Thursday, May 24, 2012

Walking in the Jagalchi Fish Market, Running in Dadaepo Beach, and Hiking in Seoul

Hello!!!
So last weekend, we went to Busan with our friends! The main reason for the trip was the Dadaepo Beach race~ I signed up for my third 10km and 3 of our friends signed up for the 5km!! We figured it made sense to stay in Dadaepo to make the next morning easy, but after walking near the race start and not finding much, we decided to stay in the Jagalchi/Nampo area of Busan instead! This area is full of restaurants, shops, bars, and...the Jagalchi Fish Market! We spent the rest of our Saturday afternoon/evening exploring this area. Check out some of our pics!
One of the entrances to the fish market.

View from the top of the big Lotte department store in Nampo.
Sunday morning we made our way back to Dadaepo! It was an easy subway ride to Sinpyeong and then there were shuttle buses from the station to the race starting point. The race route was flat and along the coastline so we had a nice ocean breeze and pretty view! It was a perfect race day and...I finished the race in 53:28! That's 5 minutes faster than my first 10km time!!! I guess all my training worked! The picture below was from the Daegu Stadium race. The pictures of the Busan race aren't online yet...
Where's Jenn and Fluke?!?! I'll give you a hint...I'm wearing grey shorts and a white shirt. Still can't find us? We're to the right of the "S" in LEPORTS. ^^
Anyway, enough about running! Let's talk about hiking...
Two weeks ago, Fluke and I went up to see our friend in Seoul. We decided to hike Bukhansan again but start at a different point this time. We hiked on a ridge line (really fun and scary and awesome) AND made it to Baegundae Peak, the highest peak in Seoul (836.5 meters tall!!)... and it only took us...6 hours!!! Yes, we hiked for 6 hours! Definitely didn't start the morning thinking we would hike all day, but that's how it ended up! Sunday we headed back to Daegu, but first we went to Tomatillo to get some yummy Mexican food! We of course got 2 burritos to-go to have for dinner later that night. ^-^ Here's some of our favorite pictures from our hike and our food~
The start of our day! About 10am...
See Fluke way at the top?!?!
Our view of Seoul. It wasn't a clear day unfortunately.
Top of the ridge line part of our hike!
View from the ridge line.
On our way to Bagundae Peak...
We made it!! 
It looks cold...but it wasn't at all!! Just really cloudy.
Now for some food pics!!! So yummy!!!! ^-^*
Burrito Special at Tomatillo!!
Nachos at Tomatillo!

3 comments:

  1. Man! if you guys hike for six hours, you both deserve all of that food.
    I saw both of you in that 10 K run pic,and thanks for the hint.
    Tomatillo made me think of Tomatina place in Terra linda..

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  2. Totally found you in the racing crowd right away!! Great time, good food, exercise, and friends..doesn't get much better than that! Can't wait to experience some of it with you!

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  3. take mom to the fish market for lunch!

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