Bonghwasan: Re-visited: Some More Pictures

It's just 160-meter high mountain or hill~so to speak.

..with steps like these all the way up to the top, this is completely different from any mountain hiking back home in Indonesia.

...so...it's like a walking or strolling in the woods. oh...I was...taking a picture of the tree....when my wife snapped a picture of me^^

See? Seen from.these signposts...the distances to other posts were not that far.

Yet....it's full of adventures for those two girls. . . Eyra and Freya....^^

...this is the tree I took a picture of...

...and it's amazingly pretty.

...not that interesting to the naked eyes...but when I took.a closer look onto it...hmm..the concentric rings seemed to be so intriguing.

...not to mention the logs....wood....trees...as they were...in the woods a.k.a.city forest of Bonghwasan.

*Take Subway line 7 exit 2 or 3...turn at the first alley leading up to the hiking trail.

Bonghwasan ....Bonghwa Mount 《part 1》

It's an impromptu plan to hike this mountain or hill....since we departed from home at 4 pm!!!^^

Yup...it's autumn...and it's Sunday...and the autumn... it's too good to stay indoor.

...so...after...10 minute by subway...^^ ee arrived at the hiking track....and started enjoying the view. I love how intricate the concentric rings are.

....bumped into woods ...logs being used as fences at some points of the trails.

...the kids were taking a rest...

Right. At first Eyra and Freya were reluctant to go...but they went for it, though.

As for me...I loved exploring the nature.

This was practically what we had to walk.up.and down through. Pretty neat, eh?

And...it's already 4.45...and the sun was about to set....and I was so absorbed into the natural beauty.

It's so trivial...actually..but there's something that I got to capture.

So much wonder...

...even when I just looked up on the tree...

...and...ok..let's continue our hiking trip!!! We're just 560 meters away from the top.

Exploring & Traveling with friends

Traveling in Korea by car with friends. What better way to explore the wonder of this natural beauty but by car. Of course, traveling with train with all of its advantages would give different taste of experiences. But, traveling by car would give more advantages like....stopping over some place nice....stopping over again...to take pictures....stopping over again in some place we think nice to take a rest...stopping over again to have some snacks.....etc etc.
So, I am blessed to have Korean friends who ask me to go around Seoul and its surrounding areas. Well, so far...it was our first trip together. And..I hope that we will have some more exciting trips along the way when I live in Korea.
Apart from studying, exploring Korea by traveling to other parts of the country would surely help me appreciate this country. I know..it takes time and MONEY....but....I do hope that I can manage both world (study and travel) wisely.
I cannot just stay at home........
I got to travel and explore...........

Komodo Island, Indonesia

First of all I am so flabbergasted as to see what Komodo Island is all about.

anyway...the reason I am writing this is simply to thank you for having maintained one of the magical islands (Komodo Island, Rinca and their surroundings) to their present conditions up to now.

...I simply watched a program on Metro TV depicting Komodo Island . Gosh...it was so magical and seemingly unbelievable that those kinds of islands DO exist in our archipelago.

This is simply to assert that ..until I watched the program on Metro, I never realized that Komodo Island and its surrounding islands are Breathtaking. I am proud to have these island in our country, Indonesia .

As I watched the program, I never kept myself from imagining that I was exalted right into the island complete with its culture and astonishing views.

I was so speechless to see all of them on TV that in no time….I hooked myself into the net the following days, spending hours browsing the net just to know more about the island(s). It’s worth it.

I AM ASHAMED TO MYSELF….

I’ve been traveling to other countries and never have I been aware of what we have in our own country.

Now …..never have I  been so proud of being Indonesian as I watched the magical views on Komodo islands. It’s like a surreal picture to my mind.

Lately in KOMPAS and other national papers…we see that more and more countries are promoting their tourist destinations to Indonesians. Seeing the ads about our neighboring countries with their beautifully-made ads….often I keep thinking to myself  that surely they do have beautiful things to offer. BUT on the other hand, those kinds of ads really somewhat blinded me as to what is beautiful about our own country, Indonesia .

I am ashamed to realize that I’ve been unfair in judging my own country.

I should’ve known more than just Bali and Bali ..

I should’ve gone even further to the east….

Komodo Island and other islands in Komodo National Park sure do have something magical and unique to offer to all people over the world. Not only be attracting people to come but..simply by letting them know the existence of KOMODO islands is more than enough to –once again—let the whole world know…HOW beautiful Indonesia is.

I’ve been browsing through lots of homepages made by Indonesians and foreigners—mostly Westerners—who dedicated their homepages to KOMODO island and other islands around Komodo National Park .

Indeed they do depict that the existence of the National Park that all staffs are currently taking care of…REALLY WORKS.

Terima Kasih for being there.

ouww…one more thing:    YOU have a well-designed homepage. I mean: you do give full description on the project. I like the interactive menus and pics. too.