Today is the day. It is the day for trees, plants, and nature. It is the day for sand and sea. It is the day I can finally say that I have set foot in, walked, and hiked in all of the 22 national parks of Korea. Today, my hiking passport challenge is complete. I …
Continue reading Tree of Love, Chollipo Arboretum, and my last stamp – Taeanhaean National Park
This weekend marks the last of my mountain hiking in Korea. I have to admit, this fact didn’t really impress itself upon me while I was doing the actual hiking and climbing, but sitting here now I can look back and realise that this is in fact the case. After completing my two challenges in …
Continue reading My final mountain steps – Gyeryongsan and Songnisan National Parks
Today my head almost exploded from excitement. No lie. The cause of my excitement? If you recognise these pictures, not only are you obviously a superior person already because you are a kdrama watcher, but you also have excellent taste in your kdrama choices. For the uninitiated, these are iconic shots from Mr Sunshine, an …
I am having a new living experience right now. For the first time in my travels, I am staying in an apartment block! Yes, I am in an actual apartment. As I’ve seen in so many dramas. And now I really feel like I am ‘living’ in Korea. It’s somehow ridiculously exciting to me. And …
Continue reading Sights around Buan – Celadon Museum, Cine Park, and Byeonsanbando National Park
This is how I feel about my life right now… All kinds of special and happy, right? I am back into full on hiking mode, though whether it is the most sensible of things to do we are yet to discover, for I am also in full pain mode right now with both my knees …
Continue reading A bridge in the clouds, a bamboo forest, and a bloomin’ steep hike
And just like that, I am entering into the final phase of my Korean road trip. I have exactly 19 days until my trusty Honda and I must part, and still a whole half of the country to explore – let’s get to it! While part of me is a little bereft leaving Namhae behind, …
Continue reading Mudeungsan National Park – yay! Gwangju – nay!
Today marks the last of my travels here on Namhae Island. I will truly be sad to leave here, it really has been the highlight of my trip for me so far and I think will remain so. This will always be my happy place in Korea. And as if wanting to send me …
Right now, it seems that although I like to think I have turned into a person who just ‘goes with the flow’, I really can’t fully take off my planning hat no matter how hard I try, and to be honest I don’t really need or want to. If I had to name one skill …
Today I was happy. From start to finish. I think there are limited days where we get to make a statement like that, but for me, today was one of them. And honestly, there wasn’t anything extravagant that happened. It was just one of those days when everything I wanted to happen, happened. Where everything …
I wake today with a mix of contrasting feelings that shouldn’t really go together, but somehow balance each other out; a sense of excitement and anticipation combined with an overarching sereneness that I’m not sure I’ve ever previously experienced. I just feel so calm and relaxed and joyful; this is totally at odds with how …
Continue reading A picturesque day – Seomi Garden and Darangyi Village
Kerry's Korean Quest 