fourth floor) from up the steps. i caught a kid climbing on the fence here last week... looked like he was going to jump the four storeys down to the field. but i made him go back to school...
when we get to the top we turn right towards the college. it amazes me that they have any students! with a hike up like this... the nearest bus stop is still an eight minute walk from school... all uphill... where the two roads join, if you look to the right:
there is this really nifty area with rocks. there's a river down there, i can't wait to see it in the rainy season! right now there isn't much more than a trickle. these formations are all over the place. i guess to keep the water in check and not flood everyone's houses... even though basements don't exist here.
a little further up above the rocks, we have some pretty trees. the leaves are still all growing, this place will be gorgeous in a week or two.nah, don't go up there, it's just another building... keep going to the right and we can see some nature!
walk down this path for a bit, but don't go too far... it's a dead end. but there are some pretty flowers. and though you can still hear the screaming kids (even this far away...voices carry in a valley...) it's rather peaceful. at the end of the path, turn back and we'll come upon another of those rocky areas...
kind of pretty isn't it? the water is really dirty... and i sometimes wonder if isn't sewage... at least it doesn't smell bad.
this is the lower part of the rocky area - across the water... you can walk across a strip of cement and climb up the rocks. keep going and turn back onto the road.
just before we hit the first rocky area, we turn left down this path. looks like a path to nowhere again, doesn't it?
well, it isn't. it leads to some stone steps that take us down here. walk along the path to the end and turn right.
then it's down the stairs (hard on the knees - they're pretty steep) and back to school!
and when we get there we have our regular welcoming party "teacher! teacher! hello!!" these girls meet me everyday and we chat for a bit.
they always cover their faces... it's supposed to be so that their faces look smaller... ya... ok... anyway, they're sweet if a bit loud... they try.

hope you liked the walk. it takes me about twenty minutes... probably just about how long it took you! see you next time! on thursday i'll post the walk i take at school two... there's less nature, but a very interesting neighbourhood.