Skiing @ Pyeongchang

Yongpyong Ski Resort located in Pyeongchang about 2 hours drive from Seoul.
The very same resort is actually the filming location of Winter Sonata in year 2002.
That was so long ago rite?

My first trip Yongpyong back in 2002 after the broadcast of Winter Sonata.
Back then, I have no idea who is Bae Yong Joon ..
Hahahaa that's because I only watched that series in 2004
Coming back again after 11 years, the resort has expanded and still maintained well.

Overall view of the resort

We took the cable car to see the expert snowboarding near the hill. I will separately blog about it later.

This will lead you to the skiing area

It was snowing in the wee hours and now bright and sunny. I could not walk around without a sunglasses as the glare gave me bad headaches.

The beginner slope and practice area

These are ski trail for beginner, look easy but it is very scary

Yongpyong Resort Ski & Snowboard
Gangwon-do Pyeongchang-gun Doam-myeon Yongsan-ri 130
http://www.yongpyong.co.kr/eng/ski/overview.asp

Samyang Ranch Korea

Samyang Ranch in Pyeongchang is dubbed as Asia's largest green pasture on a plateau,
before I come here, all I know about Samyang is their instant noodle...

Samyang famous ramen- picture stole from Google

Samyang Ranch actually very famous among local and it is very famous filming location of Korea drama!!!

Does this remind you of Winter Sonata? Haha it does right? But this is not Winter Sonata filming location!

The weather was exceptional cold on that day- we were hiding our hands inside the pocket otherwise all fingers would be frozen.

This tree been used as a backdrop for Korean drama- thus it become most famous tree. This is one of the must stop scenery in this ranch.

Wind mill here is used to generate electricity to over 30,000 homes nearby. 

This place is simply beautiful rite?

The map of the ranch. This place is very large, even travel by car it will take you two hours to cover the whole area.

Samyang Ranch
San 1-107, Hoenggye 2-ri, Doam-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do
http://www.ecogreencampus.com/