Wednesday 13th April, 2011

I've been keeping busy at the gym and riding my bike around, so I figured I'd go find the Wonheungsa Temple, which is pretty close to our hotel, according to the map. Again, it was a perfect Spring day and I took off early.

I rode through the back streets, behind the Fatima Hospital and around the base of the hills. I also found a chicken hut with a turkey and a couple of peacocks in it. The road leading to the Temple then took me through some residential houses, churches and schools. I eventually reached some wooden steps; and there were plenty of them! I assumed thats right up the top there would be a lookout point so I prepared myself to start going up....

The chicken hut behind the Fatima Hospital

a peacock!

and another

It was great once I got to the top. The view was beautiful. That's one thing I love about Korea. Because there many mountains, they have some really good observation decks and gives you a great view of the city. From the deck, there was a dirt track through the forest again. As the map shows that the Temple is within the forest I thought it'd be a good idea to follow it and see where it lead me.

Half way up the steps..

My little bike

Yep, I walked up all those stairs...

The city view...

View 2....

View 3....

View 4....

The walk took about 20 minutes and took my almost back to the base of the mountain! I laugh about it and just say it was good exercise. Once I got the the Temple I was alittle disappointed. You see, It was closed. I don't know why, maybe it was under renovations, but I couldn't get through and they had guard dogs tied up at the front, so I didn't think it'd be a good idea to go any further.

After going for that short adventure I cycled over to The City7 and bought some lunch. I also went to do abit of clothes shopping for our holiday to Spain in 2 weeks time. I don't have that many summer clothing and now that the season has started getting warmer, I have managed to find t-shirts and shorts, which I'll definately be needing in Spain. I'm so excited!!!!!

After that, I headed back home to get some domestic things done and waited around for Daniel to come home, so we could go to the gym.

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