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? 

Sun Cruise Resort (part 2)

An evening sport! @ Sun Cruise Resort. It was a great night out and as they say "the night's still young"...so we did not want to waste the time....staying in the room, but we went out to explore the surrounding.

After having our dinner, we ventured out to view the whole ship at night from afar.

Could not find a better way to capture night portrait...than by using the flashlight on....otherwise we would only see the silhouetted version of us^^

Monopod helped us take pictures....though of course...it did not always turn out fine. BUt...this would do.

Greetings from Gangneung^^

The observation deck at the 10th floor looked so inviting. With the revolving restaurant that comes with it, it must be a good way to enjoy the whole view....hmm..shall we try go there tomorrow?

* and we DID.^^

Highlights of SEA TRAIN ride @ Korea's east coast (part 1)

We sat at the very seat once used by the late president Kim Dae-jung when he took a ride on this train!!! Wow what a coincidence.^^ 

What a great journey it was to be able to see the whole view of the sea 

from inside the train. 

Whenever we went into the tunnel, the lights kept on changing.^^ 

We could stop at some destinations to take pictures. 

At the rail-bike scene.^^ (more stories later) 

One of the privileges of taking sea train ride was being able to enjoy the sea from the comfort of air-conditioned compartment in this summer.^^ 

Samcheok: the last station where we started off another trip to remember.^^