Camping on Jinha Beach

We decided to make the most of the slightly cooler weather by heading to Jinha Beach just south of Ulsan for the weekend. We got up early enough to see sunrise and hopped on 3 buses in order to get to the beach by lunch and get a spot for our tents in the shade. Thankfully when we arrived it wasn't too busy and we managed to set up our tents in a circle under pine trees looking straight onto the beach. John Adams our inflatable killer whale made another appearance although the sea was a little chilly to swim in so he just kept watch of the camp for us. While we were setting up we were joined by quite a strange elderly korean woman. At first she just stood there and watched us set up our campsite but soon she started shouting "USA" at us while biting a 10,000 Won banknote between her teeth. There was a point that we thought she would never leave, but to our relief she walked off soon after. We saw her intermittently throughout the day and steered well clear each time! After settling in, we chilled out on the beach for most of the day. We did some penalty shootouts and had some epic America vs. England beach volleyball matches. Yet again Ed was dressed in his 'anti-sun' attire. Fashioning special sleeves, and a hat he got from the £store which made him look a little like Lawrence of Arabia. To his delight, he didn't get sunburnt! Hooray! Although he did mysteriously start peeling on his arms a few days later.
 As the sun was going down we prepared our BBQ dinner on our gas stove before making our very own bonfire. We had a bit of trouble starting the fire but after a while it was providing us with much needed light and warmth. We then went for a nighttime stroll along the beach to see the island which had been lit up. Whilst walking we stumbled upon a strange blubbery mess on the beach, we weren't sure what it was so we decided to poke it with a stick! We realised that it was a washed up jellyfish which we thought was just a one-off but the next morning while walking we saw that there were loads of them dotted all along the beach. Before going home, we explored an old Japanese fortress you could climb which overlooked the beach and the town. It gave us a really nice view of the coastline and was a great way to end the trip.