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| East coast |
About a week ago, I went on the annual teacher’s trip. This year it was to the east coast and Mt. Seoraksan. I was quite excited as I have wanted to go to the east coast and Seoraksan for about two years. Plus, I was going with my friends and co-workers! :D
We left straight after all lessons were finished (around 3pm). My school is really big and filled up two coaches. The journey was quite long but it didn’t feel it as I was quite happy eating snacks (we get given a snack bag at the beginning of these trips).
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| Mt. Seoraksan |
We arrived at the East coast around 7 and after a small meeting we went to our rooms. There were five of us in a room but there were not enough blankets and when we requested more they just sent up summer sheets. Plus, the room was freezing!!! It took me 2-3 hours just to warm up and go to sleep. It was actually snowing that night.
The next morning was freezing! We had pictures on the beach of our school. Everyone was screaming, “Hurry! Hurry!”
Breakfast was great though. It was a hot fish soup. It was just what we needed to warm us up. We got on the coach (which was colder than outside…) and headed to Mt. Seoraksan.
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| Buddha |
The views I saw on this trip were the most beautiful I have seen in South Korea. In our hotel we had the beach one side and beautiful mountains behind us.
When we arrived at Mt. Seoraksan, I was surprised how busy it was considering how cold it was. I was also taken back at its beauty. It has now replaced Boseong green tea fields as my number one place in Korea.
We took a chairlift up Mt. Seoraksan because we only had 3-4 hours there. We had to wait to board it as there were so many people. It was beautiful at the top but to be honest, I prefer looking up at great mountains. After taking some photos we went straight down! Because as I mentioned before, it was freezing!!
Some of the teachers went to a café but a few of us went to see a temple. The temple itself was nice but similar to ones I have seen before. Though, the setting of the temple was beautiful.
To warm up we went to a gift shop which we found to serve free green tea.
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| Temple |
After lunch (which was served at a nice hotel which views of the mountains), we were supposed to go to a different temple. But, our plans changed. I heard some people complain that they were Catholics, so why would they want to go to temples. I don’t know if this was the reason or not.
We ended up going down a small valley. I am glad our plans changed as it was stunning. Like something from Lord of the Rings. We headed to a steam (was supposed to be a waterfall) which they called 5 taste. I never tried it as it was cold.
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| Mt. Seoraksan |
The journey home was uneventful except at one point our coach started going backwards down a mountain…….
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| Waterfall |
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| Seoraksan valley |
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| Buddha |
