Our day trip to Oido and the nearby islands!

Exactly a year ago, I went with two other women to the southwest end station of Subway Line 4, Oido Station. (See blog: 31^st of July 2011, “An adventures trip to the end of the Line!”). Last weekend was beautiful weather and I felt it was time that Anders would see something else than the DMZ or Yongsan Base.

The city of Oido, is about 30 kilometers southwest of Seoul and it takes over an hour by subway from Seoul Station and between one hour and three hours by car!

We packed a small picnic "basket" and took of cause…the car J for the plan was to besides visiting Oido, (where we intended to enjoy one of the many fish and selfish restaurants, upon our return to Seoul) also to show Anders the islands close to this city.

Now we know exactly where to go on ????? Island!

We found the well-known pier in Oido, with the lighthouse landmark, took a short walk and continued to the islands, which are connected to the peninsula with long bridges, beautifully decorated with flowers.

Well over the second bridge we found, on a side track, a hard to reach picnic spot, where local people picked shellfish on the wet shore side for the time the water had withdrawn.

I tried to go for a swim, but besides that the tide was in the shellfish pickers favor and not in mine; I also had hard to walk barefooted to the faraway water...

We enjoyed the shade and a small breeze for a couple of hours and went driving until we reach a beach.

Several Korean families have discovered this island and spend, occasually a weekend or some holidays in this area; tenting, BBQ-ing and interacting with their families, while enjoying the foods, drinks and open air.

No, I haven't bought on...yet!

We toured some more on the island, looking at the picturesque sites. We encountered small fishing boats lying in their harbor waiting for the tide to change; we saw the fishing equipments nicely stacked, much grape cultivation and several kimchi pots stores.

After all these impressions, it was time to return to Oido to taste the exquisite shellfish BBQ, with some beer and sojo.............

 

While having our BBQ, getting even warmer then we already were, we could view several motor-gliders and the rising of a new town accros the bay.

The designated "return driver"!