1 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:44,880 Good afternoon! We are on another Incheon adventure. We are back on Ganghwa - I've taken here once 2 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,360 or twice but this island is so huge that I  literally haven't even scratched the surface. It's 3 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:57,760 a part of Incheon. It is very west/north -northwest,  as far northwest as you can get pretty much. Huge 4 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:06,240 island, beautiful, lots of gorgeous cafes, temples,  places to camp - it's great. And this is part of my 5 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:11,360 collaboration with Incheon Tourism Organization  so be sure to go follow them on instagram. 6 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:16,320 They have an English instagram which is amazing -  so many hidden spots. Incheon is huge - so much 7 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:21,200 more than the airport. So anyway I'm going to go  find my friend Sungyoung. We're going to be hitting 8 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:26,320 vegan spots today. We've got a restaurant, we've  got a couple cafes. There are a ton more places 9 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:31,600 that we just can't hit today, we don't have enough  time, so they will all be linked down below. 10 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:38,000 But let me go find Sungyoung so that we can get food  because I'm really hungry and I'm - oh my gosh, okay, 11 00:01:39,252 --> 00:01:41,692 Let's go to safety and Sungyoung. 12 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:54,480 Hi guys we made it to our first destination - hey  so the wind was really not my friend in this take 13 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,160 so I'm gonna do a little voice over and tell  you what past Cari was saying. So behind me is 14 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:08,320 Manisan which is the tallest mountain on Ganghwa  and it is famous because Dangun - if you've heard 15 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:17,520 of that legend - he is the first king of Korea,  very important person to Korea, and he went to 16 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,280 the top of this mountain and performed a couple  like ancestral rights kind of things. It's got 17 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:31,520 a lot of like mystical things related to it.  It's a very important place and it is right here 18 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:38,480 on Ganghwa so it's easy to believe that Dangun  might have lived nearby which means Ganghwa is 19 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:46,640 extra special. So yeah anyway I need to go  feed Sungyoung who is already at the restaurant. 20 00:02:46,640 --> 00:03:03,840 We're gonna eat a ton of mushrooms as you're going  to see - prepare your eyes, it's a lot. So here we go. 21 00:03:15,854 --> 00:03:17,840 It's good for memory. Oh I need it. 22 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,400 Oh no I got the black stuff, I'm so scared. 23 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,238 It just tastes like a mushroom  but the texture is really weird. 24 00:04:33,238 --> 00:04:36,000 I'll try it. Okay. 25 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:53,120 So that was a lot of mushroom - definitely come here  if you like mushrooms. I was just very happy that 26 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:58,720 I got to try a bunch that I had never seen, like I  didn't know how I would have ever accessed these 27 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:04,960 or if I would have ever tried them so I'm thankful  for that and the dubu was really interesting. 28 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:11,360 But there's no way that that was for two people,  like that feeds an entire family! So we're leaving 29 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,880 some behind and we're gonna head - after we  have some tea - we're gonna head to a temple 30 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:23,840 and I will see you guys there. Thanks  for joining us on our mushroom journey. 31 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,560 Well, there's another vegan bakery. I'm gonna  list everything down in the description box but 32 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,480 oh well - on to our next stop! 33 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,840 It's snowing but I can't - 34 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:33,840 it melts immediately. 35 00:07:09,452 --> 00:07:16,560 Okay, we're at Jeondeungsa and I am losing my mind because i've been here before! We just took a different 36 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:21,840 entrance but now that I'm seeing this cool  platform and the cafe I realized I've been 37 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,160 here! So I will link it down below but if you want  to see what it looks like in summer, it's gorgeous. 38 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:32,960 It's beautiful in autumn and this is like  1500 years old - you can do a temple stay here, 39 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,275 it is surrounded by mountains, it is so serene  as you can hear... 40 00:07:39,127 --> 00:07:42,355 I mean, it's beautiful so I've 41 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:51,857 I'm having such strong deja vu so let's walk  around - hopefully there's still some colored trees 42 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:09,040 This is just so serene - there's also a ton of  English information as well. Our taxi driver is 43 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:15,482 giving us the rundown but there's  also English everywhere this is so nice. 44 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,408 This taxi driver is just  the cutest thing, oh my god. 45 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:22,080 It's so windy  but we made it to our first cafe! This is, 46 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:29,200 I mean, Ganghwa is pulling all the stops right  now. This cafe is especially really gorgeous 47 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:37,120 I mean any time of year, but this is a rice field  so it has gorgeous like autumn or summertime 48 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,360 grasses going on. Tight now they just  cut it for winter but I mean this view... 49 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,840 it's got a rooftop, but we're on a  tight schedule so let's get coffee! 