Halla-san!

Last Monday was a beautiful sunny day, so we thought we'd take the time I had between classes (9-4, split shifts like whoa!) to go up Mount Halla, the volcanic center of Jeju Island. We took the Yeongsil course, which is the shortest and perhaps the most beautiful. Here's the Yeongsil rocks between trees:



The path up the mountain (and you can almost see the ocean in the distance...):



There were ice crystals on the vegetation as we climbed to higher altitudes:



Me at the top! This course doesn't lead up to the very top of the mountain (it's closed off), so this is as far as you can get. And there's the peak, just taunting you:



Oh - and here's one from last week, frog's eggs and tiny tadpoles in a local stream. I've never seen anything like this before!



Even though these past couple of weeks have been great, I've been missing home a lot lately. Thinking of you guys!