Today I'mㅁ about to head out of the city to Andong
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It's a little north west of Pohang. Yesterday I went to Sorak Mountain in the northern city of Sokcho and rode the cable car to the top of the mountain.

Here are some pictures



I actually met up with 3 other people from the states who were traveling around. One guy was from Missouri, and the two girls were from Texas and Georgia. So we hung out and traveled around the mountain together. They were actually there for a 4 day weekend they had off from teaching to go scuba diving.

So we rode the cable car to the top of the mountain and it was huuuuuuuuge. Too bad it wasn't wobbly like the cable cars that go up to stone mountain, I could have had a lot of fun shaking it around with all those people in there haha.

So that day it was overcast and raining, but absolutely beautiful. Because of all the overcast, the cable car actually disappeared into the clouds on top of the mountain. It was awesome! It kind of felt like Jurassic Park.

I was just waiting for a Teradactyl to swoop up to the cable car and rip the thing clear off the line into the jungle below.

Oh yeah, since I was hanging out with the people I met today for so long, I almost got into a bind. By the time we came back from the temple and listening to the ceremonies, it was around seven thirty. This is bad for me since I have to take a local city bus to the bus station (and hope I can find it again...haha) then take yet another bus back to Gangueng where my motel was.

So long story short, after a lot of running in the dark I exchanged email addresses with the people I met (they teach in seoul about 2 subway stops from mine), bid them farewell, and hopped on the LAST bus out of Sokcho to Gangueng.

I cut it soo close. Oh and the motel lady had my key since I let them clean the room, so I was keeping my fingers crossed that she didn't go to sleep on me....

So I come rolling in about ten at night or 22:00 as they like to call it. And wake the lady up behind the counter at the motel (she lives behind the counter) and she gives me my key. Thank goodness.

So I take my milk, sandwich, and chips that I bought at the local Family Market (like a gas station convenience store, but everywhere, open 24 hrs) and crashed.

This morning I can't find my extra camcorder battery so I'm expecting to try out the voltage transformer and hoping I don't blow the thing to smithereens.

Now I have to do some research to find a hotel I can stay at in Andong. Oh, I'm also uploading my videos so they should be above this one.