Some teachers here recommended that we climb the mountain behind our school before we leave- they said the view is "not to be missed" ! Well, they were right! Sunday we finally decided to do it, as it was a really nice day. Please note that I was wearing shorts on November 5th!! So we grabbed a bottle of water and a Twix bar and we were off. As soon as we entered the trail we met up with an old man that spoke a little english. He became our unofficial tour guide and led us most of the way up.
The trail was pretty ancient. There were a few rocks used as steps and some random rope to hold onto. There were points where we had to climb up rock faces, and we were pushing ourselves to keep up with this 60+ year old man! Actually most of the hikers were old- we were definitely impressed! Good for them!
It took about an hour and a half to get to the top. Along the way there were random water stations where water streamed out of a rock for your drinking use. There were also random weight benches and excercise equipment as well as badminton courts- halfway up a mountain!
Our tour guide friend left us just before the top, where we rested for a while. The view was awesome and hard to capture in a photo. You could see the whole city and even all the way to the water. The skyscrapers looked pretty small from that height. We enjoyed our Twix and then headed back down... the wrong way!
I don't know how we managed to get turned around the wrong way but we did. We found a hula hoop station on the way down though.
We came out in the next town over from Suyu, Mia, with only 3,000 won on us! We were going hiking so we didn't think we'd need money. Plus we were exhausted and did not feel like walking home! In Mia we managed to find a bus back to Suyu and then took another bus back from Suyu to our school. We were so hungry that we treated ourselves to a buffet. It was awesome! We'd wanted to check it out, as it's near our school, but never got the chance. They had every food, drink and dessert imaginable. Is this what they call a happy ending?
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