Adventures with my sister

Okay, seeing that my sister has already put her post on her blog about our vacation trip together, I feel rather obligated to follow in her footsteps and do the same as quickly as possible in fear of never getting around to it until August rolls around. So here it goes...please, try and contain your excitement :)

Mine doesn't contain the interesting facts about the Silla Dynasty like my sisters, so my apologies. Feel free to check hers out though and pick up all the fun facts about Korea that I am leaving out... :)

**This picture above was taken in a traditional village on Jejudo island. In regards to the sign, I really shouldn't be near this gate any time soon...yup :) hmmm..**

So, I finally took my vacation (of which I haven't had since I landed on this country 9 months ago) and took a week off of school to go and travel with my oni (meaning older sister in korean). So we started in the great city of Incheon and headed down south to Gyeongju! It is one of my favorite cities in Korea i have to say...a lot of history, temples, palaces, tombs, flowers, etc...great place and easy to get around...well, sometimes. Anyways, we stayed there for a couple days and then headed further south to Busan/Pusan....We really didn't do too much there. Just chilled for a short time and then flew to Jejudo. yup...the semi-tropical island...not quite like the Thailand scenery I was hoping for, but beggers can't be choosers. I'll take what I can get.

**the Picture below is me on a seesaw that you stand on, not sit. I don't really understand my facial expression, so interpret it how you see fit**

We were able to see a decent amount of the island and were even able to hike the volcano in the middle of the island, only to arrive at the top and not be able to see anything due to the heavy fog and the great rainy season that it currently is. ahh..the joys of Asia.

The pic to the right is a typical scene on our adventures in Korea this past week. The lonely planet got us through a lot...

We ended our week though in Chuncheon where there was a Taekwondo Championship! YAY!! It was quite exciting I have to say. I have definitely missed it this past week and was ready to jump into the swing of things again. There was a ton of sparring going on, along with some gymnastics and taekwondo dancing...gotta love it :) Seeing the women fight and not being one of them kind of made me sad, but maybe someday soon I'll be out there throwin' some kicks and doin all that jazz :)

Okay so I realize this is getting rather lengthy again so I'll bust outta here. My sista is chillin here for another week which will be good; checkin out Seoul of Asia :) Time is flying as usual and it's crazy to think I'm out of here in a couple months. Ahh!!!