【Kr/韓國】Suncheon Bay-Dongdaegu-Gyeongju (순천만-동대구-경주)/順天灣-東大邱-慶州

On the morning of 19 of June, we went to long-expected 순천만(順天灣). The weather was perfect for photos while it made us feel hot to death.
6月19日一大早，我們出發前往期待已久的順天灣，在網路上也瀏覽過這裡好多令人驚嘆的照片。當天的天氣非常好，藍天白雲，一方面為了能拍出美麗的照片而感到開心，但另一方面卻又有種會熱死我的感覺。



Totally different from Seoul.
美麗又寧靜的鄉村，跟首爾的景色完全是南轅北轍，我漸漸愛上這裡了。


Frankly I didn't expect that we had to buy the tickets.
出發前，我們以為順天灣只是一個很美麗的風景，沒想到是在生態保育園區裡面，所以一樣要購票才能入場。


Eco museum
生態保育博物館。






The distance was not that long but it was super hot.
頭上頂著快把我們烤焦的太陽，讓我們覺得這條路似乎無比的漫長。






A crane.
在這保育園區裡著名的鶴！




Beautiful trip. I have to say, "Mountains do connect people". Even this little hill did it, too.
雖然真的快熱瘋了，但是每每看到漂亮的景緻總讓我們覺得很值得！真的不得不說，大自然真是連結人和人之間的途徑之一，從之前的雪嶽山到這的小山丘，來來往往的人總是會跟我們說加油。


Full of reeds.
遍布了蘆葦，秋天來一定更加美不勝收。




It's really humorous, and we chose the easier one.
走到一半會看到這個岔路，路牌非常有意思，看英文的話，簡單的那條路叫做「冥想之道」，而難的那條就叫「困難的路」，但是韓文的話好笑多了，簡單的那條跟英文一樣，但是難的那條卻是叫「腿很痛的路」，這大概就是韓國人的直接，哈哈。

原本我們想要選難的，但是後來屈服於這大太陽了，想說下山再走走難的路好了。（不過後來真的是熱到不行，而且簡單的那條路就讓我們頗累了，所以下山還是又走了原路。）

It was around 12~1 pm so we had to put our clothes on our head to prevent from the burning sunshine.
當時大約是下午十二點到一點，所以我們必須要把衣服蓋在頭頂上，不然那熱度實在燙得可怕。





It was exactly as beautiful as the picture I saw on the Internet. I think it'd be more beautiful in the afternoon.
這條路不難走，考驗我們的是炎熱的天氣，但是非常值得，因為完全和我們預期中的一樣美麗，也多虧了當天的好天氣。但是如果可以的話，在太陽下山的時候應該是更美，尤其是秋天的時候，難以想像的美麗。

After going back to the bus terminal, we found a restaurant around there.
That's one of the reasons I love long-term trip because I can experience what I see, instead of all the must-sees.
之後隨便在轉運站附近找了家食堂吃午餐。我喜歡長期的旅行就是這樣，不用把所有一定要體驗的東西擠在一起，可以隨心所欲的看到什麼、體驗什麼。

팥죽, but it was with noodle instead of porridge. The taste was very cool, a little salty. I'd never tried salty food made of red beans like this.
菜單上是寫紅豆粥，我以為是粥，沒想到是紅豆湯麵，超特別的，我從來沒吃過鹹的紅豆湯！這道菜可是分量十足，湯也不是水水的湯，是非常濃稠的紅豆湯。


Sea food flavored 칼국수, this was very good! The servings of both of them were large.
朋友點的海鮮湯麵，這應該能算是我們吃過最好吃的海鮮湯麵，而且份量好大，料好多，卻一點也不貴。大概這也算是鄉下的好處吧。


After lunch, we headed for 경주, but we had to take the bus to 동대구 first and then transfer to 경주. The other choice was taking the bus to 부산 and transfer to 경주, which was cheaper but we had to wait for the bus longer.
吃完午餐之後，我們總算前往這趟旅程的最後一站--慶州（其實我們當初也不確定有沒有足夠的時間去），但是必須要先搭客運到東大邱才能轉車到慶州。還有另一種方式是搭客運到釜山，再轉到慶州，雖然比較便宜但是要等到很晚才有車。



