Sunday, November 8, 2009

Spelunking and Korean Night

Well, I was a busy lady this weekend. On Friday, my class took a trip to the Skokjan Caves, which contain one of the world's largest underground canyons. The enviornment there totally reminded me of Lord of the Rings. . .
This is a picture taken outside of the caves. There's a huge waterfall where the river empties into the cave. The river is called the Reka Reka (River River). Pretty brilliant. I took this picture, but the following pictures are not mine. No photography was allowed inside the caves. . and my camera didn't get a good picture with such low light anyway!

Underground river mirroring the stalactites and stalagmites.

Sweet bridge like the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm!! A friend of mine kept chanting "You shall not pass!! Fly you fools!" haha (Lord of the Rings reference).


Another pic of the same bridge.

On the tour you walk around the top of the canyon and look down into the river.



Then we went to this church. It was built in the 1400's and never modernized.

Stone wall around the church.

One of the frescos in the church. The dance of the dead, showing that we are all equal in death. There was a child, a beggar, a businessman, a nobleman, the queen, the king and the pope.

These three lovely Korean ladies (Jisooh, Sanghyun & Sungho + Euna (not pictured)) made us a huge Korean dinner.


They made korean style sushi with ham, egg, tuna, cucumber etc. . sooo good!


Sanghyun & Sungho


They also made some spicy korean ramen. (Miljan & Sungho)

Everyone enjoying the dinner party. (Simon, Miljan, Mathilde, Cecil & Ana)

After the party, every dish in our flat was dirty. Today after 3 loads in the dishwasher. . I finally finished cleaning it all up! (Marta, Jisooh & me)

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for showing us the room! It looks like home.. and the underground caves are awsome! So take some pics of your favorite cafe, or tea place... Looks like you have a great group of friends.. I am very thankful for that... I say a prayer for you every day! love ya dad

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  2. So because you are a girl you had to clean up...Maybe you will do that at home...The caves were awesome. I have never seen a cave that big. Great pictures. The huskers beat Oklahoma Sooners.....yeah....Love You, Mom

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  3. Mallory, the photos of the caves are amazingly beautiful! I hope you're having an amazing time there and are acclimating well!!
    -Rene

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