I'm writing this update sitting in the Crow's Nest after a short day in this island port city of South Korea. We took a bus tour up to Seongsan Iichukbong Tuff Cone, or Sunrise Peak. It's about an hour's drive from the port and is a Unesco World Heritage site. This former volcano is now a huge tourist location where they climb some 800 stairs to the summit with its scenic views and bragging rights to be photographed beside the summit sign (yes, my wife and I have those rights!). On our way back to the port we stopped at the Seongeup Folk Village where we had the opportunity to walk around and see restored buildings from the 1400's. What I found interesting is the way that they tie down their thatched roofs. Esssntially there is a cargo net type affair draped over the roof and tied down at the eaves.
We were back at the port by 1pm and had a chance to enjoy lunch in the port. For me it was Ramen soup, while my wife had fish cake soup. The kimchi was pretty spicy, and it was a nice addition to the soup.
It's a very long walk back (at least 1/2 a mile) in this port to the ship using escalators, moving walkways, stairs, hallways, tubular walkways, the pier, and a gangplank. We are berthed near The World, a luxury condominium ship with condos ranging in price from $1,000,000 to $7,000,000 PLUS monthly dues and assessments. We've berthed next to it in several ports over the years and have looked in some of the units and they are certainly luxurious.
We departed at 3:30pm in sunny skies after executing a 180° clockwise turn. Happy hour team trivia was interesting and hard as ever.
After a dinner by ourselves as our granddaughter had other plans, we watched both performances of the variety show featuring Frank King (comedian) and Glenn Starr (50's & 60's singer) plus the Indonesian Crew members show.
Tomorrow we're visiting the DMZ which I've been looking forward to. Stay tuned!
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