50 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,840 We have reached our last stop of the day. This is... 51 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,440 This is the Dolmen Bakery, it's an  all vegan bakery and look at the view... 52 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,393 trucks. 53 00:12:47,393 --> 00:12:52,720 Little info Dolmen - what  is it? It is a structure built 54 00:12:52,895 --> 00:12:58,400 very very very long time ago and Ganghwa actually  has a ton of them - they're quite famous for it. 55 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:03,280 So there's just a lot of this kind of  not prehistoric but just very very old 56 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,320 structures but we're gonna go into the bakery and  have this lovely view while we eat our bread and 57 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:14,082 maybe get a cup of tea shall we - oh it looks like  there's books, oh this is charming, okay let's go in! 58 00:14:22,648 --> 00:14:24,307 Can I smell it? 59 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,600 I feel like every time we're  together I have a video of you saying 60 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,126 "can I smell it?" and then you just go "no smell." 61 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:42,513 Nothing. 62 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:17,280 Thus ends our tour. We're so full. We're  running to the bus station, I'll catch you 63 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,400 back at home, okay?! 64 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:51,040 Ah I'm finally home! So that was another little  excursion to Ganghwado - yeah so funny, w,e when 65 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:57,440 we went to Jeondeungsa - totally did not remember where  I was - I thought that the temple I went to was in a 66 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:03,760 totally different location and then once we got  to this one area I was suddenly like "oh my god" - it 67 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:10,960 was like three years ago, anyway I'll link that  above below wherever - so yeah that was another 68 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:19,040 little excursion to Incheon - relatively easy to get  to, there is there are plenty of buses there. The 69 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:26,640 buses come a lot less frequently than they do in  Seoul so you just kind of gotta plan ahead or 70 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:33,440 consider doing what we did which was have a taxi.  It's lovely, it's a total escape from city life, 71 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:38,560 but it's, like I said, very easy to get to - I just  really love it and our taxi driver was so cute, 72 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:47,600 he had been a taxi driver for 41 years on Ganghwa. He  was so nice. I'm going to do a little taste test. 73 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:53,520 One of the vegan places gave us service so I'm  going to try their lemon chocolate chip biscotti... 74 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,200 What?! I absolutely do not believe them  and there's no butter in this! This 75 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:08,000 tastes like shortbread! Okay that's delicious,  get their biscotti if you go to this Hee Wa Rae. 76 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:16,000 Wow, long story short, Ganghwa: really cool. There  is this new kind of movement going on there 77 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:21,680 where there's a lot of these young creative  people - they want to live in a calming place, 78 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:30,400 Seoul is too expensive, all this stuff, so they're  really trying to grow and encourage Ganghwa tourism, 79 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:36,160 so I'm going to, like I've said 100 times, I'm  going to link a bunch of other places down below - 80 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,160 really cool really interesting culture  that is just kind of cropping up 81 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:45,920 in Ganghwa, and once again thank you to Incheon  Tourism Organization for sponsoring this -check 82 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:51,360 out their instagram, they have such cool places. I don't know what more I can say about them, I 83 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:58,000 think that they do a wonderful job promoting  Incheon. I'm going to defrost - the bus I was 84 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:03,280 on was a little chilly - and I will see you  guys next time. If you want to know more about 85 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:08,560 Incheon or other places outside of Seoul, I have  a whole playlist for you, I will link it below. I 86 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:15,200 hope you guys are all doing really well and I'll see you next time, okay, winter here we come! 87 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,174 I can't believe there was snow, what on earth?! 88 00:18:17,174 --> 00:18:20,655 Goodbye autumn, you will be missed. All right, byeee!