Sokcho Trip: Wrap-Up

We ended this series about our Sokcho trip and still had quite a few pictures left to add. So we decided to make a wrap-up post and tell you about our wonderful accommodations while on the East Coast. We found The House Hostel in our Lonely Planet guidebook and we would definitely recommend it to anyone staying in Sokcho. The Korean couple who own the hostel are extremely kind, helpful, and accommodating. The minute we walked in the door, the man sat us down at the coffee table in the lobby and unfolded an English Sokcho tourist map, then gave us a 15-minute rundown of all the interesting things to do around the town, complete with bus numbers to get to all the main tourist attractions. In addition to free breakfast every morning, we also had free access to the hostel's assortment of bikes (the guidebook had said we'd have to rent them so the free bikes were a nice surprise). All in all, buying the Lonely Planet guidebook was totally worth it just for that one piece of advice it provided!

This is what the hostel looked like when we first got there

Outside during the day

They had some pretty fancy-looking doors, till we learned it was just a film put on

Hall phone

Our breakfast nook

The resident hostel dog, Gulumi (Goo-loo-mee)

The terrace and Gulumi's lair

Enjoying the quiet

The kitchen where we got free breakfast

Interesting strawberry jam packets (see video below for how they work if you can't figure it out by the diagram)

Quite the quirky quarters

Unfortunately we weren't able to stay at that great hostel every night: Saturday night they were already booked, so we had to relocate for that one night to a nearby motel - which was not quite as nice... Not tons worse but somewhat, plus it was more expensive. Needless to say we were happy to be able to return to the hostel for the last two nights!

We felt so secure...

Tired after a long day of hiking

My flip flops after being stuffed in a side pocket of my backpack for two days - luckily they're moldable
 so they straightened out after wearing them for a few minutes 

Ali took some nice pictures of flowers

Finally, a few photos from an impromptu photoshoot the first night on break, of Ali's brand new haircut! :)

So pretty :)

Glamour shot!

Through the looking glass - or bathroom door window, in this case...

For pictures and commentary about our other days in Sokcho, click the links below.

Day 1: Seoraksan National Park

Day 2: Naksan Beach

Day 3: Biking around Sokcho

Day 4: Sunrise & foot tour