Nami Island - where dreams come true.

Hello all, I realise it's been a while since I last updated this. So here's a quick one.

I can say it's all officially slowed down. I've bought a laptop and am job hunting. And am trying to join a gym. Since getting here I've lost about 2kg's so I thought I better keep it going. Heading off to Itaewon today. Sharons warned me there are thieves there because it's a tourist hot spot, so I have to be careful.

Below are some pictures of a trip to Nami Island. Nami Island doesn't seem to know exactly what it wants to be. It's cross between many things, including an adventure park with bicycles and boats and other people power vehicles for hire (including swan paddle boats and some kind of four seater Flintstone bike - and see the picture of the mono-rail bikes for families in the trees) with a flying fox to get there as well as the usual ferry. There is a bungy-jump on the main land which is interesting. But then it has stuff like a music museum, a pottery shed, a glass blowing shed, a field of cultural activities and food, and restaurants. There seems to be some kind of art thing going on as well with many sculptures dotted around the island - including a giant one of some fertility god (which I swore I took a photo of but seem to have lost). Not to mention a few shrines and some a couple of hotels (a bigish one and some of those little house things you see around (I forget what they're called here). This Island is also famous for having some kind of drama movie filmed on it, almost 20 years ago. Which is still popular among the tourists that visit from what I can tell of the picture taking with the brass or bronze metal statue immortalising the stars. It was a bit of a shock lining up for the ferry home though - the line for it literarally went half-way inside the island, and even with 3 or 4 different ferries running it took almost an hour to reach the mainland.

It's beautiful here in Autumn, and although I'm freezing my balls off, I cant want to see it snow.

Above is the mainland and bungy jump. Below is the ferry terminal and flying fox.

 You can see how busy it is. So many people. Look a little train...

My first encounter with a squirrel.

I think they are beating rice out of that stuff. Rice is actually round and a light orange colour in its natural form.

People and tandem bicycles everywhere!!!

 The only time I felt at peace was when I looked up at the trees. So many people around.

I should have bought a hat.