EVERLAND!!

Friday night Nicole and I met up with some male Korean friends to go for drinks because we hadn't seen them in a while. We went to a nice Korean style Hof in Yeonsu and just chatted and played Korean style drinking games. When we finished at the Hof we headed to 'ajushi' alley for some food and more drinking as well as drinking games. Then Nicole wasn't feeling well, so I put her in a taxi and sent her home while I stayed out with the last three friends and we headed for kamjatang and more drinks...We ended up turning in around 8:00 a.m., so I spent all day Saturday sleeping and recovering before meeting up with Nicole for a very very chill night at her place with movies and water...lol! I had and early day Sunday because I was heading to Everland amusement park with some friends in the morning, so I headed home around 1:00 a.m.

Sunday morning was an early one. I headed to Tracy's to meet up with her, Alison and Carolina, so we could taxi to the bus terminal and catch the bus that would be taking us to Everland. There were 6 of us that went, Tracy, Carolina, Alison, Tara, Rebekah and me. We caught the 8:20 a.m. bus and arrived in Yongin, where Everland is, around 10:30 a.m. Think Disneyland, but not as exciting. It had a theme, I'm not sure what it was, and many rides, games, shops, etc, but Disneyland is well...Disneyland!

This is the entrance way to Everland. Bear hats are very common here, so that is why the mascot is wearing one. Stopped for a kodak moment with the skiing snowmen. The park theme is 'Snow Festival' right now. It doesn't matter what age you are, having your picture taken with a mascot is always a good idea. This is the six of us. Left to Right: Rebekah, Carolina, Me, Tracy, Alison, and Tara. Rebekah and I decided to buy animal ear headbands. I opted for the 'white tiger' because it was my favorite animal out the choices we had. Rebekah's favorite animal is a giraffe, so she was in luck.

There was a parade in the afternoon at the park. There were mascots and people dressed up in random outfits dancing and singing. It was funny to watch because all the animals/mascots were completely random and I'm not sure how they fit into the park theme. However, I had no idea what the theme of Everland even was.

The rabbit mascot and the GIANT snowman. I think mascot is a mouse and it rocked the dance moves the best.

Since we had gotten to Everland so early we managed to get a few rides done with no lines. We waited just over an hour for the T-Express ride. It is the largest wooden roller coaster in the world with the largest vertical drop. Let me just say that it was worth the hour long wait. On our way out of the park we walked through the zoo. It was really sad seeing such wild and large animals in such small spaces.

They had some white tigers for our viewing pleasure. They matched my headband. The polar bear was the saddest sight for me. He was dirty, his living quarters were so tiny and the weather is far too warm for him. I decided I will be a turtle in my next life with my crime fighting brother, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

When we finished at Everland we headed back to Incheon and then Tracy, Carolina, Holly, Lisa and I went for galbi and then called it a night. It was a really fun girls day and I can't wait for the next one.