Over the weekend of October 31st I headed down to Andong, which is in the Southeast area of Korea. We drove through the night and got to an ancient man-made lake so we could watch the sunrise. It was quite beautiful and located among apple orchards which had delicious apples. We then headed to the base of the mountain we were going to hike. At the base of the trail was a temple and people getting ready for the "apple festival" We headed up the mountain through the mist. The trail was beautiful and the trees were full of fall colors. We got to the look out spot and saw an absolutely beautiful view. The mountain peaks were rising out of the valley and it was 
absolutely breathtaking. We continued our hike up to the peak and then started our decent to the bottom. Here there were hoards of people walking along the bottom portion of the trail. After getting back into the bus we headed to the folk village of Andong to watch a mask dance. This was a very cool performance which ended in quite an embarrassing event. The dancers pulled people out of the audience to participate. I was one of the lucky ones along with some of the other friends. We got to make complete fools of ourselves and dance along with the performers...it was pretty fun but a bit embarrassing. After the dance we wandered into the folk village to find the house we were staying at. The village was amazing. It is a folk village but peopl
e actually live full-time in the houses, it's their home. We spent the evening wandering and cooking dinner. After that we headed to bed in our folk village rooms and woke up the next 
morning to wander the village more and then head to one of the biggest limestone caves in Korea. It was pretty amazing and filled with impressive geological features. We then started heading back to Seoul with a few more stops along the way. We stopped along the Han River to look at rocks protruding from the surface and then to a town famous for it's beef. We had a delicious dinner of Korea
bbq and then finally made it back to Seoul. It was an amazing fall weekend!!
absolutely breathtaking. We continued our hike up to the peak and then started our decent to the bottom. Here there were hoards of people walking along the bottom portion of the trail. After getting back into the bus we headed to the folk village of Andong to watch a mask dance. This was a very cool performance which ended in quite an embarrassing event. The dancers pulled people out of the audience to participate. I was one of the lucky ones along with some of the other friends. We got to make complete fools of ourselves and dance along with the performers...it was pretty fun but a bit embarrassing. After the dance we wandered into the folk village to find the house we were staying at. The village was amazing. It is a folk village but peopl
e actually live full-time in the houses, it's their home. We spent the evening wandering and cooking dinner. After that we headed to bed in our folk village rooms and woke up the next 
morning to wander the village more and then head to one of the biggest limestone caves in Korea. It was pretty amazing and filled with impressive geological features. We then started heading back to Seoul with a few more stops along the way. We stopped along the Han River to look at rocks protruding from the surface and then to a town famous for it's beef. We had a delicious dinner of Korea
bbq and then finally made it back to Seoul. It was an amazing fall weekend!!
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