Wando, South Korea

The Beach!!

A real Beach.  :-)

We miss the beaches in Florida and we have found that the East coast of Korea replicates these nicely.  Although, the temperature of the water less so; it's cold!!

After Joseph and I hiked Daedunsan mountain on Wednesday, we took the KTX train south to Gwangju to visit Kate.  We stayted the night at her amazing apartment--the bathroom alone was worth the trip! Then, early the next morning we awoke and hoofed it to the bus station to hop a bus 2 hours south to Wando.


Wando.  A slow city/town and quite out of the way of everything.  An island connected to a few other islands by either bridges or ferry. 

Kate, Joseph, and I stayed on the island of Sinji and enjoyed doing nothing.  Just laying on the beach and relaxing.

As soon as we arrived at the island, Sinji, we got a room to drop our stuff.  Hotels/hostels in Korea come in two varieties:  Korean and Western.  We opted for Korean style this go around because there were three of us and the price was cheaper.

Korean style hotel means you sleep on the floor.  Not bad as there are usually thick mats to sleep on and it is
actually quite comfortable.  Not this go around.  We literally slept on the floor.  Not bad, but not likely to be repeated in the future.

Sinji Island

our motel right next to the beach

Wando Tower on the main island

view from Wando Tower and all of the steps leading back down the mtn.

Wando

 

Sinji Island--the beach where we stayed

wandering around Wando

 

bus terminal

hotel room had 3 rooms: main, bath, kitchen/balcony

view walking down from Wando Tower

We enjoyed our stay and cannot wait to go on our next trip.