Hallyeo National Marine Park

One of my fellow colleagues and students, Park Jin-Kyu and I took a bus trip from Seoul to Tongyeong in the South of Korea. Because it's off-season, for about $30, our trip included breakfast and lunch on the bus (rice and kimchi), and a fish dinner at the sea port of Tongyeong.

The great think about South Korea is that you can easily travel from one end of the country to the other in a day. We left Seoul, which is in the North, at 8 in the morning and were back by 9 in the evening.

In Tongyeong, we took a cable car to the top of Mt. Mireuk and from there, saw amazing views of the Hallyeo National Marine Park. While at the top, we also saw and heard two blackbirds, which Park Jin-Kyu nim said was unusual by the sea and a sign of good fortune.