Trip on a whim. Day 2.

So day 2 would be about as adventurous as Day 1. We started our day by deciding that we all wanted to go to the beach. So Tim our adventure guy told us that Jungmun was the best place on the south of the island to go to the beach and to have other stuff to do. So we all hopped on taxis and headed to Jungmun.

Jungmun is a huge tourist area, but yet it's cool. There are really huge hotels there and lots of other touristy things to do. Normally I don't like this, but today it was alright. So we heard that the beach by the Hyatt was nice. So we went to the Hyatt, walked around their nice facilities (really nice pool) and then went down to the beach. Some wanted to go swimming, but Tim recommended that we go to see a really large Budhist Temple and then after that see some really cool cliffs that were formed my volcanic activity a long time ago. So I was down for this and went with him and a couple others.

The Budhist temple we went to was huge. Tim said it was the largest temple in the orient. Not sure what all that covers. The temple amazed me in so many ways. It was so ornate, and the grounds were beautiful. So we looked around the front for a little and then entered the temple. When we walked in we took off our shoes and started touring the main temple. In the front were three very large Budha's. Around them were ornate paintings. On the second floor was a prayer room and around it in the halls were glass shelves carrying hundreds of little budhas. Up on the third floor there were cases of even more little Budhas. Everywhere there were Budha's. It felt to me, very intense in there. This was the first time for me ever going into a Budhist temple. It was a neat experience. So after being in there for a time we went into a room in a building outside where they normally do their Temple Stays (temple stays are where people can stay at a temple and learn some of the trades). Anyway, in this room were statues of Budha and all his different emotions, feelings, etc. Basically each Budha statue had a different face or shape to him. All in all, this trip to the temple was eye-opening. It opened my mind to this culture and what they believe and how strongly they believe it.

So after that we took taxis to a sweet lookout by the ocean to see some cliffs that had been formed by volcanic activity. They were very cool and after that we just walked back to the beach. Then in the evening we decided to make dinner on the beach. This was an experience to say the least. First, we didn't bring everything we needed, it was getting dark, and the tide was rising near where we were grilling. But in the end in all worked out, had a wonderful dinner, and finished the day by going to the apartment.

Day 2 was complete.