Friday, June 30, 2023
Today we left Busan and are traveling west to the city of Gwangju. We'll spend two nights in Gwangju before traveling back to Seoul. It was a long day in the bus. We left Busan at 8:30 a.m. and arrived at our hotel at 6:15 p.m.
Before leaving Busan Dede, Max and I got up early to walk down to Haeundae Beach which is just a few blocks away from our hotel in Busan. We were supposed to have an afternoon at the beach yesterday, but had heavy rain which cancelled our beach day and the baseball game. Darn!
The morning started out rainy, but eventually the rain stopped and it was just cloudy and really humid. The area between Busan and Gwangju has tree covered hills and is the region where most of the rice is grown in Korea. We saw many rice fields along the highway in between the hills/mountains.
We made a couple of stops on our way to Gwangju. The first stop was at the Boseong green tea field. We were taught how to conduct a traditional tea service. We were also supposed to pick some green tea, but due to the recent rains the fields were too wet.
The last stop of the day was at the Damyang Bamboo Park which contained a forest of Bamboo trees. I don't have much to say about the park other than it was beautiful, but the walk was super humid. Have I mentioned that humidity is not my friend?
All for now. Hope you all are doing well.
-Kurt
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