Good Bye Korea, hello Philippines.

Sun, sand, crystal clear water, temperatures above freezing, clean air....somebody pinch me!

I only have 4 days, 5 nights but I'm sooooooooooo excited! No job, no kids, no doctor putting a needle through my middle ear, Just, a little piece of....Heaven. 

February 3rd is the Korean Lunar new year, Seolnal. It's Korea's biggest holiday next to Chuseok (the harvest moon festival) which means, 3 days off! Koreans spend this time going back to their ancestral roots. I pulled this little information of a local website: 

This is a time when Korea's roads, railways, and skies are full of homeward bound travelers. People line up for hours when the bus and train tickets go on sale, about 3 months prior to the holidays. For those masochistic enough to try driving, taking over 24 hours to drive from Seoul to Busan is not unheard of! (Normally, it takes 5-6 hours).

Ha. Ya, right, 24 hours in a car! Last weekend, I sat in a bus for 6 hours from traffic when the drive is normally 2 and I wanted shoot myself. I will, however, brave the crowds at the airport to take a red-eye flight to the Philippines. I'm going with a couple friends from school. We are flying into Cebu, arriving at 1:30am, probably sleeping at the airport a few hours until we can catch a ferry to Bohol, a neighboring island. Bohol isn't as popular as some islands in the Philippines but since our time is short, I wanted minimal time lost from travel. 

Philippines to do list:

Number one: Tan my white ass.

Scuba dive (depending on my decision to risk rupturing my ear drum from my sinus infection but will definitely snorkel)

Rent scooters to scoot the island

Hike the island's famous Chocolate hills

Sit on the beach with my feet in the sand and have cocktails in both hands.

This weekend I stayed in Seoul hoping to conquer my sinus infection instead of heading to hill to snowboard like I usually do. So, what do I and Christy (a friend) decide to do? Shoot some guns! Where do you ask is a shooting range in Korea? Just at Lotte World, a huge kids indoor and outdoor amusement park. Where else would it be? 

The ice skating rink area at Lotte world. Look closely, there's a trolley that goes around up top along with hot air balloons you can ride. Pretty amazing...I really need to figure out how to use the settings on my camera. 

The hot air balloon ride.

Not so much good with the aiming. Don't mind the one that's not even on the target. In my offense, I'm way better shooting a riffle. :)