My Feet Are Killing Me

Yup, they are. Last night Scranton and I went down to the waterfront park to check out the view of the Dolsand Bridge then to Odongdo to see what the island has to offer. After the journey down the 768 meter long (no feet here) causeway we got to the island and could hear the music from the fountains. The fountains are one of the main attractions on Odongdo. Almost like a mini Bellagio, these fountains were synced to music. Except these ones were colored. We arrived only a few songs before the fountains shut off for the night but what we did hear was really nice. Mostly some classical stuff. The last song of the night, however, was We Will Rock You. That made my night. Unfortunately We Are the Champions did not follow.


When the fountains shut off, we went in search of the barefoot walking path. This was probably one of the most interesting things I've seen here yet. all the way up the hill on the shoulder of the normal walking path there was this small lane with rocks of varrying sizes and different "obstacles" (wooden pegs, cement triangles) to walk on. The idea is that by stimulating different areas on your feet, you contribute to the overall wellness of a corresponding organ or part of your body. The trek up the hill was foot torture. The smaller rocks were very pointy and the cement triangles were way to thin to walk on painlessly. We felt great relief when we got to the top. From the top you could go to the lighthouse (which was closed), the Cave of Dragon (which we figured was too dangerous for night time), or the sunrise viewing place. We chose option number 3. After winding down the path we got to a big cement platform right on the water where in the morning, you can see the sun rise over the water. Koreans are really big on that. It really reminded me of the Sea Wall back home. It was time to go when some huge bug crawled on my foot...we were still barefoot from the walking path.


The trek back over the causeway with our newly tired feet was less than awesome. Then came the half mile walk before we were able to find a taxi, which we thanked graciously for driving us home at 11:05. On the way off Odongdo we saw a staircase that led up a cliffy hillside to a little pavilion that overlooked Odongdo to one side, and Yeosu downtown from another. Our feet couldn't handle the journey so we went home.