Our first hike up Mt. Yudalsan...in the city of Mokpo

Like little kittens, Ellen and I are starting to stray a little further from home....little by little. Yesterday we went to the OTHER side of the city. Here is a map of Mokpo and it also shows our schools, where we live and where this hike took place:

CITY OF MOKPO

Found a way to get the picture bigger and also widened the blog so you can see these pics without losing too much detail. All good.

Ellen's school is at the top right. A little out of town down a country road. My school is on the right, which is a new area that is still under development. We live in what they consider a newer part of town, but don't let that fool you...there is still a few years on it. I'll tell you when I know. Relatively speaking though, everything is really close and accessible. We hiked Mt. Yudalsan which had a few stops along the way. Street level, before our assent, here is Ellen:
At the base of the hike, there was a nice Information centre that gave us paper copies of the map you see above. Nice to help visualize the city. Then our hike started. You want lush and manicured gardens, we were surrounded by them and everything was super clean.

We had some stops along the way at some temple like shelters. Here are a couple of those:

Funny thing is that along the way, there were many other people hiking with us including a group of 6-7 older men. I caught the guy 3 times videotaping Ellen walking instead of the sights....guess he had his eyes on the sights alright. They also took many pictures with Ellen in the background...good to be the visible Western minority! By the way...no ladies were taking pictures of me....haha! Haft way up our treck to 320m or so.....Ellen taking a little break with a really nice shot to the city. Clear day actually. We have not really seen extremely bad smog so far.

Then the peak of the mountain....hill...ok mountain...we'd achieved the goal.

Another view of the city without our faces in it. Break time before heading back.

Those were our adventures yesterday. Today is low key for us. Likely rent a movie or something. Bye for now!!