After going to Gupo head out to Ulsan to see the two sets of petroglyphs there. There was a museum there shaped like a whale that we walked through, which wasn't that much fun, but as the sun was setting we set out to find the actual sites that we had just learned about. It was a beautiful day but we were coming up empty on finding historical things to look at. There was a sign saying there were fossilized dinosaur foot prints by the river, but we couldn't find any of them (the first photo is of some of us looking around for them). Then we walked down the path some more to see the the Bangudae (반구대) petroglyphs. We found them on the other side of the river on a broad rock face. In the past, the water level was lower and there was a stepping-stone walk way across the river to the other bank so visitors could look at the carvings up close. We were all disappointed that we could only try and see them through some of those sight-seeing binocular stations. They had good magnification, but none of us could see any carvings in the rock! They were too faint. Bummed at having been ripped off twice, we moved on to the next set of petroglyphs called Cheonjeonri (천전리). We ended up going on a pretty decent hike up the side of a hill/mountain, only to have Dr. Peterson and others at the front say that the path was a dead end that wouldn't lead to the petroglyphs we could see down the hill and across the river. So we back tracked all the way to the car only to find a map that showed the trail we were on would have curled around and crossed the river to the petroglyphs. Luckily, there was also a road that would take us right to it, so we hopped in the car and drove out to the river. Exhausted we all got out and took a look at the rock. After FINALLY having seen something we'd intended to look at, we all unwound and had a great time skipping rocks in the stream and enjoying the rapidly fading sunset in the valley.
Yes, I made a clover chain. And yes I'm wearing it as a tiara :)
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