This weekend Wendy and I signed up for an organised hike with Adventure Korea in Daedun, a mountain in Jeollabuk-do, a province in south western Korea. The boys said it was a lame hike because it began with a cable car to near to top, but having since completed said hike I would disagree, as would my aching legs and massive bruise on my bum (I fell over onto a spiky rock)
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Photograph of where we will be hiking to |
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In the cable car up |
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Wendy wasn't happy and we hadn't even started the hike yet |
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Does what it says on the tin |
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Suspension bridge that swung a bit (especially with Wendy jumped up and down on it) |
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Intrepid explorers |
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Stunning (if you ignore the smog from Daejeon) |
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Fairies protecting the bridge |
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Suspension staircase, scary! |
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rocky 'path' we had to traverse down |
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Stalactites |
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A random shrine where a shaman lived |