October Korea

It's a very exciting week... tests and evals are done for the month..halloween on Wednesday. Cool temperatures and snotty kids, ah.
This weekend Joy and I took a trip to the south coast, back to a town I had visited last year. This year there was much less rain and we were able to be at the temple on the cliff for the evening bell and chanting. My first official Korean sunrise also came at the chance of being woken up by loud ajummas (older women) making the trip. It was beautiful and complete with applause from the audience. Luckily another spot I've been meaning to see was on the way home today. We stopped by the green tea plantation in Boseong. It is a beautiful area, but more than that, an opportunity to take pictures like a Korean. If you ever travel through the country you'll come to find that generally Korean's love to pose in dramatic fashion. Thus Joy helped me begin my own album of glamour shots. See below.
The word is my aunt and cousins are headed here this month, so well have to get in touch again to check in on details, but that should be fun to see some familiar faces in a now somewhat familiar land. It should be exciting.
Unfortunately, they've missed out on all the huge fesitivals of the year. This month has been a festive month indeed. Plenty to see and eat. I finally found the kimchee i've been desiring to buy, at the Kimchee Festival. We also tasted some more wild boar there. I've seen Korean yodelers, breakdancers, drummers, and more. All in Gwangju: the place to be in October. Good news from the apartment: a new chair. The due return for my recently stolen bike. It doesn't get me from here to there, but it is a good reading space: leather and comfortable. That's all for now. Enjoy the pictures.