Wednesday, 3 December 2014

To Gangwon-DO we GO!

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.


Ooh pretty.
Gangwon showing just a little bit of it's beauty.

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.

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.

Post apocalyptic movie idea?

Into the caves we went, and oh was it impressive. They had big light up staircases...


The fearless Andrew.


big light up archways...

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.

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).

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



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