Summer Vacay 2007 wooo wooo!!

The past few days I haven't had to work b/c it's been our summer holiday. It also happens to have been filled with many emotions and experiences, lack of sleep and travel: The following are snippets and phrases. Enjoy...

-HAEUNDAE BEACHEY- (Korean's say beachey, not beach)
Charlotte (my former co-teacher and my closest Korean friend) and I decided to walk around the beach and have an Indian curry...there happened to be a Korean pop concert, which inevitably resulted in thousands of little girls screaming their guts out (or maybe their hearts) for whoever these pop stars were.

-GOODBYES IN SEOUL-
Goodbye to my dearest couple in Gimhae. Dave & Abbey have left for 6 months of travelling (luckies)...Will hopefully meet up again around "Vint Day" or at the cottage...:)

-DeMilitarizationZone-

Two North Korean soldiers stand militantly in a taekwondo ready position, armed in uniform and with sunglasses...this stance and attire is meant to intimidate their North Korean counterparts. If you look closely, or click the picture to make it larger, you can see a North Korean guard on the steps of the North Korean building in the background. Their is also another NK soldier in the window with binoculars keeping watch over the South Korean happenings..

A South Korean solider stands guard. Behind him is a door, which on the opposite side, 2 North Korean soldiers do the same

Inside a building in Panmunjeom at the DMZ. The line down the center of the table (marked by the guard, flag and mini speakers) is where the demarcation zone lies. Technically, the right of that line is North Korea and to the left is South Korea.

-SEOUL-

Scott & I went to check out Seoul Tower. After paying $7 for the cable car just to get to the base of the tower, and realizing there was 0 visibility in which to see the city, we decided not to pay more money to go to the top...another time...

A subway station in Seoul had this picture in it...I'm assuming it interprets, "don't burn people, it's not nice and it will make them cry". I agree, and therefore felt this little cartoon's pain.

-THE BEACHEY MID-DAY-

The busyness of Haeundae Beach (the largest and most popular in Korea) was overwhelming and exciting. The beach was covered with umbrellas and the shoreline was filled with yellow inner tubes and screaming Koreans. It's only water people....

Ajoomas (older women) riding on their tubes decked out in the usual garb including towels and visors on their heads....

Too much Korean for me.
Unfortunately this picture doesn't accurately capture the glistening shine of his tanning oil...












Overall a great summer vacation. Too bad it wasn't for a week...oh well, 9 more days until another holiday (Independence Day #2)....