Beach Day

Today was a free day, so Annie, Sarah, and I decided to go to a Korean beach! We agreed it was probably the first time we intentionally went anywhere that wasn't in a guide book. None of us speak Korean, and the bus we took from Chuncheon to Gangneung City dropped us off in the middle of a small city with no beach in sight. But somehow we asked a Korean woman selling stuff and she directed us to the right bus, and eventually when everyone got off the bus at the final stop it was the beach! The beach was 3 hours away but well worth it.

Some beach sights:

1. People buried in the sand to avoid the sun.


2. Come on beer! men with mini kegs on their back. People went around selling lots of other food like pizza and popingsu, taking beach bum to a whole new level.

3. Just being at the beach!

4. There was some sort of festival happening. There was great dance music blasting all day, some free product giveaways (I got free packets of olive oil after playing a dart game to see which kind of olive oil I would win!), and pretty Korean girls with bunny ears. I think if we stayed later we would have been able to see a concert, but we decided to get back since we had no idea about bus schedules.

5. Sarah, me, Annie