Hi, Let's gain a foothold on the Island Muuido(舞衣島) on August 31.
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Dear, ladies and gentlemen of MHT:
This may be the last time to enjoy the summer of 2013. We can meet Mr. Summer next year, though!^^Please feel free to join us to meet new friends from the all over the country for the last summer weekends.
• Where to meet : At Gyeyang station Exit1(Airport Railroad) not Gyesan station
• When we will meet : 10 am Sharply!
• Preparations : a towel, Sunscreen, 2 bottle of frozen water, a pair of sunglasses,
Packed lunch box, Swimming suits or pants
• Itinerary :
- 10:30 arrive at Yong-u station and go to the pier(2.4km by walk)
it takes 30 minutes by walk.(Jamjindo Pier 잠진도 선착장)
12:00 ~ 15:00 Hiking ~ Include of lunch time
15:30 ~ swimming at the Silmi beach
18:00 ~ Supper or snack
19:00 ~ Return to seoul
Costs : 3,000won(Ferry round trip fee)
If you want to have dinner together, bring extra money 8,000won
• Hiking course
< the second course>
Samgumi pier - the entrance of trail - Horyeong gok san - Gooksabong - Bongwoojae direction - Silmi - kunmori Pier( it takes 3 hours)
(소요시간 3시간)
Muuido, also known as Muui Island, is an island in South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea). It is a small island located south of Yongyu Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongyu_Island), which was joined with Yeongjong Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeongjong_Island) when Incheon International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon_International_Airport) was built. Muui Island is visible from the airport. It is served by a daily ferry from Incheon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon) ferry terminal on the mainland, as well as by a frequent car ferry which crosses the narrow channel separating the island from Yongyu Island.
Muui island, measuring 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) long and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide.
The island's name "Muui" means "dancer's dress" in Korean. It is a beautiful spot popular with tourists, who like to visit the two main beaches of the island, Silmi Beach and Hanagae Beach. There are many shellfish in the shores of the island.
Silmi Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silmido) is a smaller uninhabited island located off the NW shore of Muui Island.
Muuido is mentioned in Eugene Clark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Clark_(U.S._Navy_officer))'s Korean War narrative The Secrets of Incheon.
Gra Ham of Wales is the king of Muuido.
http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/b/3/4/600_275299252.jpeg As the summer months seems to be coming to a rapid close, I figured it was high time to do some serious beach bumming for a weekend. This isn't my first beach experience in Korea but it was my first time out to Muuido Island which is just outside of Incheon (where the international airport is located). I have a friend from back home, Kimberly, who has recently moved to South Korea and her and I took a nice overnight trip out to the Islands for the weekend. At first we weren't too sure exactly where to go but figured it couldn't be too difficult. I had looked up some different beach spots and had the jist of where we were going...worse case scenario, who doesn't like an adventrue right? So we hoped on the subway and an hour and half later we were in Incheon! Now that sounds easy enough and I would like to tell you that that is where this story ends but I would be lying...so here we go...
Once we got off the subway we were supposed to get on a bus. Easy enough, the bus stop was right in front of the subway exit. I http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/31970/196194/t/1464078-Muuido-Island-fun-times-0.jpghttp://www.travelblog.org/pix/shim.gif
Muuido Island, fun times~!~just chillin~was talking to this really nice Taxi driver when all of a sudden a guy that was standing behind me started talking to me. He was really nice and told us what bus to get on and where to catch the ferry. Sweet~! So we were on the bus and at the ferry in no time. On to bus #2. There seemed to be quite a few foreigners that had the same beach bum idea as us so Kimberly, our new friend and myself waited for the second bus with them. Little did we know that they had already been on one bus and this was round two for them to get to the correct destination. Eventually the bus pulls into the airport. Our friend was up talking to the bus driver and a bunch of the other foreigners were like...hmm we've already been here, is this the right bus? So Kimberly and I looked at each other and weren't too sure what to do. Our new friend comes back and says that we should get off this bus and try to get a different one. Well, before we knew it he was off and by the time we went
Muuido Island, fun times~!~beach babes~to get off it was too late. So we were stuck. However, no one else had got off so we figured we were okay. The bus finally came to a narrow road and stopped. Everyone started getting off and I guess because it was high traffic the bus couldn't go through. So we started walking along with everyone else. We finally came to another ferry and had no where else to go but on and to the other side. Once there we hopped on another bus, bus #3....and after a short 15 minute ride were finally at a destination. Not too sure what destination but there was a beach and that is all that mattered. Later we found out it was Muuido Island. We rented a little hut for the night and decided to hit the beach pronto. After an exhausting 3 hour trip we were ready to hit the water. Thank goodness we got there when we did cause shortly after we went for a "Swim...aka wade" the tide was already starting to go out. By about 5:00 pm the sun was setting and most of the water was out as well. It was kinda nice though cause it http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/31970/196194/t/1464084-Muuido-Island-fun-times-0.jpghttp://www.travelblog.org/pix/shim.gif
Muuido Island, fun times~!gave us a chance to walk around in the mud and visit some of the rocks and what not that were farther out.
We ate a wonderful dinner while watching the sun set and did a little venturing around before heading to the hut for some well deserved rest.
The hut was not the most comfortable sleep that I have ever had and needless to say we both woke up a little stiff and sore and ready for the second day adventure.
The tide was still low so we decided to hang out on the beach and relax before venturing off to some of the father rocks. Getting there in the low tide was the easy part but coming back proved to be a little more difficult. Kimberly broke her sandal and seeing as though the tide had already came back, we couldn't take the same squishy mud path back. So we toughed it out with the rocks and banacles and finally made it back to the main beach. Exhausted and sunburnt to the nines, we tried to give the beach one more shot. After about 5 minutes we had both had enough and headed to the showers for a http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/31970/196194/t/1464089-Muuido-Island-fun-times-0.jpghttp://www.travelblog.org/pix/shim.gif
Muuido Island, fun times~!cool down. We soon were packed and ready to go.
It was a great weekend and I am hoping to get in a few more of those before the weather does cool down too much.
The past couple weeks have also been fun filled with......REPORT CARDS YAY~!!!
This is the second round but that means I only have two more times that I have to do them while I am here....yippeeeee~! Tomorrow is my official six month aniversary of being in Korea and I must say that is has gone by much too quickly! I am looking forward to my next adventures and seeing what my last six months here will bring me....
Love you all....
Trena xox
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Hi, Let's gain a foothold on the Island Muuido(舞衣島) on August 31.