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Anne Marie and I did a blog for the Whale Embassy weblog today – our first since we got here almost three weeks ago. You can read it on the official Whale Embassy site here.

It doesn’t look much, but “The Compound” is more comfortable than ever, providing a sanctuary from the elements and the madness surrounding us.

After the rain last night there was some really nice yellow sulphuric sludge forming in and around the puddles surrounding our tents. Ulsan is apparently famous for it’s health problems.

All in all we had a fantastic day, had I not escaped from Jangsaengpo and Ulsan and seen some natural beauty this trip to South Korea would have been more than a disappointment.

Steph spent almost as much time as me looking up at the fitter, more experienced rock climbers.

Ben made it to the top of a maddening and exhausting 45m climb. The view from up there was fantastic

There was a bunch of little temples in the caves along the face of the cliff.

I saw my first squirrel (no, we don’t have them in Australia)

Ben showed off his climbing skills – the guy is good.

Escape from Jangsaengpo! After all the madness and pollution of this place, it made us incredibly happy to escape for a day to the mountains for some rockclimbing with a bunch of very groovy local teachers from Canada, America and some other countries who have adopted us as their friends.