One Year Into The Unknown: 102 days and counting..

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I have much to talk about today so hang in there!

First of all; I am now 102 days into my trip and, honestly, it feels like a week. I could do this forever! Sure I have few and far apart moments where I would rather be back home, but, they pass very fast. Also I know, as soon as I'd be home again, I would want to go again! I can't really imagine how it will feel like when I have to get back into a normal day-to-day routine. Work 5 days a week for 8+ hours everyday? Nooooooooo... ah well, I guess I will have to eventually.

What did I do the last few days? I spent two nights and one day in Chuncheon, where I went for no other reason than to just go there. There is nothing worthing seeing there really. Although that giant park for sports that was all but deserted does have a ghost town feel to it that is kinda cool. I met some really cool people though and as we all know; beeing around cool people makes even dull places a nice experience. This was also the place where I surfed for the first time (in Korea). As always, it was a very nice experience.

After Chuncheon I went to Seoraskan National Park. Now hold on this might be shocking news to you: I went hiking! True story!

Let me tell you a few important things about national parks in Korea. Only go there during weekdays! Now this is a very important advice! I was there Wendsday through Friday and there were soooooo many koreans there. I was expecting the "alone, back to nature" experience. Well you can forget about that here. Hiking is like the national past time. Everybody seems to have a super-duper fancy outfit for it and most people seem to be 40+. Now this is where something else comes in.

I found that sometimes koreans can be really really rude. Especially people plus 40 seem to have that tendency. They will cut in front of you in a line (like when waiting to get a bus ticket), they will push you out of the way on the subway instead of saying something and so on. I could go on complaining for quite a while but then I would let my swiss side get the better of me. I do have to say though that whenever I am an the brink of hitting somebody in the face with a rock because I am so enraged, some totally unexpected kindness and friendliness comes along. I get many friendly smiles and while hiking even got korean candy offered. I really don't know what to make of this place.. I guess I will have to develope a love-hate relationship with Korea.

Enough of the talk now.. enjoy the awesome pictures (my opinion) from the national park...