Sunday, August 10, 2008

The real Korea

My vacation officially started Saturday. I didn't waste any time, our bus for the rafting trip left at 3:30 AM. The river is in a town called Inje in NE Korea. It was really nice to get out of the city, Korea really is beautiful if you have the time to venture outside of the big cities. We started with a little ATV riding, Korea style. This means you ride in a single file line with 20 other people on the same trail, putting along at 5 mph.

After that Dave and I did some light skinny-dipping and then it was time to head rafting. Rafting in Korea isn't quite like the Deschutes in Oregon. For one, every boat has a guide. This is understandable since I'm pretty sure a majority of Koreans don't know how to swim, but ridiculous since the rapids really aren't that big. Regardless we still managed to hit a rock in the middle of some rapids and dump our entire raft crew overboard. That was definitely the best part of rafting. There were people, oars, and flip flops floating everywhere! We finally found our crew and got moving again. Then it started pouring down rain. Huge drops, monsoon style. I might have been dryer if I got in the water it was raining so hard. It was still really warm out which made for a really cool experience. Floating down a river in a lush, green valley surrounded by raindrops is a pretty sweet place to be. It rained for the remainder and really made the rafting 5 times better. Here are some pictures of nature and bearded Tony in a homo shirt.





4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a blast! Hope all is well. By the way Jerret and I found out we are expecting...but not until April!. Just thought you might like to know :) Miss ya!

warped said...

I like the beard!! Gives you that mature, masculine edge, instead of your sweet baby face :) Leaving for Portland Sunday to take M to school. She's getting nervous. After some interesting gyrations she has ended up with a roommate who was an exchange student from VietNam last year and decided to stay for college. She seems outgoing and friendly, and is really excited to hear about Alaska. They have a few things in common and Meredith said the best is that she likes to stay up late! gotta go, still buried in costumes for Cinderella but my shackles get cut tomorrow. Love you Auntie G trip sounded fabulous!!

Anonymous said...

Hey Tony, Joe has a beard growing right now as well. He just hasn't had the time to shave. As of now, he is residing in the recliner with a broken arm. It was his first baseball game back since his broken leg. He was throwing the ball to first, and the torque of the throw just broke the humerus bone in half. I heard that some of the olympians were hanging out in Korea, to get away from the smog. Have you ran into any of them? It looks like you are having a blast. Love the blog and the pictures.
Love Aunt Ruth

Unknown said...

No olympians, but we have plenty of smog in the cities here too. They must have gone up north.