It's Naked Time

You know, I always get naked on holidays and put photos up..

Well here is a side on view of full frontal

Hey Rachel and Rob, this is the correct pose, not next to it....

Quick Note

Well I have just got back from the East Sea (sea of Japan) and the mountains around there, and tomorrow I head south to a couple of places, I don't have their names here, nor do I have much time to blog right now.

See you in a few days. I have managed to add a couple of photos, but I will upload the rest when I return.

I will say this, the overnight, and long distance buses come in to kinds.

Normal - Express, your average greyhound style bus.
Excellent - A bus with more leg room, and seats the recline more, and costs more (well about 1/4 the price more) Well worth the extra if you have long legs.....

And yes, these drive really fast, and don't stop for red lights, and overtake ambulances with their lights on. Actually everyone overtakes ambulances, and police, and they(police and ambulance) don't seem to drive fast, nor drive around traffic, they too are stuck in traffic (would hate to need one of them).

hmmmm

Hey Ronny, is this more of the kind of photos you want to see ?

Everland - Korea Disneyland

Well it was a tough decision as to which of the two top theme parks I would go to. There is Lotte World, a place that has had one serious accident per week, or so it would seem according to the TV. Or, Everland, the place that seems to have stayed out of the news, and not had any serious accidents for as long as most can remember. Though riding the rides, I am not sure why they haven't.

I have never felt sick on a ride before, but when the saftey bar clamp level is set for a 5yo korean child, you can imagine how much it was depressing my insides (lucky for me I am tall, or I am sure it would have broken a rib). Despite my attempts to trick the machine by resisting the bar with my abs, and arms..... It won, and I felt like I had been punched in the stomach for the rest of the day.

Despite that, I did have fun on the rides, especially the ones that threw you around, on account, that the coaster didn't quite touch the track for the entire ride....

As usual, a couple of photos.

Seodaemun Prison

Seodaemun Prison details the things that the Japanese did to the Koreans, during their 36 years occupation.

Looking round, I couldn't help but think of how much of a propaganda machine was at work here.

The Japanese were bad to the Korean, chinese and others, but where they any worse than any others throughout history.

Books and Prices

I wandered into a book shop yesterday, Korea has many cheap things, and many expensive things. For example, a book on learning Korean is about 20-30 AUD. The same book on Amazon.com is about 30-40 USD (plus delivery) and the same book in a language bookshop in Melbourne is about 80 AUD.

Other things such as electronics, if they are made here, they are much cheaper. Such as LCD TV's are about 1000AUD cheaper, for the big ones.

Food is about the same, a KFC meal for example is about 5 AUD (give or take a couple of bucks depending on the options). Oh and KFC chips really suck here, they are not as nice as te ones in Aus.

Going out to eat can be expensive, or cheap, depending where you go, but in general, it feels a little more expensive than melbourne.

Picture For Ronny

Well, my naked picture in Japan, really made Ronny happy, to this day he still thinks of that picture and gets a little too excited. So in keeping with tradition, here is one for Ronny.

Love Land

On Jeju island there is an adult themed fun park. As the sign says, toys for adults.

Walking The Streets

Just wandering around seoul

New Years Bell - bosingak bell

Each year, this bell goes off to signal the new year.

Seoul Polution

Seoul has two faces to it. The clean, after a storm/typhoon, and then every other day.

You can see Seoul tower.

Clear	Polluted

And here you can see the river

Clear	Polluted

Like A Child

It has been a while since I was excited enough to take a picture out of the planes window. In the age of throw away photos (aka digital photos) I decided to take some photos out the window.

Jasangjeollidae

This is an impressive coastal view, the photos do not really do it justice.

Oedolgae

There is a couple of stories about this rock, about a woman waiting for her fisherman husband to return from a storm, he never returned, and she turned into a rock.

Jeongbang Waterfall

A little waterfall that flows into the ocean, a quick stop on the way around the island. Unfortunately it was raining.

Japanese Boat Caves

Throughout Jeju there are many caves that the Japanese made to hide their boats.

Windpower

All over the island, there are many wind farms, providing power to Jeju island.

They make a cool noise, a deep swoosh noise.

Manjanggul - Lava Cave

As Jeju is a volcanic island, there are many such lava caves, with an outside temperature of 32, the cave was a welcome change at 9c.

It is an interesting cave to walk through, as it is no like the limestone caves of aus..

Sangbumburi Crater

This is one of the many Volcanic craters scattered all over the island. It, like many places on Jeju has wonderful views of the surrounding area.

Seongsan Ilchulbong [Sunrise Peak]

Sunrise peak is a mountain, well a hill that one should climb before sunrise, and see the sunrise. If you go during the day, you get a beautiful view Jeju. As you can see below.

Sun Dried Squid

By The side of the road all over Jeju are these ropes containing Squid like things, drying in the sun. The best way to describe the taste is cat food, Whiskers Fishy cat food. Those of you, who have a cat, and know that smell, well that is what it smells and tastes like.

Jeju Do

Well I have just arrived back in Seoul from a trip to Jeju. Jeju is an island in the south of south Korea. It was known as Honeymoon Island, as that is where koreans of old went for their honeymoon. These days they go elsewhere, but it is a nice island to visit and many places to go.

The Han River - Yeouido

About 3 mins walk from where I am staying in Yeouido is the han river, many people flock here on a hot night, to sit by the river and drink beer. The views across the river are quite nice. Especially on a warm clear night.

myeong-dong - Shopping Streets

This is the place where all the young koreans go to shop, and window shop.

Seoul Tower

Here are a couple of photos of Seoul Tower.

1) While I was walking around the streets.

2) From the banks of the han river, near where I am staying.

3) Same place, but at night.

Dogs For Sale

When you walk around the streets of Seoul, quite often you see people selling dogs. This is what a dog selling stand looks like.

The Outback Steak House - Part 2

Well after going inside.... To see people kind of dressed like Steve Irwin, I must admit it was such a dissapointment.

Tacky fake aborigional art was everywhere.. I am sure there is a law against that.

The steak, is the McDonalds Hamburger of steaks... So dissapointing.

So after complaining to the manager, that the australian flag was wrong, it all made sence.

"The Outback Steak House - Americas Number One Steakhouse" Bloody Americans.

But that does not stop all koreans thinking that this is true Australian Food.....