On the way to Gangwon province

Seoul enroute - Young Jin arrived and picked me up in his car and we left at 9am on route to Gangwon province - claimed to be the most beautiful place in South Korea. From Seoul to our destination is 180km and will take us 2.5hrs to reach.  Located in the central-eastern part of the Korean peninsula, the mountain ranges in Gangwon-do transform into a skiing paradise.  Claimed by many to be the land of hidden wonders and exhilaration landscapes.   Koreans love this location because it's blessed with natural beauty; snow falls of soft and powdery, hot springs to soak your tiring feet around Gangwon-do.

I am writing this blog in Young Jin car travelling at 110km/hr still connected to the Internet. Korea Internet is very stable.

We reached our 1st rest area to have some coffee, snacks, toilet break and pump petrol.  Young Jin wanted to hit some baseball and so joined him and have some fun hitting baseball - 1000won for 16 balls.

We finally reach our destination and checked into our hotel.  Our channel partner friends already waiting for us in the Lobby of the Hotel - similarly named 'The Hotel'.  It is situated in one of Korea's famous ski resort - Pheonix Park Resort.    It is a 5-star hotel but the rooms are spartan.