Some pics from my visit to Geoje Island

I went to Geoje island for the Lunar New Year and visited some friends from college.  They had taught here and were able to show me around the island.  I had a wonderful visit.  Enjoy

The ship yards in Geoje are massive!

A Buddhist Temple

The Beach!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesse is an artist with his camera.

 Here were some Korean girls dressed up in traditional garb for the New Year.  They're enjoying some food from a street vendor.  Gorgeous little things

 This a small example of our hike.  At the top of the mountain, there are some pieces of exercise equipment.  Korea is very "cardio-aware."

 This was sad: Jesse said the field behind me, to the left, was covered in bamboo trees.  They had just recently cut most of them down to build.  I never like to see such a precious, renewable resource fall by the wayside.  That said, Korea is very conscientious of resources for the most part.

This is Aaron, a friend of Jesse and Chelsie.  He is presenting "shabu shabu," thinly sliced beef that you cook at your table in a pot of oil and veggies all wrapped in a rice paper.  You dip the paper in water to make it pliable and wrap the ingredients inside.  The other Korean girl you will see is Cammie.  They took us out to dinner, a movie, and coffee (I had banana juice).  They were such gracious hosts!

 Haha, I have to tell you this: We asked a guy sitting behind us to take the picture.  He agreed but looked a bit unsure of his photography skills.  If you look closely, Jesse and I are craning our necks up because he held the camera too high (Jesse did some editing).  We were still very thankful for his services.  

Koreans loooooooooove their coffee.

 The coffee house was on top of a mountain...gorgeous building as well.

These are burial sites on top of the mountain we hiked.  They leave a "burn" in the ground to mark the site. 

Well, there you have it.  I want to warmly thank Jesse and Chelsie for their hospitality in Geoje, as well as Cammie and Aaron.  Cheers