Wando Wanderings

With just a few days left of my winter vacation (I have been off for most of January and February - except for one baffling week in the middle of February known as "Graduation Week" when all the schools are open and you go to class, but nobody seems to do very much of anything and you spend your time wishing you were back in India), I decided to wander on down to Wando with Lana and Bryce to see Nicola. We hung out and talked and headed to the beach the next day. Lana and Bryce couldn't stay longer, so they headed back to Gurye. Their absence was filled by Stu and his brand spankin' new BMW motorbike. He spent the next two days giving me, Nicola, Amy, Melisa and Chad rides. Of course, we all had to hit the beach again...





Wando was the first place that I visited in Korea, and that was almost a year ago. Our conversations have shifted to discussions on who is staying, who is leaving, who is moving, what people are doing when they go back, where people are transferring to, which schools etc. It's a bittersweet time of memories of last year, but of everyone sort of looking forwards to a new future. It's hard to think that I will lose most of my core group of friends, both in Suncheon and around Korea. I mean, yes, part of that is because I am leaving Suncheon too, but part of the reason that I am leaving Suncheon is because of those other departures. I can only hope that my second year here will be as amazing as my first.

More pics of Wando can be found on my Flickr site.