Last month, my friend Dana -- a fellow Emory alum -- came and visited me in Daegu, which was GREAT! He, his friends from Daejeon and I made the most of every moment of the weekend. Starting with...the Cat & Dog Café!
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| This dog wasn't half as friendly as the wolverine dog that kept climbing on me and trying to eat my phone :-P But after catching up, we headed off to other events... |
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| It was a rainy day-gu, but that didn't stop this crew from turning the city upside down. |
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| After an adventurous trek to the shooting range, I showed the Daejeonians...Daejeoners...anyway, we went to one of my favorite galbi restaurants downtown! |
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| Anyone who knows me knows that I loathe this place, but I felt I'd be remiss if I didn't showcase one of Daegu's most waygooky zones ever--GoGo Vinyl. With sparklers.
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| We had planned on visiting Herb Hillz on Saturday, but the rain canceled that. No matter--it was a beautiful Sunday! |
different obstacle courses, complete with ziplines and all-Korean-language safety instructions sure to make you feel like you're fluent if you don't die by the end of the course!
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| Not sure what's going on with the upside-down statue...but hey, it's Korea! |
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| Oh let's do it! *Ironic note* Dana and I actually first met on an outdoor ropes course type of experience called Crossroads in college! |
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| They wisely make you practice clipping your suspension hooks so you are at less risk of doing something wrong while in the trees. |
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| Kate conquering the stair-stepping obstacle (harder than it looks!!) |
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| This was one of my least favorite parts of the King Kong course (code word for hard and kinda dangerous). It was like skateboarding on a tightrope. Oh wait, that's what it WAS! |
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| Dana zipping through Herb Hillz like a boss! |
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| That splash of red is Kate on (I think) the longest zipline on the course. |
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| Giving "tree hugger" a whole new meaning. |
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| All aboard the ratchet bus! |
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| Rachel got us all excited about zorbing, but then the park decided to enforce a height & weight limit so we couldn't go! ㅠ.ㅠ |
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| That didn't preclude Herb Hillz from having this oh-so-culturally-appropriate activity, though. |
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| Sarah & Rachel are much better at getting there faces at just the right angle. |
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| After all that zipping and swinging, we were hungry. Where better to enjoy a meal than my neighborhood of Suseong Swag? |
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| Doesn't everyone just have planes sitting about in the neighborhood lake? |
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| This oddity is actually a little café on the inside. |
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| En route to the airplane café, we caught a glimpse of this. Back home, people go on romantic horse-drawn carriage rides. In Daegu, people go on robot-Hello-Kitty-drawn mini carriage rides. Whatever floats your boat! But really, this robot thing was sketch! |
After packing all of this into just over 24 hours, it was time for the Daejeonians (I'm really going to give them a different demonym each time) to head back home.
Till the next adventure...
~WTRJ
