Hiking with Geoff

As I've talked about before, one of my favourite things to do in Korea in hiking. There are so many great mountains and the fact is that when you get out of the cities, Korea can actually be a very beautiful place. This time of year, with the tree leaves changing you can imagine a whole Asian mountain range that is a mix of green, brown and red. Stunning. With this in mind I set out Saturday morning with Geoff for a 10km hike near my place. It wasn't all that strenuous, unlike the grind I did at Geumosan, and allowed me to get some excercise, chat with a friend and enjoy the changing of the seasons. The unusual warm spell we've had also made it a shorts and t-shirt hike. sweet.

Afterwards we came out in this little farming community. Walking by rice terraces and in to a small town with some nice restaurants. We opted for a beer and a gimbap triangle at the convenience store, sat out on the patio and enjoyed our first beer in the mountains since Taroko in Taiwan. The best part about this store is that it's only about a 30-40 minute walk from my place, so I can make it a regular hangout.

After that we headed to a mart run by a Korean family that Geoff befriended when he lived in Sangin. The son is a friend of Geoff's and the parents offered us dinner. They were very generous with both teh food and the makkeoli and it was great to be involved in this little Korean family's life. Amazing how similar it is to western family life really (except we all sit on the floor).

Sunday was my day to do grocery shopping and relax. I have (stupidly) started a new traviana ccount so I played that a bit and read, watched a movie etc.

Now it's time for the work week grind........ d'oh