Jinha Beach

Although I knew that Ulsan has beaches that are nice and swimable, they always seemed so far away and hard to get to, so I never went. Emily and her friends went to Jinha Beach in Ulsan last weekend, however, and I found out how simple it is to get to at least this one. There's a bus that actually goes right by my house (although we all met on the other side of the park this time) and takes not too long to get there. It was a nice half hour ride there from the park, but ended up being a full hour back to my house with the extra distance and late afternoon traffic. Still, it's closer than Haeundae and only costs a buck to take this bus.

The beach was pretty empty, since the weather wasn't really hot that day. Here are some shots of the beach:



I walked over to this little island. The water at the time was no higher than knee deep. It was pretty rocky and kind of dirty over there, so I just checked it out for a few minutes. I noticed the water was a little deeper when I came back, so I'm glad I didn't stay long.

The few people who were at the beach that day were doing sports that involve wind, sails, and the ocean:

It was EXTREMELY WINDY. Here's the third in my series of Alia Holding up Her Beach Clothing to Show You How Windy It Is:

In fact, it was SO windy that I didn't enjoy myself much. The sand was stinging my skin, so I had to put my pants and shirt back on, and everything was getting either blown away or covered in sand the whole time. It wasn't hot enough to go swimming (for me; Emily went), and I was pretty much sitting there listening to the rest of the group (who were camping there that night) talk about stuff and fume and seethe at nature. I left after about three hours; I had to go, anyway, to get ready for a date.

Despite not having a good time, it was good to get outside and find out another good place to go in Ulsan. I probably won't get to go to the beach for swimming anymore this year, since next weekend I'm going to Japan, and after that it will probably have cooled down. But I'll know for next summer, and I'll have a lot more beach time then than I have the last couple summers (or frankly, the last like, ten or fifteen summers)