Day 3 ~ "ski"

Yeap, we’ve reached day 3..

another refreshing morning with the light winter breeze..

The main event of the day speaks it all – winter skiing

Breakfast at the lovely resort before we set out..

Our destination?
-- Yong Pyong Ski Resort

At the foothill, we proceeded to take a ‘Gondola Ride’ (or simply cable car) which lasted for about 20 minutes up to the snow mountain..quite a long way up really..

Here we are, playing with snow..had some snowball fights..but forgot to make snowman & snow angel..*sigh

taste of snow? hmm..try it yourself..

Snap some photographs by the beautiful view from the mountain, overlooking the bright blue sky & then later on went indoor to have our lunch before we continued with skiing

For lunch, we had ‘mushroom hotpot’ with a few different variety of mushroom..i think we forgot to take pics of the food we had again..haha

Anyways, charged & energized with lunch, we geared up for the ski activity..even though not all took part in it, since it’s the individual’s freedom to choose if they wanna try it out or not, in order to cater for other tourist’s needs..

The tour guide became the tutor/trainer & taught us to ski..lol..
Those who chose to go with their own plan, not going for ski could rest, relax, or hang out at the ski resort, enjoying other facilities, take their sweet time to wander around or just drink a nice hot cup of coffee indoors, chit-chat etc..

getting the gears..

Trying out at skiing, personally, I think it is rather similar to ice-skating, except that it gives a better, more stable foothold, with larger area of contact with the ground covered with snow, less balancing skills needed..

The basic steps actually, are easier than expected to be mastered, as long as you just need to know how to start skiing & the way to stop when necessary..somehow, you use the same methods for ice skating as well..

I do prefer skiing over ice skating as the ground is smooth with the soft snow, even if u fall, it won’t hurt anyways..skiing down the slope of the snow mountain gives a sense of thrill & satisfaction once you know how to ski..

some learning to snow-board

The only less-fun side of it is that you have to take off the ski gears, carry them back uphill in order to ski down again, after u ski downwards to ground level..that’s the tedious part of it..it was the first time I actually really felt warm being outdoors on a winter day..

otherwise, if one has trained enough to go pass the beginner, amateur & achieved the professional stage, then one can challenge to go all the way to the highest peak of the mountain, travelling up by the cable car instead..since it would be exhausting to walk all the way up there..

had enough of winter exercise, we rested at the hotel for a while..
then, out we went for dinner..u could guess it already, Korean cuisine really doesn’t involve much variety of cooking methods as Chinese style cuisine.

It’s another hotpot again, but one must not deny that it’s a suitable choice of meal as it warms you up really well especially by as night time approaches..what could be better than hotpots during winter time..i’m just worried of gaining much weight at the end of the trip..haha

Anyhow, one still couldn’t get bored with hotpots even though they’re served almost every day as the ingredients could be different, so for this meal, we had ‘dumpling & pork’ 火锅

Finished dinner, nothing much left because we got tired after the skiing..nothing beats a good night’s rest at the end of the day..

Skiing is a fun activity, at the resort, it was even available till night time but I’d tuck in to bed after all..anyway if I ever have another chance to go snow skiing again, I’d definitely give it another shot at it.. ;)