another post!

Today Yi Sul, Mattias and I went to Jindo Island. We left at 10am after breakfast and were driven by Mr. Kim who is one of the adults in the .. community for lack of a better word. There are a group of adults who all go to the center I work at almost every day. He helps to cook the meals there, and other stuff like that. He also has an absolutely adorable little daughter named Chey-Ui who is 3 years old. Her mother died a couple years ago of stomach cancer. But yeah Mr. Kim, Chey and the three of us went to Jindo Island. First we went to this place with the most amazing view. It was really high up and had a great view of the area. Then we went to this little town on the island which was the home of a famous painter. Yi Sul, Mattias and I walked around a little bit and saw some of the paintings that were there. Then we all met back up a bit later and went to the bigger town of Jindo (the name of the main town is also the name of the island) and had lunch where we all had bi-bim bap! It was REALLLY spicey.

After lunch we were driven to a few more areas with some great views, followed by this one place on the island where once a year the sea parts... and this strip of land appears to one of the islands. The Koreans call it the miracle of the sea. There was a whole legend around it. But yeah it happens every year in May SOOOO if it happens before I leave we are going to go! Well I took some pictures of what it looks like when its just all water. I'm really looking forward to seeing it part! Apparently its a HUGE tourist attraction when it happens. oh no! i just went online to try to find more information on this event to better explain it on the blog, and it looks like it actually happens twice a year, once in february and once in june? if so looks like i wont be able to see it :( Here is a link about it though. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264282

I have been taking a lot of great photos, but unfortunately i left the cable to read the camera card at home..but next weekend im gonna go to seoul and buy another one so that ill be able to upload photos. i dont wanna wait 3 months until i can show everyone pictures!

-me