A first ever? A Korea TR

[Sphinx15]

Well since I haven't been able to share any skiing stoke, I figured I'd post a TR about my recent travels to Korea - why Korea you ask? The short answer is I had the opportunity to do it on the cheap - Padded Room cause there's no skiing there this time of year.

We spent 2 days on the island Jeju - a big Korean honeymoon spot, complete with the massive language barrier you might expect on an island in south korea. We ran around and did everything touristy possible - a few shots:

The Group: Me,fiance,future bro in law's GF, him


Black Sand Beach


The only freshwater waterfall that ends in the ocean

old lava tubes that emptied into the water - view from the overlook


Buddhist Temple


After the two days we spent the remainder in Seoul:
The Ride



A little shopping - note the store name...


Elephant ride


City Building


Palace - one of a few found right in the middle of the city - acres of land with all original buildings completely restored



The first picture is from in front of Seoul Tower - the highest spot in Seoul and features a revolving restaurant at the top where we ate one night. View from hotel to Seoul Tower (way on the hill in the right of the pic):


View from Seoul Tower


Me taking some drunken BP at a random batting cage found on a side street near the bars one night


which is a great seaway to the best part of the trip - a professional Korean baseball game between Samsung and LG - the fans are crazy - you'd think it Sox/Yanks ALCS Game 7 - noise makers, sparklers, cheerleaders

The Fans with noismakers



The Fans with Sparklers


Their Leader


Cheerleaders


The Beer Man


6th Inning Stretch? They take it to heart - both teams went out for about 5 minutes to take a break from the game to run and stretch


Think we stick out in the crowd? Go Sox!



Overall an unreal trip - I'm glad I did it but probably will not make it back - If I do and it's winter, the first Korean skiing TR will follow shortly after.

[G. Gordon Liddy]

Sweet TR! How close are the ski resorts to Seoul?

[Brock Landers]

Drunken BP. Drunken Fucking BP. In Seoul.

That car > any Pontiac ever made.

[mrw]

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I'd like to see a chain of these in the USA

[Sphinx15]

Sweet TR! How close are the ski resorts to Seoul?

1 - 2 hours outside the city - there are 10 or so resorts - the climate in Korea is pretty wild - hot as anything in the summer but the temps turn real cold in the winter - if they get anywhere near as much precipitation as the few days they did when I was there the skiing should be pretty good.

Drunken BP. Drunken Fucking BP. In Seoul.

That car > any Pontiac ever made.

I knew you'd like that one - best random find of the trip
*Edit to add that it was a 1994 Daewoo Tico - they still make them over there by the way - sold under the GM name

[Tye 1on]

So the beer man has like a backpack keg setup? Now THAT has some potential