As arriving 경주, it took a while to look for accommodation for that some motels and 여관 looked creepy and some of them were all occupied. I like this city. Maybe it's because it's sort of like my hometown.
抵達慶州之後，已經將近天黑了，我們也花了好一段時間在尋找落腳處，在這發現還有「旅館」這種地方，比Motel更便宜，但是看起來有些詭異，不過這兒的旅館生意可是好的出奇，好多都是客滿的。
來的第一天，我就覺得我很喜歡這個城市，還好有機會造訪:)
大概是因為有點像我們家鄉吧，不是很鄉下也不是很都市。

【Kr/韓國】Gurye - Suncheon - Boseong Tea Field (구례-순천-보성다원)/求禮-順天-寶城茶園

Just came out of 구례역.
剛從求禮火車站出來。

There was one western guy sat next to me on the train and got off the train here as well, so I asked him if he also needed to find accommodation. He said he lived here and told me to wave a cab to the town. Live here? I didn't see anything here in addition to the bridge in the dark night....
在火車上有一個西方人坐在我旁邊，他正好也跟我同一站下車，在這鳥不生蛋的黑夜裡，我別無選擇地跑去問他是不是也要找住的地方，他居然說他就住在這附近！！但是這附近真的什麼都沒有啊...

I returned to the station, asking for a map and ask something about accommodation. Then the staff hailed a taxi for me and told the driver to take me to a motel. The taxi fee here was more expensive than in Seoul!
於是我走回車站內，跟職員要了張地圖順便請她指出我們現在在哪、哪裡能找到MOTEL。她的主管走出車站幫我攔了台計程車，請司機載我到有MOTEL的地方。開了好一段路之後，司機放我在一間MOTEL下車，我看那方圓百里也只有那間所以我也沒得選擇...。求禮的計程車比首爾貴。


This is the motel I stayed.
就是這間。


The room was quite big but a little bit noisy. I asked for 10,000W discount so I got this double room at 30,000W.
其實房間還滿大的，比我想像中舒適，原價是四萬韓元，但是我嫌太貴所以他們給了我三萬，我希望價錢在台幣一千以下，所以這是個可以接受的價位。而且他們的設備都還算良好（至少沒有壞掉的吹風機）。

I woke up very early in the next morning, at 6:21am. And then I got a message from my Slovak friend, so we decided to meet each other as soon as possible. I didn't know if I slept well at that night because I wasn't sure if the door was safe enough....and after the whole day, I had to learn and find out how to relax so that I could sleep. Anyway, I was very lucky that I got so much help.
隔天一早莫名其妙我在六點二十一分起床，兩分鐘之後居然就收到來自斯洛伐克朋友的簡訊，好吧，那就是時候起床了，因為她在寺廟裡也沒有其他的行程，所以我們決定在這清晨時分見面吧！前一天晚上很難睡得好，因為總覺得隨時有人會破門而入（我大概有神經緊繃的被害妄想症），加上一整天的疲累、有時候處於精神緊張的狀態，花了好長一段時間練習要怎麼放輕鬆睡覺。



Here was the problem again. When I walked out the motel, I had no idea where I was...and it was so early that all the staff were still asleep, so no one could point out the location on the map for me. I saw an 아줌마 do some clean on the street and asked for a help. Luckily, she told me the bus terminal was very close, only 3 minutes by walk(well...actually about 10 minutes). But I couldn't believe that I was almost in the town... because it didn't look like...

就在我步出MOTEL時，我又遇到了一個問題：我不知道我人在地圖上的哪裡。但是就連MOTEL的職員都還在睡覺（我看很多人把鑰匙放在櫃檯就走了），在我視野所及之處唯一的人就是一個掃地的歐巴桑。她跟我聊了一下，跟我說我們現在的位置太小了所以地圖上沒有，但是就在地圖上的市場旁邊，走三分鐘就能到客運轉運站（但是我大概走了十分鐘，不過在身經百戰之後，我早已習得不相信韓國人步行時間的能力）。
我不敢相信我們所在之處在地圖上看起來是個熱鬧的地方，因為真的什麼都沒有....





