When we arrived there about 20 students and 6 Korean teachers were waiting for us all to get there. In total there were 11 foreign teachers, Nathan, Karalee, Andrew, Laura, Carmela, Tiffany, Joanne, Scott, Amanda, Priscilla and myself.
Each of us were paired up with 2-3 students for the day, one other foreign teacher and a Korean teacher. Laura and I were paired together and we each had 2 grade 6 girl students. All we had to do was speak English to them and not lose them all day.
The entire field trip was free, which included a bus ride all day, some ferry's, lunch, dinner and sightseeing. Our first destination took about an hour to get to. We would have been there about 20 minutes sooner than we were if the bus driver hadn't of gone around in a circle at this one point. Left: A picture of some rice fields adn mountains in the bike I saw along the way. Right: A beautiful picture I took out the bus window along the way. It looks very Asian.
Then we had to get on a ferry to the Island where the temple was located. The ferry ride was about 20 minutes long. We chatted with the students and watched them feed shrimp chips to all the seagulls that were following our ferry. They loved it when we decided to feed the seagulls as well. Left: The ferry boat we took to the temple...just kidding. Just a cool picture I took outside the bus window. Right: Only half of the seagulls that followed us. 
The video below is of all the seagulls that were surrounding our ferry. It gives the full effect of just what was happening. Plus, with the students feeding the flock shrimp chips only attracted more of the vial creatures.
Once we arrived at the first destination, Chondungsa temple, we were told we had to climb a mountain. Well, I climbed in flip flops, which wasn't so bad, but my legs were burning. All this physical activity I get 5 days a week is killing me. Left: Laura and I with the 4 girls we spent the day with. Right: Wish rocks. You build a rock tower, make a wish and hope it comes true. 
The temple sight was beautiful and majestic. There were Buddhas everywhere. It really was incredible to look inside the temples and see monks and Korean sightseers praying and meditating. Left: This is me with my 2 students, Yun-seol and Hyun-young. The one in yellow was really shy. Right: One of the temples.
Just when we thought that was all there was to see the Korean teacher leading the field trip told us we had a mountain to climb. I'm thinking, Oh great, I wearing flip flops, it's a thousand degrees outside and my legs are dying. Turns out the climb up the mountain consisted of stairs, so that made it easier, but there were over 200 stairs and they weren't in a straight line or even. When we reached the top we were all thirsty, so Laura bought herself and the girls some soda's and I bought my own. Left: Some of the foreign teachers and students finally at the top of the mountain. Right: The Buddha carved into the side of the mountain.
We took a group picture of some of the students and teacher's who were at the top together, as well. The top of the mountain was beautiful and there was a Buddha carved into the side of the mountain. It was used as a prayer spot with candles and gift offerings. Left: The Korean man in this picture was excited to see us, so he decided he wanted to be in a picture. The Korean woman just followed him. Scott's face says it all, "Who the heck is this guy?" Right: The most amazing display of white painted Buddha's I have ever seen. There must have been at least 200 of them.
Tiffany and I were a bit hesitate about going in it at first because we didn't want to get our clothes dirty and the mud just looked disgusting. We decided to suck it up and try it out. It was our pre-Mud Festival preparation. The mud felt weird, it felt like walking through clay or poo. Once we got use to it it actually felt really nice on our feet. Left: Tiffany and I took a picture of our feet in the mud with some of the girl students. Right: Karalee, Laura and I enjoy our time in the muddy water.
Some of the students (boys) decided to have mud fights with each other and ended up getting covered in it, but lucky for them, mom packed them extra clothes. We got warned on the way to the beach that we would be filmed. We were all a bot hesitate at first, but we were being filmed in order to make a foreigners video that would invite foreigners to come teach in Korea. The video is going up on some website, should be interesting. Picture: Here are 3 of Laura and my students with mud all over their hands and legs.
We stayed at the beach for about an hour before we had to head off to our next and final destination. Cleaning the mud off our feet was a rather interesting experience. First off, you had to pay $1 to use the shower, but Laura and I got ourselves paid for :) Second, once you were in the shower area you were packed in with every other person who was muddy, so the shower was packed and you risked getting wet or dirty. Third, the floor outside the shower was filthy, so you could potentially have gotten your feet dirty again. I managed to come out as clean as I could get under the circumstances.
The last destination was another temple, Pomunsa temple. This also included another ridiculous hike up a hill or two. Once we got to where the temples were located our mission was to find the 'naked lady' statue. All the groups tried to find her, but we all got bored and drank fresh water and played games instead. Then we had to have individual group pictures taken. Afterwards, there was a big group picture taken and all the students wanted the foreign teachers email addresses, so we spent a good 15 minutes writing those down. Left: A rather beautiful picture I took of some temples with the beautiful trees surrounding them. Center: A temple with a drum and dragon inside it. Right: My individual group picture with my 2 students and the Korean teacher, Seung-hee.
Then it was time to head back to Incheon. The bus ride back was loud at first with students getting foreign teachers phone numbers, boys bugging girls, students yelling, etc. It quieted down once the bus driver turned a movie on. I managed to catch about a 30 minute nap, so that was great. Here are some random pictures of things on saw on the field trip. Left: An adorable Korean boy who took full charge of the camera he is carrying and was a huge crowd pleaser. His shirt has a picture of a camera on it and instead of saying SMILE on the camera it says, SMALE. Oh Korea!
Once we got back to Incheon the students were sent home and the teachers invited us out for dinner. Nathan told them that everyone was tired and we were all going to go home, but most of us were hungry and wanted to eat. We decided to just head to Bupyeong station without the Korean teachers and eat Indian food. I'm not a fan of curry, but the butter chicken with naan bread at First Nepal is so good and you can hardly taste the curry in it.
After I finished eating I took off early because I was meeting up with Tracy and Holly to go check out this New Zealand bar. I had really bad cramps, so I wasn't much fun, but I went along anyways. While Tracy and I were waiting for the bus to go meet up with Holly we spotted this Korean man going hard on his treadmill on the 8th floor of an apartment building. I tried to take pictures, but it was too dark, so I took a video instead. The commentary of Tracy and I is what makes this video so great. Check out the video below.
The bar turned out to be nothing New Zealand like at all, so we stayed for one drink and some popcorn chicken and caught the last bus home. Since, they were up early to go to North Korea and myself for the field trip we all wanted to be in bed before midnight. I ended up turning in around 1:00 a.m.
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