Same Beach, Different Time

Winter at Eastern Coast of Korea. 2015.

Eyra & Freya in winter jackets!!!

Summer at Eastern Coast of Korea. 2014.

They're mesmerized by the beauty and sound of the beach.

Jeongdongjin Beach in Winter

Full jacket (checked), gloves (checked), no swimming suits whatsoever. Who would've wanted to swim in the freezing winter on the beach? No one. Yet, we went to the beach....and that's insane. 

But..it wasn't that insane when it's white sandy beach of Jeongdongjin ..with the (in)famous Sun Cruise Ship on top of the cliff at the background.

a silhouette of...well....

Not many tourists around...just like we'd expected.

After all..."going to beach? in winter?" yeah..I know..I know... 

But...the sun's shining...and it just looked like any other summer..I mean..winter...

*Eyra's kitty doll. 

The smashing sound of waves crushing onto the shore....sort of attracted the kids' imagination.. 

oh, their Mom's too.

Oh..just look at how serene the beach was...it was like...our private long-stretch of beach. 

A magnificent time...on our private beach.. 

We wouldn't be able to take our time..and enjoy the beach for ourselves...had we been there in summer. 

A good reminder..that ...we could be on the beach even in winter. 

made-in Indonesia two kitties...brought in from Seoul. 

chatting on a sandy beach of Jeongdongjin...^^ 

We found some rocks...dry enough for us to climb up to...where we could take a pose or two... 

We still had one hour to go before going back to Seoul...so we took a stroll along the wooden pathway specially designed for pedestrian who may want to wander off along the beach..but...never ever wanting to get wet..ㅋㅋㅋ 

Yup..this is what the path looked like. 

good idea? bad idea? 

A silhouette ..... 

of us...the four of us...at Jeongdongjin Beach. 

Let it be a memorably lasting memory...of being at the beach in winter. 

Right, Eyra? 

Onward....to the Observation Deck

As the name suggests, the observation deck provides the passengers a chance to view the whole 360 degree view of the who Jeongdongjin area. 

With a 500 Won coin, we could zoom into those tiny islets or beaches down below.

Freya, surely, was enticed by tool.

From this angle, who would've thought that it would just like we're on an open sea-bound cruise ship! 

Yes....just like what I was waiting for. Not a single passenger. 

another view down below. 

and a non-operating swimming pool. Thanks, Winter.^^ 

Sneaked into a museum exhibit highlighting the processes of how the cruise ship was built. 

It's a show in itself. 

What Sun Cruise might've looked like from above. 

Now, we're back to the ground ....ready to explore the glass-bridge to view the ship from a different angle. 

As we marched along, Grecian statuettes were (like) putting on a show.