Gangwondo

I achieved my goal for the month - I am now able to solve a Rubik's cube. We had a lot of time on the bus since it was a holiday weekend. We played a game of Scrabble, Monopoly, and Spenser was able to teach me the final few steps in the Rubik's cube. This was the first one I solved, by accident, I admit, but I now can do it on my own. Don't get me wrong, it's no 5 seconds like the world record, but I can do it.

As for the trip, we arrived in Gangwondo in the afternoon, went to the beach for a little, saw mirror lake, ate some homemade tofu, saw the houses of the woman on the 50,000 won bill as well as her son's, who is on the 5,000 won bill, met Ellen's family (including Honey), went and got coffee with them, ate a delicious meal, ate a second delicious meal, came back and played some Wii and relaxed. On Sunday, we ate breakfast, went to another water side temple, and got to hang out on the beach for a bit. We had to come back for work on Monday while most other people had it off for Independence Day. All in all it was a fantastic weekend!

(First one, by accident, but still the first one)


(Sculpture at the beach)


(Myself, Katrina, Amy, and Spenser)


(Katrina at mirror lake)


(Katrina eating tofu)


(Jump shot for the trip)


(Black bamboo, my first time seeing it)


(More temple shots)


(A nice artsy shot by Katrina)


(Possible kim-chi pots, I'm not sure)


(Guy on the Korean 5 dollar bill - 5,000 won)


(Woman on the Korean 50 dollar bill - 50,000 won)


(Spenser hanging with honey and Katrina)


(Honey and Katrina)


(Me being a kid and trying ti fill up a broken squirt gun I found on the beach so I could squirt someone with it.)


(Fireworks on the beach at night)


(Myself, Katrina, and Honey)


(Touching the Fat Buddha at the waterside temple)


(Giant statues)


(Amy, Ellen, and myself)


(Sweet dragon motif on the side of the building)


(Hanging on the rocks)


(Katrina refreshing herself)


(If you look in the bottom right, you can barely see Katrina. Hopefully, that gives you an idea of just how large the statues are.)


(Katrina again)


(Sweet gold statue with 108 gold hands)


(Found some more of the Buddha action figures at this temple)


(A sweet cave like structure)


(Inside the main sanctuary of the cave)


(A wall shot)


(A ceiling shot in the cave)


(Last day, hanging on the beach, Ellen with her life jacket on)


(A shot of Spenser and I)