Our Adventure last Sunday began in Goesung. We traveled about an hour and a half to get there to the city that supposedly has the biggest and coolest Dinosaur Museum, and pretty much every foreigner has to make at least one trip to the spot... and we figured out why only once, It takes FOREVER to get from the Goesung bus station to the actual Dinosaur park. It was fun, but we surely won't be making a return journey.
This is a picture of the cool lion drinking fountain outside the Goesung Bus Terminal. It was not here the last time we came to Goesung. It is kinda neat to see the different colored cups people drink from but we bought bottles of water because it does seem a little unsanitary to drink after others from the same cup...
Also interesting that the Bus station advertises for the Dinosaur Museum but it is not actually in the city which we found out when we had to pay for yet another transfer bus to get to the location.
We got on the bus and not only were we the only foreigners we were also the only people under the age of about 70. It was really neat to see the elderly interacting together. One woman decided to move back to try to talk to us, but hadvery basic English skills, so to get my attention she started rubbing my arm hair... Koreans love to talk about appearance in front of you (sometimes not in a good way, but they are usually just curious) So she was commenting on how white I was, and pretty and soft... well thank you lady!
Joseph and I on the bus he jokingly said "is hopefully going to the Dinosaurs and not the Morgue."
We basically drove through fifty billion wheat fields and about a million rice paddys dropping off each old person at their front door...Good bus Service if you asked me.
After an hour and a half (another one!) we finally made it and took our pictures with as many dinos as possible.
Very violent statues they had, but we had a good time.
The place was in the middle of nowhere, this was the view from the walkway into the museum.
The Museum.
We could not take pictures in the place, so I had to wait until we were outside eating lunch to take my camera out. This is what we had for lunch, Black Bean ramyeon. Very delicious.
Next came the Dinosaurs in the walk through park. This was the most fun.
Joseph and his new friend.
He even found one to share his pepsi with!
It was not too busy that day, lots to see. If you notice in this picture the Koreans are very concerned with skin care so they will walk around with umbrellas and HUGE visors when it gets sunny. Especially the older Ajummas.
Joseph and a dino. It was cool to see the dinosaurs, but they had no signs in English or Korean to tell about the dinosaur you were looking at.
Some were more cute than realistic. They love cute stuff here.
They had this statue of a stegasaurus made out of pipes, it was really neat! Joseph wanted to climb it, but....
We saw the Danger "Do not rise" sign which I can only guess means do not go up or do not climb so he thought better of it.
The Observatory
View from the Observatory.
Next we finished the park part and it was time to see real evidence that Dinosaurs walked the earth, you could walk down to the beach area and see actual fossilized footprints on the ground.
When we arrived to the beach we found a warning sign telling us not to trash the area, dance, sing or perform any shamanistic practices or we could be fined or put in jail. No Problem!
Beautiful Stone Beach.
We also found a cave, and when I asked one of my students to translate the sign (which we assumed meant be careful, because we followed some Koreans into the cave) she informed me that it said not to enter the cave due to the fact it could collapse or have a rock slide...oops... we were living life on the ignorant edge.
The exit.
Joseph cave walking.
We finally got out of the caves and ended up on the beach area, all the rocks were shaped in perfect straight lines. We tried to find rocks that looked like lots of states.
Beautiful Stone Beach.
We also found a cave, and when I asked one of my students to translate the sign (which we assumed meant be careful, because we followed some Koreans into the cave) she informed me that it said not to enter the cave due to the fact it could collapse or have a rock slide...oops... we were living life on the ignorant edge.
The exit.
Joseph cave walking.
We finally got out of the caves and ended up on the beach area, all the rocks were shaped in perfect straight lines. We tried to find rocks that looked like lots of states.
Here is Oklahoma.
Colorado or Wyoming.... :-)
Joseph posing by the sea.
There were little pools of stagnant water that had coral and these cute little flower like animals that would retract if you touched them, but not if you took a picture. The flash reflected in the water, but you can still sort of see the creature.
Me and the cool rocks
The Boardwalk, you were supposed to stay on the walkway, but nobody did.
It was not too long so we walked the whole thing.
Actual Dino footprints in the rock!
At the end of the trail there was a rest stop that sold refreshments, tickets to the nearby camp area and Bonzai Trees, very cute.
We decided we had enough so we left and went to sit in a nearby enclosed bus stop. We knew the last bus away from the park back to Goesung left at 5 and it was already 4:30 so we waited for the bus to come....and it didn't. about 10 after we were finally rescued by a city bus who picked us up. We asked the bus driver if he was heading to the Goesung Bus Terminal, and he said yes, so we got on. About five minutes later we realize he is taking us in the complete wrong direction... not happy about that, and then in the middle of the highway he stopped and told us to get off, apparently he knew the bus schedule really well because not two seconds after we got off he flagged down another bus headed in the right direction to stop and let us on. He was actually going to the Goesung Bus Terminal so we were able to take a bus straight back to the bus station. Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers.
Colorado or Wyoming.... :-)
Joseph posing by the sea.
There were little pools of stagnant water that had coral and these cute little flower like animals that would retract if you touched them, but not if you took a picture. The flash reflected in the water, but you can still sort of see the creature.
Me and the cool rocks
The Boardwalk, you were supposed to stay on the walkway, but nobody did.
It was not too long so we walked the whole thing.
Actual Dino footprints in the rock!
At the end of the trail there was a rest stop that sold refreshments, tickets to the nearby camp area and Bonzai Trees, very cute.
We decided we had enough so we left and went to sit in a nearby enclosed bus stop. We knew the last bus away from the park back to Goesung left at 5 and it was already 4:30 so we waited for the bus to come....and it didn't. about 10 after we were finally rescued by a city bus who picked us up. We asked the bus driver if he was heading to the Goesung Bus Terminal, and he said yes, so we got on. About five minutes later we realize he is taking us in the complete wrong direction... not happy about that, and then in the middle of the highway he stopped and told us to get off, apparently he knew the bus schedule really well because not two seconds after we got off he flagged down another bus headed in the right direction to stop and let us on. He was actually going to the Goesung Bus Terminal so we were able to take a bus straight back to the bus station. Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers.
The bus ride back was long, as expected.
What was unexpected was that the chair in front of Joseph's legs was broken and the woman was leaning on his leg the entire hour and forty minutes home. I thought it was more funny than Joseph did.
We then decided to go out to a nice dinner, we were pooped and I didn't feel like cooking so we went to the Italian place called Pepe Violia and Joseph ordered the big plate of Salmon and mashed potatoes and was kind enough to share.
I had some pasta dish with chicken and broccoli which was divine, and shared with Joseph as well.
We had a long day of travel but the sights we saw were really quite amazing. It was a good trip overall.
What was unexpected was that the chair in front of Joseph's legs was broken and the woman was leaning on his leg the entire hour and forty minutes home. I thought it was more funny than Joseph did.
We then decided to go out to a nice dinner, we were pooped and I didn't feel like cooking so we went to the Italian place called Pepe Violia and Joseph ordered the big plate of Salmon and mashed potatoes and was kind enough to share.
I had some pasta dish with chicken and broccoli which was divine, and shared with Joseph as well.
We had a long day of travel but the sights we saw were really quite amazing. It was a good trip overall. 
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