We got into Seoul only to find out we could not get tickets for 2 hours, so we went wandering and looked around a mall before heading to the beach. By the time we got to the town near the beach the weather was great. We went for lunch (mmmmm fried chicken). Then we hopped on the bus to our beach, Hagampo in Taean Seashore National Park. When we got there we took some pictures before finding a place to stay, dropped off our stuff and then took lots more pics.
These are the waves at one of the 2 beaches when we first arrived. Take a close look at the island it changes over time :)
Tide was so high when we first arrived that the waves were breaking over this sea wall and cars were having an interesting time.
These bamboo posts provided a tiny amount protection for the shoreline.
The sunflowers were very beautiful. We found them on the way to finding a motel. At lunch Jill and I had got a call from Anna, she was on her way so we needed a room for 3. The first place we went into had a room with enough yos (thin foutons) -- perfect. We dropped our stuff off and went back out for our own little photo session.
One of the first things we noticed as the bus arrived at the beach was the power plant. Nice to be out enjoying the country scenery :)
The beach was basically empty. I love September in Korea, the water is warm and no one is there. This was the beach as sunset was nearing.
Soon the sun started to set and it was beautiful.
Here is that island again at sunset -- it really was a majestic island.
Jill playing in the water at sunset.
When the sun had set it was pretty chilly so we went back to our room. And then we got a call from Anna. She had just arrived in Taean (the town nearby). It was 8:30 and there were no more buses. So we needed to get her a cab, but she is new to Korea, so I told her what to ask, and she reminded me that she would not understand the answer. So I told her to give her phone to the driver and I would talk to him -- knowing that that could be interesting. I asked him how much it was to get to the beach. He said 20,000 won, I asked for a discount-- he gave it to me for 18,000 -- so not bad. That made it cheaper for Anna to come out to the beach and stay with us, than to stay in the city and come out in the morning -- so she arrived 20 minutes later. We relaxed, talked, watched TV and then went to bed, as we wanted to get up for sunrise.
We did wake up at 5 for sunrise, but sadly there were too many clouds on the horizon, so there was not much to see. It was however interesting to see the tide so low. The clouds were also beautiful.
After the sunrise we went back to bed.
When we wokeup the second time we went out to have fun on the beach, and swim. I had decided that I was swimming this weekend no matter what, and the water was beautiful, but it was windy so when I go out of the water I needed to go inside quickly. Here are Jill and Anna as we headed down the beach.
When we got to the beach we realized we had slept until low tide, so that island, from the night before was now at the edge of the water line.
We were having a good time watching some little hermit crabs leave marks on the sand -- one left this one!
After swimming we headed to the other beach where there was a harbour. There we found all of these traps.
And these boats, aren't they great colours?
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