As
Seoraksan National Park, one of the most famous in South Korea, is located on
the way back to Seoul, we stopped of course for another hike. This one was the
toughest though, as we had to hike 1200m on altitude over a length of 5km (one
way) what results in an average steep of 27%! Lonely Planet recommends to
calculate around 4h for the ascent and 3h for the descent – but bi**h please!
We climbed (runned) up in 1h 45min and down in 1h 15min what gives us a total
of 3h – I guess there were not many people faster in the last couple of weeks,
months or even years. Unfortunately though, we started too early and were to
fast to enjoy the nice view this peak offers, as the sky was very clouded while
we were on the top and just cleared up later in the afternoon, when we already
had lunch and were relaxing in the hot springs (tja, chasch nid immer gwünne…)
Luckily, this was the last hike for the next couple of days, as I had a hell of
stiff muscles for the next days! (Not that I didn’t had any after the previous
hikes, but this time it was the hardest one.)
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| De Bernhard Russi erklärt d Ideallinie |
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And with
the drive back to Seoul on Friday, our journey ended after approximately 2400km
and 44 hours in the car. We can truly look back to a great time in which
we’ve seen a lot! South Korea is truly a great country to travel around and
offers a lot, and as already stated in previous comments, you see hardly any
Western what makes it quite special (at least from my point of view as I’ve
never experienced this before like I did here).
We will
enjoy city life in Seoul for the weekend with the standard activities as
partying, drinking, eating and having a good time before Beni will fly back to
Switzerland on Tuesday. And then, the semester will already start soon…
