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Published: September 29th 2016
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We arrived in Danyang around lunchtime having left Gyeongju earlier that morning. After lunch we went for a walk through the market.
We'd read a few blogs about Danyang before we arrived which said that you can see more garlic than you've seen in your whole life at the Danyang market; being garlic lovers we were fairly skeptical about this. After having walked two out of the three aisles of the market without seeing much garlic we were were certain the author must have been smoking something funny, but as we turned into the last section we were proved wrong! So. Much. Garlic!
After taking some photos we headed to the black garlic bread shop and purchased a few to sample. They were quite sweet which was a little odd, but they were definitely edible though we're not sure we'd buy them again. Whilst snacking we made our way to the river to watch the paragliders who launch from the cliffs above the river which runs on one side of Danyang.
The paraglider operators must make a killing from tourism as they stayed up in the air for only about 10 minutes before landing on a small strip
of grass between the river and a car park and then heading back up the hill with the next group of tourists. After checking into our (average) hotel we headed back to the river and went for a walk away from the town. It was quite a nice easy walk and the river and cliffs were quite pretty.
That night for dinner we had another set menu at a place which got decent reviews. Fortunately one of the staff could speak English so was able to explain what all the various little bits and pieces were when they arrived. The food was quite delicious, my favourite dish was a miso like soup while Scott preferred the beef.
After dinner we grabbed a (plastic) bottle of dongdongju (the local wine we'd enjoyed in Gyeongju) and some paper cups for the bargain price of 1300 won (approximately 1.55AUD) for 900ml. Unsurprisngly the dongdongju was disgusting and we poured it out after only a sip each! Later we discovered that they often mix it with lemonade to make it more palatable..
The following morning we set off for Sobaeksan National Park to do another hike. We stopped off at the
information booth at Huibang and grabbed a few maps and a brochure and then drove to the carpark near the Huibang Falls where we started our walk.
Until the point we reached the waterfall the walk was quite easy but from that point on we we basically walked up hill / up steep steps for 2 hours. The scenery was really beautiful so made the climb worth it; some of the leaves had begun to change colour for autumn, there were pretty wildflowers and lots of chipmunks running around eating acorns.
By the time we reached the peak (1439m above sea level) the visibility was very poor as the clouds had closed in. We stopped for just long enough to eat a museli bar and snap some photos before heading back down.
About half way down the mountain it started raining; luckily the canopy provided a good amount of shelter otherwise we would have been absolutely drenched by the time we reached the car!
After our walk we headed back to the market to have a (healthy) late lunch of fried chicken. The chicken was quite delicious; they had fried whole cloves of garlic as well
as some spring onions as well which were yummy.
After lunch we headed back to the hotel to relax; given we'd had a very late lunch we skipped dinner and just grabbed some ice-creams to tide us over till the following morning.
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Great blog
This is a location I would like to travel to. Thanks for sharing your impressions.