Tea-time for Tuesday

We woke up uber early on Tuesday, and again had an arduous search for coffee. We had found a few places the night before, but again, most weren't open before 10, and we were on the bus for the next city by 8am. We got to Boseong (pronounced Bosawng) just before 9am, and managed to miss the 9:10 bus to the tea plantation. Since they only run once an hour, we took a cab. Apparently the only cabs in Boseong are the executive cabs. I haven't seen a meter run up that fast, even at 4am in Seoul. It was almost W10,000 to get to the plantation, about 7 minutes away. But the plantation itself was beautiful.

There were huge trees leading up to the entrance, and there was a walkway through the plants. They're more like hedges, really.

There were a few other people around the areas we were in, but for the most part, we wandered around alone.

In fact, they are hedges. They look exactly like the hedges you see in suburbia around a soccer mom's yard: low and well trimmed.

We took a side path into the woods, and found a temple-style pavillion tucked away from the main foot traffic.

We also found an area that had already been harvested, which wasn't as scenic, but still interesting.

We then had a cup of fresh tea in one of the pavillions, and had a quick lunch before heading out. There didn't seem to be much else to do in Boseong, so we took the next bus to Yeosu, which is on the southern coast, around the middle of the country.

It was early evening, so after finding a place to stay and dropping off our bags, we headed out to Odongdo island.

Along with a scenic walk across the South Sea to the island,

we found a dragon cave,

A lighthouse,

and "Musical Water Pipes" with LED lights that the kids just loved to play in.

It was a very nice evening overall, and we headed back to our hotel (passing by a mass amount of ajumas, or older Korean women, doing group yoga or something in the park).