Third day in Korea (4)

The saddest part of the rainy season is that the fog culminated from the cold air tend to block the most scenic views.
Thanks to the fog, I missed out on a supposedly great sunrise in India.
And in Korea, I missed out on a supposedly grand view of the volcano crater at Seongsang Ilchulbong.

What is supposed to be a view of the Seongsan Ilchulbong's 180m tall summit is all covered up by the fog. Nevertheless, as we were already here, there was no reason not to walk up the well-paved stairs up to the peak.
It looked like a long way up judging by the ant-sized people crawling up obediently in a line.

While Ah Liang and I decided to head up the summit, Teresa and Pitto pondered on whether to join us seeing as there is a big chance it would be a pointless walk up without a guaranteed view and the continuous rain had dampened most of our enthusiasm.

As expected, reaching the top didn't get us much of view besides a cloud of white. No amount of squinting or peering down at where the crater was supposed to be could get us a teensy weensy bit of a view. In the end, we had to make do with the view on the walk down as the fog gradually cleared as the temperature dropped by the metre. By then, Teresa and Pitto had decided to make the climb up as well.
The walk down was relaxing as we took the time to take in the view from the top.

There was even a cove down below which we were much too lazy and time constrained (the taxi driver had given us one and a half hour for this destination) to investigate.

To further amuse myself, I took a picture of this version of Wall-E who spends his lifetime looking at the ocean. I kind of envy him in a way.

 

Anyway, at 5pm, we loaded ourselves into the taxi and headed to our last destination of the day -Yongduam Rock.

Note: Ticket admissions to Seongsan Ilchulbong is 2,000 won. It's probably cooler to visit it for its sunrise as it is known in English as Seongsan Sunrise Peak.