Phoebe Feehily's Blog

21 OCT 2014 The day the three ahjummas climbed Mount Hallasan, conquered the easiest route and....died. Haha. We started off the day early with yet another nutritious breakfast before we were all geared up to climb the mountain. Equipped with a backpack full of a litre of water each, raincoat and energy bars...we were lacking : a slightly bigger bag and lunch consisting of perhaps a cup noodle. We took a bus to the entrance of the Yeongsil Trail; as far up as the bus could drop us anyway, before walking towards the actual entrance of the trail. The bus trip is close to 45minutes and after dropping, it's almost another 45minutes uphill walk to the trail entrance. A lot of people choose to take a taxi up or most groups simply drive to the entrance. The pre-entrance walk was already rather tedious as we carried a load on our back and trudged uphill in the rain. We were rather soaked by the time we reached the entrance and the restaurant we sought refuge in for a while were...

20 OCT 2014 After a good night's sleep we woke up at 8am for our breakfast; Kitty prepared a slice of toast, a hard-boiled egg, a fried egg, strawberry jam, cereal and home-made yoghurt. How I ate: the hard-boiled egg by itself, put the jam and fried sunny side up on my toast and drank my tea. =) The egg really made me super full. We then got ready for our day of sight-seeing; yes I made an effort for my make-up because photo-taking opportunities are plenty today. Also, check out my Hello Kitty outfit of the day because our last stop was the Hello Kitty Museum =) Hello Kitty T-shirt from Osaka, Hello Kitty shorts from Sanrio Tokyo and Hello Kitty leggings. (Yes I wore my 3-inch heels and I actually walked on rocks with them) Kitty also lent us a selfie stick so today's adventures consists of the three ahjummas' virgin attempt at maneuvering the long stick =P We went down to the carpark about 10minutes before 9 and our taxi driver was already there waiting. Che...