Janggo-do

So this weekend Amy and I went on a trip with other international students to Janggo Island. It was an amazing experience. We went to a fishing village and learned to fish with dragnets, pan for sea salt, and dig for clams. We even got to eat the different kinds of fish, squid, and crabs that we caught!

It was really nice to get away from the city and do something more "authentically" Korean.

We saw ajummas making homemade 멸치 (dried anchovies) and waded in water up to our waists while using a huge dragnet to bring in a variety of fish and shellfish. The island itself was also very beautiful and the locals were extremely friendly and welcoming. In fact, one of the ajashis kept repeating over and over how glad they were that we were visiting. I guess they don't get many visitors and life on the island gets pretty monotonous.

Makes you really appreciate what you have. Life in Hanover gets pretty dull sometimes, but I can't imagine living on a little island like Janggo-do and doing the same things each day with the same people. That being said, I would definitely visit again. It was nice to get out of my comfort zone and experience some of the more base pleasures in life.

Pictures below!

700 year old restaurant!

pit stop at the west beach

cute girls on the ferry!

bus buddies with one of the locals :)

our lavish accomodations

salt field

sunset at Janggo-do!

We caught all of this in our dragnet:

...and then celebrated with the locals!