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I and my co-worker, we have really short summer break.

So..We decide to go somewhere we can do many things in one place.
And see the water.. Ocean, river, valley, waterfall.. it doesn’t matter …
We just wanted feel this is summer and we are on a vacation even though it is short term!!

I have heard that Uljin is pretty fun place to enjoy water and
there is cave which is very cool inside and Great Park, harbor...
This is not my first travel in Gyeongbuk. But travel with good company makes me always exciting!

Wow Uljin is very long continent.

The rainy season has ended and the heat wave has hit the country.

A green tree and wave in the ocean was beautiful.

It is well-known for the setting of last year’s most famous Korean TV drama.

After rainy season, the sky was clear and sun was shining.

The water was very clean and it was nice place to rest.

Uljin has plenty of mountain, sea and valley.

Especially there is lots of rocky mountain. Look at these pictures.

Here is Bulyeongsa valley.

The water in the valley has risen significantly due to the heavy rain.

The forest and valley forms the great background of the scene.

Here is the entrance Uljin city and there is also EXPO park picture too.

This is a rock called “Sarangbawi rocks”

It looks like two people hug each other.

It has sad family story so that this two people is not a couple, it is sister and brother.

Here is the legend of love rocks. ( Sarangbawi)

Long Ago there lived an orpaned brother and sister who made their meager way foraging for medicinal herbs in the Buryeong-sa valley below Tonggo-san. One night the two were visited in their dreams by a spirit who told them the King of the heavens was very ill, and he could only be cured by samjiguyeopcho (a type of korean barberry), a rare herb found in the valley - the spirits had looked for the herb but goats had eaten all but those growing on the high cliffs, which none dared to climb - if the children would go up there and get the plant a great prize awaited.

For three days the children prayed before heading off up the cliff, they reached the top seven difficult days later and found the plant growing on the edge. Naturally excited the brother ran to the edge to grab the plant and in the process slipped falling to his death. The sister mourned his loss for 3days and nights before throwing herself off the cliff to join her brother. From that day the valley was filled with the laments of the pair, which eventually reached the spirit. The spirit turned the pair into two rocks closly embracing so they should never face the agony of seperation. The mountain above the valley was named Tonggo-san (from Tonggok Mountain of lamentation) and the pine trees stained with their blood became a species known as Uljin Pines, whose bark and wood are both reddish.

Nowadays lovers come to the rock to pray for eternal love which many believe the rock has the power to grant and drinking samjiguyeopcho is said to do wonders to the fertility of prospective parents and aide in their conjugal harmony - it might at the very least get the ball rolling anyway as its usually soaked in liquor.

The total length of Buryeongsa valley is 15km. It’s very long.

A couple was dating in the valley.

Buryeongsa valley’s grounds are flat and not deep.

We dived into the water to cool off.! Water was really clear and cool.

There was also camping ground near this valley.

We cooled off from the heat with a refreshing swim.

And got hungry.

We decide to eat Kal noodle which is my favorite Korean noodle!

Since the Uljin is famous for kingcrab, there is crab in soup.

I just love this noodle more than words can express!

Now my mouth’s watering……It is 5 stars!!

After a great dinner, we took a walk around area.

This is the drama set place.
A house was so pretty.
I thought I wonder if I will ever live in such a house some day.

The lights of the house at night make for a fantastic view~

This location where another TV drama was filmed had become popular tourist spots.

This is called “Uljin Hangguk-ri dropping pine tree”.

This pine tree is a rare breed.
And this tree is estimated to be at least 300 years old.

This tree has beautiful shape and very big.
I can see this tree has survived for long years.

Uljin is also known for bamboo and kingcrab.

We head for Bongpyeong beach~.
There are a few more beach as Mangyang, Goosan and Hupo.

Bongpyeong beach was picked by me~~

The water was so clear and clean.
It might little too early to swim in the ocean?

The sea was quite because it’s still early I guess.

After the beach we head for Seongnyugul cave.

In summer, it only opens until 7:00pm. So we should be there the latest by 6!

Seongnyugul Cave in Uljin is near the valley of Bulyeongsa Temple and
this cave is composed of limestones and tinged with grey, orange and white.

In the cave, there is a big water pool so it is much moisten and its inside temperature is 14.7。C.

According to the legend, it has been said that during the Hideyoshi's Invasion of Korea 500 of inhabitants hide themselves in this cave but they were all suffocated to death because Japanese army blocked its entrance. In the cave, there are 9 pools without water, 3 waterpools which are 4∼5 meters deep, stalactites hanging from the roof of the cave which look like icicles, stalagmites coming up from the floor of a cave formed by drops from a stalactite, stone pillars formed by getting connected of both creations and various cave creations.