The Kimchi Chronicles

Danyang

Posted on 5/3/2010 at 10:04:48 PM

On Saturday, Myra, Albert, myself and some friends had planned to go hang gliding at some mysterious location somewhere in Korea. I didn’t plan the trip, so I had no idea what to expect or where we were going. Turns out this mysterious location was Danyang (단양군), a cute little province in the center(ish) of S.Korea near the Namhan River. After a 1.5 hour subway ride from Incheon to the edge of Seoul, and a 2.5 hour bus ride to Danyang (I had no clue it was that far, and my iPod died halfway there *sad face*), imagine my surprise when we arrived and the company that was supposed to take us hang gliding said they didn’t offer it. Seriously Korea, what the eff? If your tour site says something, follow through with it. Don’t break the sky floating dreams of bus weary weigooks. Way to drop the ball, yet again.

Annnywayys… since we had traveled a significant distance to Danyang, Albert and I decided to stay and explore a bit (Myra had to rush back to Seoul for a Tumblr meetup later on in the evening.) Fortunately there was the nifty Gosu cave in the area. If we couldn’t sore high in the sky, then spelunking deep in the bowels of earth was the second best option. I like how Korea makes exploring a cave much easier by adding metal stairs everywhere. Unfortunately, caves are wet and leaky, so the mixture of moisture + metal stairs + my vans wasn’t very good and I was trying really hard not to fall and break my face on a stalagmite. Overall, it was a neat experience, and I’m glad I got to see the cave. After resting up a bit, we took the bus back to Seoul and met up with Myra in Hongdae. Fun Saturday!

…and then, good bye!