Boerewors and Burgers : Chuseok Sept 2010

Were it all began...

A couple of South Africans hangin' around waiting for the bus

This is the trip where Hawie and met and hit it off. :) Chuseok is Korea's Thanksgiving, so to speak. It falls on the Lunar Calendar and usually is in September every year. We get the day before and after off. So if the means the actual Chuseok day is Wednesday, we get Tuesday and Thursday off as well. What about Monday and Friday? That's right, we work those days. Korea just operates like that. If a holiday falls on a Wednesday, we have Wednesday off and that's it. Korea has not caught on to the rest of the world where they would move that holiday to a Monday or Friday to make a long weekend. Oh Korea! So Chuseok 2010 we had Tues-Thursday off. Herman and I, being avid rock climbers, had scouted out a place called Moraksan (San in Korean means mountain), weeks before. That is an entirely different story and adventure for another post. Herman got a few of us together and we decided to head out to climb and hang out at Moraksan for a few days. Herman, Hawie, Brechtje, Sarah and myself headed out. We had a blast hanging out, climbing some rocks (some was their first time outside climbing) and just enjoying the beautiful weather. Some of the climbing was difficult and there weren't a lot of problems but enough to keep us busy. Herman and I went back a few more times after, seeing as it was close-ish to where we lived and we were out climbing almost every weekend.