We drove down early Saturday morning to Jirisan National Park, the largest and oldest park in Korea. While it boasts of having 12 campgrounds, we chose a small, walk-in campground in hopes of having some peace and quiet. We knew we didn't want a car camping experience with hundreds if not thousands of Koreans!
What we arrived at was a small sliver of paradise: a 20-tent campground located across a small suspension bridge on the other side of a river littered with human sized boulders. The facilities were great, the campground was crowded, but not disgustingly so, and the sites even had platforms!
We nestled into a corner sight against the forest with the bubbling river below.
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| our set-up |
When we weren't listening to music, meditating on the rocks, swimming in the frigid water or napping, we were off exploring Daewonsa Temple, a temple in the mountains of the park a mile or so up a long and twisted road. It was Buddha's Birthday after all, and we wanted to pay our respects and pay for a lantern and a prayer:
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| our lantern: for a happy marriage and world peace :) |
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| praying |
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| us at the national treasure pagoda |
Sunday night we took a drive around the countryside on the outskirts of the park:
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| rural Korea |
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| rice paddies |
With stress-free minds we returned back to work today, ready to take on the world! :)
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