0835hrs
19th October 2012, Friday
HHI Office, Ulsan.
Right, so it’s been more than a week since I stated that I would post something in the next 2 days. I apologize. There are a lot of things I can blame for this tardiness – too much work, too much partying, too much alcohol, cold weather, too much cricket and most importantly Umang’s Nagin Dance (put me in shock for 3 days).
As promised the next few posts will be more visual than verbose. I haven’t had the time to process all the 1900 photos that I have taken so far in Korea. But I will share some of the best ones taken over the last one month.
There have been 4 weekends since my last detailed post. I will list down the highlights from those weekends here. Over the next few days I will most detailed posts/photos for each of those weekends too. Here is a small teaser of what you can expect:
Weekend # 1 (22-23rd Sept):
– Hair Cut debacle at Toni and Guy
– Visit to a local fish market
– Amethyst caves & lunch in a temple mess
– Finding the mysterious Paraeso waterfalls
– Hike Hike Hike in beach slippers
Weekend # 2 (28th – 2 October):
– Chuseok Long weekend trip to Seoul
– We almost miss our KTX train
– Overnight stay at a Jiljimbang (Korean Spa)
– Partying at night clubs near Hongik University
– Check in at Grand Hyatt
– Night City Bus Tour & Party at JJ’s@Hyatt
– Sightseeing Seoul’s palaces & hanok villages
– Amusement park – Lotte World
– Sightseeing Hooker and Homo Hill in Itaewon
– Myeongdong and Namdaemun Markets
Weekend #3 (6th– 7th October):
– Rented a car from Avis for road trip to Jinju Lantern Festival
– Stuck in Traffic Jam on highway
– Checked-in to a shady motel near Nam River (4 of us in one small room)
– Battled the crowd at the lantern festival
– Dinner: waffles, 2 crabs, one whole chicken, 15 bbq fish and soju
– Next morning drove to Haedong Yonggung temple (gorgeous place by the sea)
– Had lunch at Korean restaurant
– Drove back to Ulsan and dinner at Namaskar restaurant
Weekend #4 (12th – 13th October):
– Farewell party for some HHI friends on Friday night
– Tried all sorts of alcohol – beer,soju,whiskey, tequila, rum & more!
– Next morning – Slept well, but tummy wasn’t too happy about all that drinking
– Hangover- headed for HHI Autumn Festival for expats (yes! autumn has arrived)
– Hiking at Mt.Namsan – Gyeongju
– Visit to Gyeongju National Museum
– Dinner and entertainment at Hyundai Hotel Garden
– Extremely cold conditions – worsened by equally bad rock band performance
– Decent fireworks to close the night
1851 hrs
22nd October 2012, Monday
HHI Office, Ulsan
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