Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Day 5: Mt Sorak, Hanwah Hotspring & Yongpyong Ski Resort

Early morning, we departed for Seoraksan National Park (雪岳山)~ a preservation district listed on UNESCO.

Walking past the entrance, a big buddha statue sat almighty to answer believers' prayers. Ruby & Zhifang bought a white candle each & had to write their wishes on it. Funny thing was they dunno how to write some chinese words, haha! As such, got stuck there for some time. While waiting for them, i kept myself busy composing photo shoots of the buddha.

We strolled down the path to explore Seoraksan National Park. The awesome valleys, mountains & ridges formed a picturesque. It's juz like those 山水画, framed by autumn colours.

After a brief tour around, Paul challenged us to try some deep fried lava!!! Gasp! He ate till tasty pattern, so I gamely took his challenge & bite half the lava...hmm, not as disgusting as i tot, it seems like walnut taste to me. Yeah! A feat, something i nv tot i dared to try!

We went to Hanwah 100% Hotspring for a dip & we felt awkward ... as we were in our birthday suit, haahaa! The place is veri commercialise & i dun quite like it. I pref my japan's hotspring bath. Anyway, alreadi here... we tried the indoor & outdoor hotspring. The indoor's jacuzzi was quite shiok which relief our aching muscles.

After lunch, we were driven to YongPyong Ski Resort (龙平豪华度假村). 3 of us plus another 3 gals in our tour grp boarded a 20 mins gondola ride up to the top of Balwang mountain, standing at 1,458m. The ride was slow & many trees had withered... preparing for winter. As it's not yet ski season, YongPyong was pretty quiet. In the gondola, i was asked to sing songs to entertain them, haha!

The top of the mountain is named Dragon Peak & we took some shots here. Followed on, we were led to the 2nd floor restaurant, wif a fireplace setting in the middle... a backdrop for 'Winter Sonata', where the couple declared their love.

Bef long, we descended via the gondola & explored the rest of the resort. We saw this life-sized cardboards of Bae Yongjoon & Choi Jiwoo wif their classic 'Winter Sonata' pose. Being cheeky, we gals took turns to strike the poses. It's really a hilarious moment here (^o^) as i turned into 'best actress' & 'best actor'... cos ruby & zf wan me pose as the guy wif them!!! I only realise how accurate my angle was upon reviewing my pics... haahaa!

The nite was spent at the resort's bowling alley as i watched them bowled. Aft their game, we strolled in the freezing nite of -1 deg & even went to the snow field to shoot some pics. Despite wearing gloves, i could feel my fingers went numb. Then, we spotted a huge outdoor concert stage & someone asked me go up to sing!!! I grabbed the opportunity & ran up the stage spontaneously! It's a diff view manz! The 1-min fame was certainly unfogettable as i sang the chorus of 《北极雪》, wif 5 fans below the stage WAVING!!! Waahaha! If lightings On + give me a mic, it'll be my personal concert in YongPyong Ski Resort liao! It's a once in a lifetime chance!

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