Saturday was almost perfect weather. For pictures, anyway. The humidity was nearly 100%, but the air was clean which is rare in these parts. I took the opportunity to climb Munsu Mountain, not in the sense I usually do, with ropes and harness, but just simple hiking. There are numerous trails from several starting points around town to the summit, one of which begins a mere 200 meters from my apartment.

So, Saturday afternoon, Satang and I headed up the mountain from our neighborhood in Cheonsang. 3 hours and a bucket of sweat later, we made it to the very top. It was worth the heat and humidity. The best view I’ve ever seen of Ulsan I got on Saturday. The usual smog and mist was gone and I could see the downtown, the harbor and dozens of ships off the coast. The Taewha River runs through the center of Ulsan and is visible on the far left.

I took this series of pictures and spliced them together. This is my world. Ulsan, South Korea.

Click on the thumbnail to get the full view.

On the backside of Munsu, is Cheonsang. In this picture,

Cheonsang is in the foreground, with its sister neighborhood, Guyong, just across the Taewha River. The river takes a hard left just after Cheonsang and courses west through the mountains and valleys, with its headwaters coming off the mountains further west. We went there a few weeks back and visited a temple there.