Mt. Soyosan

The weekend before I headed back to the United States Joe and I finally made it over to Mt. Soyosan. According to the Offical Site of Korea Tourism, Mt. Soyosan is the most treasured mountain north of the Hangang River. It's also a very popular hiking and mountain biking destination. We arrived to late in the afternoon to hike the mountain, but we wanted to at least get a glimpse of the area.  

Path up to the hiking entrance

It was another hot and humid day and the river bed alongside the main path was full of Korean families lounging around and little kids playing in the puddles of water. 

There were plenty of sites to see on the way to the entrance of the hiking trails. 

We had about a 20 minute walk from our car to the entrance of the hiking trail, and on the return trip we stopped at a Korean convenience store. The store was small and jam packed with goods, which is the way almost all convenience stores are in Korea. Joe was adventurous and bought a cheese stick to try. We each took a bite of it and determined that it was more rubber than cheese. I went the safer route of an ice cream cone. 

Even though I have two decent cameras, almost picture on this blog has been taken with either Joe's or my iPhone. Oh well.