Sorry it's been so long. The one weekend nothing exciting really happened. The last one was so exhausting that I didn't really have time to write. Last weekend I went to an area near the DMZ. I didn't actually go to the DMZ, but we "trekked" along a river towards it. It was such a long and incredibly hot day, that we didn't even finish the walk. It smelled so good there though. It smelled like home. Here are some pictures.
Yesterday, I'm somewhat embarrassed to say, I was tricked into climbing up another mountain, two really. I'm not sure how this keeps happening. I signed up for a leisurely walk through a forest. They didn't mention that the forest was on a mountain, but it may have been a little stupidity on my part to not realise that the whole country is mountainous, where else would a forest be. In my defence the pictures showed flat paths.
The first part of the day we walked half-way up a mountain barefoot. For the first little bit, we were walking in red clay. This was challenging in spots where the clay was hard and wet, and the path was on an incline. Luckily, I did not fall (that day), or slide down the mountain backwards.....much. Part way up there was a sign stating the lofty health claims.
Shortly after the sign, the clay pretty much gave way, but we continued to climb up a mountain barefoot, and then climbed halfway down barefoot. Shoes and sock had never felt so glorious as they did after that walk.
After lunch, we went to a recreational forest. After some delicious watermelon, we decided to walk around. We started walking up an incline and continued up, even though the incline got steeper and steeper. Until we ended up at the top of a mountain. Then we had to rush down the "hiking" side of it because we were going to be late for the bus. It was a beautiful area and it would have been nice to have more time to explore it. It would be a great place to camp. Here are some pictures of it.
