Great day

Well I think it's only fair that after the gong show road trip yesterday that we deserve a nice, relaxing day. We started the day with taking the car to see my boys. My big handsome dog and the new puppy. I took them a bunch of bedding that I don't need, played, cuddled, fresh water, real dog food and cleaned their pens. I love them so much.
Then we toured around Mokpo for a bit and found a nice spot to take some photos. Next we headed East towards a town called Yeongam. There we came across a few gems that I would never have scene unless we had the car.


First we stopped at something Kim's relics. A man who was a great war hero and had some dealings with that Japanese that were actually positive. The relics were a bunch of temples and it looked as if people were there, monks perhaps, but we didn't see anyone so we felt a little intrusive snooping around. None the less it was beautiful.





We then found this massive tourist site in honor of a great scholar, Wang-In, who taught Chinese characters to the Japanese royal family and was a leader in teaching and practicing of Confucinism and well respected and followed by his peers. This is the largest memorial site I have ever scene and it was very impressive. There were temples and statues and paths and fountains everywhere. The grounds were immaculate and the playing of traditional folk music really tied everything together and made you feel like you were having a true Korean experience. Like the rug in the Big Lebowski, it tied the room together man.


Anyways, it was amazing and was definitely the highlight of the day.

Then we let the road take us wherever. It led us to a not so exciting pottery museum and through many beautiful towns and villages. We saw some lovely birds and this black goat. There were several of them, tied up of course, grazing along the road. They were making noises saying hello, or piss off to me as I took their picture.


We then headed home and headed to the all veggie restaurant for a yummy $8 dollar meal. These are small pieces of deep fried, bean goodness. They are hard to resist!




To end the day we went to the Jimjilbong and Darren and I got beaten up by Koreans with a massage while Arlene scrubbed a layer of skin off in the naked shower area.

It was a great day.