Life has been pretty full the last couple of weeks. We’ve
done lots of exploring, catching up with friends and a bit of wedding planning
too J
Last weekend we went for a nice drive around the island
and stopped off at Mundong Waterfall. The photo’s we’d seen of it looked really
pretty and well worth the hike. Of course when we went to visit the water was a
slow trickle and Adrian thought if we’d walked this far we might as well keep
exploring and see if there’s anything else worthwhile viewing while we were
there. Being the outdoorsy person that I am (ha!) I was super excited by his
suggestion, and even more so when he preceded to walk up a hidden trail that no
one else dared to go. We encountered mosquitoes, giant ants, flying black bugs,
crawling black bugs, dragonflys that seemed like they were aiming to knock you
out by the force they would fly into your head and lots of other scary noises
in the bushes! Adrian hiked on ahead and I did my best to keep up, not daring
to get left too far behind for fear of what else could be hiding in the bushes.
The walk back down the mountain was a struggle and I’m not sure if my legs were
shaking more from exhaustion or fear of all the bugs! J
This weekend our dare-devil spirits came out again and we
joined a group of Adrian’s workmates for an afternoon of white water rafting. I
was a bit nervous at first as the website promoting it said the rapids were
really fast – luckily it hadn’t rained in the weeks coming up to our visit and
the current was nice and cruisy. There were a few spots where I might’ve let
out a little squeal but overall it was a really fun experience and one I wouldn’t
mind doing again. The only worrying thing was that our guide only knew two
words of English – thank you and photo. Luckily we had a Korean colleague in
our raft and he spoke fluent English and could translate all the safety tips
and directions. 
That night some of Adrian’s friends came down from Ulsan
(3 hours away) and we all went out for dinner. It was really nice to catch up
with them and have a good chat about life over here as opposed to life back
home. It still astounds us how there is literally no crime over here at all and
every time we look a news website from home it appears all we see is violence –murders,
bashings, robbery so forth. Of course it’s not as developed as Australia but in
a way I think that just adds to its charm. The mentality over here is more
family orientated than about oneself like it is back home. Generally three
generations live under one roof – something I just couldn’t imagine happening
in Australia. As soon as you’re old enough you’re out of home and never return.
Here it’s nice to see that the elderly are not sitting at home alone and that
they’re surrounded by grandkids, it’s actually their ‘job’ (for want of a
better word) to look after the kids while the parents work. I might have a case
of rose-coloured glasses at the moment but I actually think that’s quite nice.
Chat soon xx
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