Kids on Jeongdongjin Rail Bike

With 40,000 Won for 4 persons + entrance to Time Museum, we enjoyed 2-hour long journey...of pedaling (sort of) the rail bike...along the coastline of Jeongdongjin. 

Gloves ON. It's windy. cold. 

Everyone's busy...preparing for the departure. 

 

A full front view of what it looked like on a rail bike tour. 

I think it's one of the best ways to enjoy and spend the time at the beach.

After all..this is what most people would do, should they choose Jeongdongjin as their destination.

Bye-Bye Jeongdongjin!!!

January 7, 2015: Our Holiday Ended...for the time being.

We got to get back to Seoul. 

The Jeongdongjin Train Station is located right next to the beautiful beach...and this is what makes it a frequently visited spot along the Easter Coast of Korea.

and..don't forget..it's a great place to enjoy the sunrise. 

Tracks ..next to the beach. what a great view. 

We're ready to board the 5 pm Seoul-bound train. 

But..first...a picture would be a good way to give it a wrap...^^ 

Oh, since it departed from Jeongdongjin..and it's on weekdays...we're sort of ..well..lucky to have most of the seats..mostly for us...^^ 

Bye-bye..Jeongdongjin.....^^  

our train....departed for Seoul. 

as we saw the beach...and ...the train kept on...running...

"See you again.....ㅋㅋㅋ"

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? 

Planes & Artillery Museum...??

I think that's pretty much how I'd sum up what it was. Planes (old ones) were on display right on this very spot..overlooking a big blue ocean of East Sea. What a combination indeed! 

After all, this is what it is all for. Freya, too, fell for this cute little orange plane... 

Since it reminded her of Disney's "Planes" character. 

ok..at least this is what some parts of the museum park looked like the way I remembered it. 

And there was one section dedicated to artillery... 

This one belongs to the Navy... 

again..we could see the sea from where we stood while circling around the area. 

It may just be like any ordinary museum...for some.. 

well...we 'killed' time that we had left in Jeongdongjin...so we went right to one of these places... 

and..did we enjoy it? well..100% enjoying it..but if I changed the question into...whether I learned anything, if at all???

then..well, yes...I came to realize that a lot of parts in Jeongdongjin or along the coast of Korea's East Sea are closed....with barbed wires like the one I took a picture of.

hmm...I guess...it's near ..close to the border with that of the North....

Unification Park @ Jeongdongjin (part 2)

We're still on board the warship used in WW II and Vietnam War. Oh, I learned that this museum-turned warship was donated to South Korea in 1972. 

The rusty deck floor occupied much of it visage...

But...it is relatively intact. 

Another pose at one of these I-do-not-know-what guns yet-looked-cool-to-be-with. 

Right..as Jeongjongjin is located at the seashore..everything is within sea-reach. 

Even this warship at Unification Park is strategically located next to the seashore...and a road..which makes it spot-on. 

and..a wooden boat is, well, a boat used by North Korean refugees trying to seek for asylum in the South.  

A memory picture with the kids.

My verdict: should you visit this place? hmm...not much to see, unless you are really into history and....unless you are really into the war-wrecked ships.

2.5 stars out of 4, I guess.