Jeju

While I was in Korea I went to Jeju. Jeju is the only subtropical island in Korea. There are nice beaches and beautiful mountain Halla san. The beaches were crowded in the way only Asian beaches are, there seems to be  just a huge area of nothing but umbrellas and people watching then the water is crowded like a wave pool at a water park. Still its been a while since I went to the beach so it was nice. Jeju is famouse for its grandfather statues and they are everywhere.

Jeju Grandfather Statue

We went to a famous waterfall but in reality it was kind of lame. You couldn't swim so it was kind of just not worth paying to see.

The best part for me was climbing mount Halla. It was a really pretty climb to the top. Also, Halla is the tallest mountain in South Korea.

Samantha's Return and Ueno Zoo

Samantha has gone back to America. Before she left we went to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. It was really fun. They have so many different animals. The pandas were the most popular by far. My favorite though was seeing the tigers. Samantha loved to see the red pandas.

サマンサはアメリカに帰りました。帰った前に私達は上野動物園に行きました。動物園はとても楽しかったです。色々な動物いっぱいです。パンダは一番人気です。私はトラ一番好きです。サマンサはレッサーパンダが大好きです。

 

Volunteer Trip To Miyako and Kamaishi

These are our pictures of Miyako and Kamaishi. The destruction was truly unbelievable. I saw it and still can understand it. I’m not a good enough writer to tell you how it felt to see it all. There is one thing that I do understand though. The church in Japan is strong. I’m proud that I’m a part of that.

Our first view of Miyako's damage.

Arcade Games

Look carefully for the boat.

Car scrubbies on slippers to clean the floor.

We washed the furniture at this store.

Road in Miyako.

A boat in a road.

Coke Machine

There were a lot of boats.

Pushed down by the water going back to sea.

Close to the sea.

Japanese soldier cleans up.

The building was a bath house.

Fishing buoys on a pole.

This building was knocked over the the two floors separated.

They said the wave was 20 meters here.

Twisted train tracks and a car.

This is how high the water was in the Miyako church.

Fire is also a danger after a quake the building in front burned down.

House against a bridge.

Boat on a post office.

Boat on a post office 2.

Broken Sea Wall.

There was a Mitsubishi dealer here.

Kamaishi Church.

Samantha is rain suit cleaning mud out of kitchen.

Sanctuary filled with donations.

School turned army camp.

Many broken cars.

Double pained glass broken and with sea water in it.

Trying to pry open swelled trap door to clear out water.

I knocked this car headlight off the roof of the Kamaishi church. It looked almost new.

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