2006/11/08

Trip Trip Trip

bamboo
I went to the south of Korea with some of my friends. First we went to a bamboo forest. Actually was it a bamboo mountain?? At the entrance we were greeted by a panda (if I look closely the eyes of it were really scary!).
We looked around the forest to find it's actually really big. In addition the map was really rough. So we lost our way easily. We asked the way back to the entrance but everyone else was lost too but we learned which ways not to go from those with the unfortunate experience of doing so. Finally we
found our way out, yay!

Traditional
house
That night we stayed in a small traditional house. It was pretty good but I could only stay there for one night really. That night we could hear the sound of bugs and a lot of them entered our house as uninvited guests. Also the toilet wasn't fully installed yet so we had to use the toilet the natural way... outside! It was a valuable experience.

Steam train
The next day we went to a train station which was used by the Korean film called "Brotherhood". We took a steam train from there. Initially we rode in the carriage of the train but the experience wasn't enough for us so our Korean friend lets stand on the area between the carriages. A ticket inspector told us that area is off limits and dangerous but our Korean friend confidently said that we were foreigners and convinced that man to let us stay outside. He said if we get hurt he takes no responsibility but we took the risk. It was a pleasant ride!



友達と一緒に韓国の南のほうまで旅行に行ってきた。最初に向かったのは竹林の公園。
・・ってゆーか山??。入り口で私達を迎えてくれたのがパンダちゃん(よく見ると目つきがかなり危ない【写↑】)
『あ~ 竹だからパンダね・・・』と一人で納得・・・・。ん??あれ!?まてよ。何かおかしい・・・竹?? あっ!! 違う 竹じゃなくて・・・ 笹じゃん!!!パンダって笹だよね?? あれ? 竹も食べるのかな??よくわかんないし・・・。疑問は置いといて、とにかく中を探索することにした。実はこの竹林結構広いくせに地図が超アバウト・・・思いっきり道に迷って、山中を行ったり来たりして遭難寸前の中、たまに出会う人(同じように迷った人)に『こっちに行くと行き止まりだ』とか『あっちは別ルートにつながっている』とか、さまざまなヒントを得つつ出口にたどり着いた。

その晩私達は土でできた家で寝た。友達のお父さんが避暑地用に作った家で、実際に住むとなると一日が限界だけどなかなか可愛い家!夜は虫の大合唱!もちろん色んな虫がゲストで家の中に入ってきます。トイレも大自然の中お外で・・・かなり貴重な体験でした。

次の日映画『ブラザーフット』で撮影に使われた機関車を見に行ってきた。機関車の走行中、暗い室内で「外の空気が吸いた~い!!」「これじゃ普通の電車と変わんない!!」なんてブーブー言ってると、韓国人の友達が「よし!連結部分に行こう」と言った。実は乗車前に連結している部分は危ないから行っては駄目と言われたんだけど、なぜか友達は「大丈夫、大丈夫」と自信満々!!案の定、車掌さんが注意しにきた。すると友達はおもむろに私達が外国人(国籍;日本・香港・ウェールズ)だということをアピールし始めた。すると車掌さんも『それならしょうがない!楽しんでくれ』と、なぜか快諾!!了承してくれたのはいいけど、安全じゃないんだよね?いいのかな~??でもまあ親切な車掌さんのおかげで外の空気を味わいながら30分くらいの機関車の旅を楽しんだ。

5 comments:

やよい said...

更新したな。いつも楽しみにしてるよ。虫に歓迎してもらう別荘なんてお姉ちゃんがよく寝れたな~って感心してるよ。恵梨だったら絶対無理だね。楽しい話どんどん書いてよ。

Anonymous said...

Asami~!!! It' YUMI !! Thanks for your email, indeed!! What have you been up these days???
I'm still in Dorking, England and studying Aromatherapy & Swedish massage !!
I've just looked at your lovely photos,which's amused me very much!!
Recently, I've been like you,,, I mean, I'm facing to the exams coming soon, but I can't concentrate on the study for them..
Anyway,how are you going with your boyfriend,who looks like 'ウェンツ君’(He looks very cute, doesn't he?),
Hope that you're getting along well together☆(I was able to find it through your photos how well you are getting now,thoug.Ahahaha.)
Well, I've been still single since I split up with Jaewoo, but I am trying not to think about it,coz, it makes me feel miserable...
So, never mind..coz,life is going on..
Your photos of Korea make me feel like visiting Korea someday.

I'going back to Japan from the 27th of Dec. to the 14th of Jan.

I'm not quite sure about it, but, perhaps, Sehee will come and see me to Japan in the next January during my holiday,hopefully.

I'm also missing you!! When you come to England or back to Japan, please let me know, and why don't you meet up again, which would be great,I think.

Hope to meet you soon again.
Lots of love, Yumi with xoxo

Anonymous said...

Hello,

My name is Conchi and I'm from Belgium. A friend of mine heard your name Asami in a movie. We think it's beautiful but are trying to find out what it means.
Can you please send me an email on conchimoortgat@hotmail.com

Thanx,
Conchi

Christin Lee said...

日本の方ですか?
私は韓国人で今日本で留学中です。
次のブローグをクリックしたら偶然に入られました。^^
何か嬉しいですね。
また遊びに来てもいいですか?^^

asami said...

yumi:今私はイギリス・・・じゃなくてウェールズだよ。ちょうど入れ違いだね。3日には韓国に帰る予定!
昨日ロンドンに行って観光したよ。なんか全然変わってなくて安心した。でもジャパセンに行って、夜は「みさと」だったから、日本観光も兼ねてる感じ??
久しぶりの日本はどう?楽しんでる??
なるべく更新する予定だからちょくちょく遊びにきてね♪

conchi: Actually my name can be written in various chinese characters. My version has no meaning but another version would have the meaning of morning (asa) beautiful (mi). I hope that helps.

christin: 是非遊びに来てください。