A very quiet place.
求禮是一個比我想像中還要偏僻的地方，不過滿不錯的。



Yeah, in such an early morning, I could only find people in the market.
果然走沒多久就有市場，然後有很多的人在準備。在這一大清早大概也只有市場裡有人了吧。






I still asked few people to find the bus terminal. And I saw a taxi just arrive. I knew it was her, my dear friend, for that in this early morning, there weren't even many people walking on the street, let alone people taking a taxi.
不過客運轉運站比我想像中的難找。就在我照這張相片的時候，我看到有輛計程車駛來，我知道一定就是我親愛的斯洛伐克朋友！！！因為在這連人影都很稀少的時候，還會有計程車...一定就是她了。

It's hard to describe my feeling that seeing such a friend at that moment.
在經過了前一天的旅程還有在MOTEL度過的那一晚，無法用言語表達見到她那刻的心情...簡單來說就是放心了。

After she bought me a breakfast, we decided to go to 순천(順天) first.
她堅持要請我吃一頓豐盛的早餐（當然是在她同意我回請她午餐之下我才會接受），點了一個以前沒吃過的湯，然後，順天，我們來了！




We arrived 순천, after a little discussion, we decided to go to 보성(寶城) first, and then return back here.
抵達順天之後，我們討論要先去順天灣還是直接前往寶城，結論是先去寶城。


One of the advantages traveling with this friend is that there was no pressure on me. We enjoyed the trip and OK with everything, so just saw how everything went and followed it. On the other hand, we had a tiny problem with making decisions, such as where to go first. However, it couldn't be easier to solve them: flip a coin or paper-scissors-rock. And, enjoy the result.
跟這個朋友一起旅遊的好處是沒有壓力，因為一切都很隨興，不過小問題就是在做決定的時候會有問題，因為我們兩個都很隨興，不過解決方法很簡單：丟銅板和猜拳。
也是因為這趟旅程沒有計畫（唯一的計畫就是我們知道有哪些景點好像不錯，還有我們有四天），所以另一個朋友沒有參加。



Round trip tickets.
售票員建議我們直接買來回票，其實就是買四張。


보성 bus terminal...hmmm, nice, a very old style one.
寶城客運站，超復古！


A waiting room outside.
候車亭。






After almost 40 minutes, we got to the entrance to the tea field.
從順天出發約四十分鐘的路程，我們抵達寶城茶園。


Ticket to 보성다원(대한다원).
票。
I should visit a tea field Taiwan because when I showed the photos taken here to my Taiwanese friends, they said the tea field in Taiwan was more beautiful because of the color of the leaves. I don't know if it's true.
聽說台灣的茶園更美，我應該找個時間去看看！














The color of sky was not that good.
天空的顏色很不適合拍照。








We went up.
我們順著茶園爬到最上面。








After we finished our visit to the tea field, it started to rain heavily. We followed some people to pass through a tunnel and then got to the bus stop.
離開茶園之後開始下起了大雨，我們真幸運！！好不容易找到回程的巴士站，就在去程的巴士站下車之後，穿過旁邊的隧道後就會看見。



Some people didn't want to wait so they took a cab back to 순천 and then the bus came in one minute. That's life.
很多人在等巴士，大約快一小時才一班，所以後來有的人選擇搭計程車，但是在最後一班計程車離開後的一分鐘內，巴士就來了，希望那班車上的人不要發現...

Because it was late and rained, as soon as we got back to 순천, we went to find an accommodation. The price was cheaper than I expected. Then went out to find a coffee shop (it was really hard to find one!) to charge the mobile phone and had 돈까스 for dinner. Shops close early there.

因為下了大雨，天色也暗了，原本在想要待一晚然後隔天去順天灣還是直接搭車去慶州，但是既然都來到這了，看看順天灣吧！能不能去慶州就順其自然了，畢竟難得跟來自遠方的朋友出遊，景點就不是那麼重要了。
回到順天之後找了一間比想像中便宜很多的MOTEL住，看了好一陣子的電視，在我快要睡著之際我們出去找咖啡廳，好讓吃電很兇卻一直沒吃飽的iphone充電，在順天要找一家咖啡廳比我想像中難度高很多，在回程中好不容易找到一家還沒打烊的豬排店充飢。這天晚上睡得很好！