Last AK trip

Over the last 2 years part of the reason I have had such a great time in Korea has been Adventure Korea. I have been on at least 20 trips over the 2 years, and every time I have had a blast. So in preparing to leave I planned a final AK trip -- the first ski weekend of the year.
Surprisingly enough I didn't know anyone (at least not well -- there were a few people I recognized), but that has never bothered me before, nor did it this time. I met people as we were all standing around getting our rental equipment. Spent the early part of the afternoon showing a girl who is going to Whistler in Feb the basics of skiing (as she has never been on skis in her life). Then I headed off to some harder slopes. The snow was crappy, and the lines were huge -- but hey this is Korea, at least I was skiing. Note the crowds in the picture are about half the size of the afternoon crowds (this was taken Sunday morning) Then they shut down from 4:30 to 6:30 to re-groom the slopes, so it was time to check into the hotel. (It was the nicest hotel I have ever been in on an AK trip).
Also it was a good time for dinner. I went out with all the people who had night passes, as we all wanted to eat fairly quickly and then get back on the hills. We crossed the street from the resort and found a samgyupsal place (basically bacon) It is tasty but not too healthy :) However, I had not had it in almost a year, so it was a nice change.

Then back to the slopes. They were soooo much nicer; fewer people; it wasn't snowing; and the snow had dried out, yea! I was a very happy camper!
After skiing I met up with Seokjin, the guy who runs the trips, and went with him, the one staff member on the trip, and the bus driver, out for beer and more Samgyupsal :) non for a year then twice in one night! With the samgyupsal we cooked some kimchi on the grill -- I love kimchi now -- but cooked in samgyupsal grease it is excellent! We reminisced about past trips and had a great beginning to the night.

After dinner (the second time round) there was a room party, then a hall party. So the next morning I was happy to not have a ski pass. I got up late, headed to the sauna and just relaxed. After the sauna I went out and got a few pics.
After the 5 hour drive back to Seoul (I hate Seoul traffic on Sundays -- it only took 3 to get to the slopes) I had to say bye. Which by now I am pretty good at, but it is still sad.


After getting back into Seoul I went to Xuen's house for dinner (seeing as I had never been to her place before finding it was a bit of an adventure in itself) -- fun times.