Last weekends

Steve's last weekend in Geochang, and Chris' birthday party!!! All the westerns were out in full force to celebrate and to also see Steve off. We hit some of our haunts, like J&B, Chingu ya and a karaoke room.

Sonny and I.

The happy couple.

See Sonny really is sunny.

Steve being himself.........apparently I like dorks *shakes head*

Sally, Sonny and Micheal.

Martyn and Steve 1......yes he was in Geochang first.

Double trouble.......the Brit boys seem a bit too happy....

Jack and Megan.

Chris the birthday boy and ME!!

At Chingu ya's considering what to order with our bamboo soju (soooooooo good!)

It's served in bamboo and tastes like apple juice unsweetened.....deadly.

Breaking into the singing room!! If you want to see a video of this night look on youtube....I believe it's under Geochang singing so something similar.

Phil and Micheal breaking it down.

What one of these rooms looks like.

The boys getting into the spirit of things.



Micheal pounding out a beat.

Must be a Bowie song....

These guys do a fantastic Kylie.....


Phil Vogue'n it.......

The night ended with Kara talking (or gesturing) some Korean Store clerk into letting her try on his uniform.

Susundae

This was our last "day off for some reason or another" so we decided to go to Susundae for a BBQ and a wee bit of sun. This was right after my wondrous meeting with the ground once more so in a few pictures Steve had to get me with my crutches....which by the way look like fun but after the first day it hurts so much you can't even gimp walk properly!!

Sonny, Martyn and I preparing the food. Where's Steve you might have wondered.......no where near the food until it's done as is his regular thing I'm finding out!!

We found a spot right near the bridge and set ourselves up. It was a beautiful day with hardly a cloud in the sky....perfect.

Susundae is an area which boasts a beautiful natural area, and also is home to the International Geochang Festival of Theatre.


Me soaking my fragile ankle.

Sonny and Martyn striking a pose.

And Steve doing the same.

I couldn't find a grip so Steve was leading me.....well his whole body to make sure I didn't slip.


Sonny didn't want to get wet......it didn't matter.......

We fought back......

Sonny and I Koreaning it out in this photo ( I mean with the peace signs.........every Korean person does this.....I'm not even exaggerating!!!)

Steve decided to pick me up and dunk me.......then he underestimated my ability to get even...... yes even in my crippled state he went down.

A Buddhist temple tucked away from the crowd.

They have these water fountains in tourist places. Yes we've drank from them and yes we have considered that the water was poisoned........which is why we always wait until a Korean has drank from it first.....

My photo that proves that crutches were a part of my life.

This actually proves that Steve doesn't look good in women's clothing.......I owe you 20 Travis.

One of the outdoor theatres.

A big ole turtle.........

I liked this turtle the best.

The river smoothed over these rocks, in the rainy season you can actually see water near here.



Big rock, a lot of Chinese writing on it........all over it.

Steve trying to break his neck.

Pohang

Welcome to Pohang and our adventures here. Pohang is on the east coast of Korean. We haven't seen water in a long time!

This is Tomas the Turtle. Steve's got a thing for alliteration.

Just so you know where you are....

See a shape....and COPY!

In Korea you can buy drinks, including alcohol outside and proceed to drink it out side as well. Which we did on a very large hill with a view out into the harbour.

He beat me at pool...... this is the face he gets..

Welcome to a cheesy love motel in Korea. Behind me is a beautiful picture made even better by the black lights above me. Say CHEESE fest.

This is what we woke up to the following morning. Note to self.....never get a hotel outside a place that may in fact be the starting/finishing line of a marathon.

Chris and I duking it out in front of a compound that promotes non violence.

Guardian of the temple.

With his buddy....

Chris' Superman Pose

Bored and fancy free. To many temples that look to much alike.

Here's when some of the magic happens. We are cresting a mountain to get to the many waterfalls in this provincial park.
The path ways were well developed up until this point, after this it's all trail.

I think we just like to beat up Chris.........

He's not stranded
This is the face Chris makes when you go "hey Chris" and flick water at him.....lol

A very nice walk!!

He's not really kicking him off a high, sharp drop off that would land him in a pile of dull and sharp edged rocks.....

The first waterfall we see.

A path to get over.....

to this spot where shoes are taken off, and curses said due to sharp SHARP rocks.

Feels so nice to bath your feet in the water.

I never actually made my way up there. I fully intended to.....but then I fell and twisted my ankle so badly that Steve carried me/supported me limping back about 1.5ish km before the firemen found us. Chris was a wonderful pack horse who took all the bags while singing to keep me occupied. Steve and Chris do a wonderful duet. You should hear Chris rap.

In many of these places there are rocks that bare Chinese writing, like the one behind me. The Koreans didn't have their own writing system until about 500 years ago.

The pictures end here, we only got to see three out of the seven due to my accident. On the other hand we got a free ambulance ride to the bus station, water and a power bar........I try to look on the bright side....