After going on a skiing trip where I didn't almost kill myself in Gangwon-Do, the most untouched of Korea's provinces, some friends and I took a drive to a nearby cave system.
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| Ooh pretty. |
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| Gangwon showing just a little bit of it's beauty. |
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| Stopped off to take some photos of the prettiness. |
A lot of attractions, festivals and even towns here in Korea have their own mascots. This cave system was not one to shy away from this and so adopted a friendly mountain wearing a fashionable rainbow sash, raindrop booties and possessing an ability to shoot stars out of his thumb (only the one) as their mascot.
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| Howdy! |
We also encountered the dramatic 'last toilet'. I don't know what happened to the rest of them. Actually, it's the last toilet before the hour or so you spend in the caves.
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| Post apocalyptic movie idea? |
Into the caves we went, and oh was it impressive. They had big light up staircases...
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| The fearless Andrew. |
big light up archways...
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| The part of the caves aimed towards kids. There was a museum of mining in another part. |
and even big light up walkways to observe the frankly massive cave we were in.
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| I said 'wow' a fair few times. |
These caves are also home to some frankly terrifying rocks. I touched it and it was wet but not as wet as you would expect (unless you are a rock expert in which case I expect you would know what to expect).
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| Looks... sloppy. |
Before we headed home, we stopped off at a restaurant in the middle of nowhere and I ate a hot stone pot bibimbap - rice and veg with hot sauce. Oh how I do like that crispy rice. Oh how I do.
Gamsahapnida for reading,
Gollum
