I met Kyoungmin's family on Saturday, went to mass Saturday night and had a pretty interesting conversation about Koreans marrying foreigners and moving out of the country, and how that's one of the reasons that there are more guys than girls in Korea by a significant margin. We traveled together to 강원도 (Gangwondo) and stayed with Kyoungmin's Uncle there. We swam in the river Sunday, and went whitewater rafting Monday after which I did some bungee jumping (see the video below). Today I played some soccer with middle school students and Kyoungmin's younger brother EunCheol at a park here in 수원(Suwon). I didn't even have to speak Korean, and we had a good time (our team won HA) but it was super tiring and hot, and I definitely needed the shower I took afterward.

I have about a week left here in Korea, and I'm rapidly thinking of all the things I couldn't do or want to do before I go back to America. I wanted to visit Japan before I went back to the US, but it would be pretty expensive and difficult, plus I'm tired from all the traveling I've been doing here, mostly because my backpack is stuffed to the brim and packing all my stuff is becoming exceedingly difficult. Tomorrow I go to Seoul to pick up my other bag and drop off a lot of the stuff I won't need during my last week here in Korea (I was able to get it locked up at the guesthouse I stayed at so that I don't have to carry everything all over Korea during my big trip). I'll try to post soon to start wrapping up and overviewing this trip - look forward to it, it'll be INTERESTING!!


Thinking back, this was kinda crazy but really really fun. It's the equivalent of jumping off of the 22nd floor of a building attached to a giant yo-yo. Hey, 고진감래 ^_^


Rafting on the 한탄강 which was a blast! We stopped at a couple places and went swimming to take a break from the hard work, and even got to do some cliff diving! The cliff was only like 5 meters up though


The awesome crew of people I hung out with in 강원도. We had a lot of fun together!