Another Trek up Apsan

On Saturday I got up with the intention of meeting Geoff at Sondangmot st. to grab a cab to Apsan for a hike. We had planned t meet at 1030 but a problem with his heater meant that he could leave his place before 11. Being as I had an hour to kill I decided to explore the area around Seobu bus station. It's actually a nice area though there is a sizeable red light district only 20 minutes away on foot (near a bus terminal, who'd have guessed?) but the other parts were very nice and a managed to snap a few pics.

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the main street

Woobang tower from the main road

a motel next to a church. Sums up the whole

neighbourhood really

just thought this alley was cool.

Anyway, when Geoff got there we hopped in a cab and $4 later were at Apsan. We did the same trail we had previously done two years ago when Geoff first got here (almost to the weekend and terrifying that it was so long ago). It was a beautiful, clear 28 degree day. Two years ago it was a slog, this time around it wasn't that bad at all. Korea has been good for our physical health. On the way up we actually spotted a bit of Korean wildlife in the form of birds and a frog.

A frog just hanging out

After an hour we made it to the top and stopped for a meal at a little restaurant up there. The owners were very friendly and the food was good. After a refuel we went up to sit and enjoy the sun and view and digest our lunch

we had this to our left

and this out front

We then headed down towards the ridge that would take us out to Sangin. However we took a wrong turn somewhere and wound up almost scaling rocks before we decided to turn around. We made it back to a path which took us close to where we wanted to go, we followed it until we came across this viewpoint.

Geoff

me

we wanted to be to the far right of this pic where the city hits the 

mountain, but wound up in southern Daegok, about

40 minutes from Sangin.

We trekked down to Daegok and popped out near the Wolgwang waterpark, an artificial lake with a park, restaurants and a convenience store. We grabbed food and a beer and rested, as we had ended up doing almost two extra hours with wrong turns and detours. I then went home to shower. I had planned to meet Mike and Kris for dinner but managed to fall asleep around 930. 

A solid day, but one that has my knees feeling it today.