It was -3C but “feels like” -8 when I got up. Our guide today is Mia

Huge city….biggest port in Korea, amazing bridge at entrance. It is the largest port city in the world. 

The area is known for its mountains and hiking vacations, transportation hub for high speed trains, ferries to and from Japan.

At 3.5 million people it is the 2nd largest in country, birth rate declining .. houses are sitting empty. 

Many mountains so many tunnels. 

Beomeosa Temple was built 678 AD…over 1300years ago. Mountain is called “wishing well”. The area is quite lovely with big boulders placed along stream with along the running water.

Based on meditation…. Is a Buddhist temple. If you pass through gate you will be purified. 

It was a long hike up and long one down

1945… biggest international market was started. It’s like a street market but nothing too exciting. Originally there were many smuggled products back in the day… the only was to get European products.

Also going to one of biggest fish market in world. Originally it was all outdoors but now most are indoors. Thank goodness for them…. It is so, so very cold.

Kia and Hyundai cars manufactured here… run by AI. 

Diamond bridge… beaches and yacht marinas… beautiful! ChungMu beach means pine beach.

Now it’s snowing…. and windy…… bitterly cold! With wind chill -12. Who knew. It is not normal for this area. For our guide it was snowing for the first time.