Choosok Holiday...MacArthur and a Beach

At the top of Freedom Park is a nice memorial to MacArthur and the Incheon Landing where America led the way in winning back the South. America gets a bad rap with younger generations in Korea but if you ask any of the older people here and they love America and MacArthur is the man.

We then walked back to Incheon Station to catch the city's tour bus. It took us past Woolmido (an amusement park on the ocean where the rumour is they try to make you puke before the rides stop) and onto a ferry. We were headed to an island fifteen minutes away. As the bus left the boat and onto the worlds scariest on ramp (no side rails and 90 degree like turn to make land) we were in the proper country side. Or so I thought.

Ten minutes later the bus stopped at the Incheon airport (aka Korea's International airport). This was just another route onto the island and one I have never taken. Heidi, Rachel-Lynn and I then tried to count the number of times we have come and gone from the place. (FYI...I'm at 19 times now, but what is sadder is that I arrived when Kimpo in Seoul was still the International airport).

After a quick nap we soon awoke at the beach. We sat out in the sun and enjoyed it being Choosok because Koreans are all in their home towns leaving the beach empty. It was a nice afternoon and definitely a beach I will return simply because of its proximity to my house (1 hour away).