After trying unsuccessfully three times to go horse back riding (1x no one told me until too late, 2nd time unclear on starting time, 3rd time canceled to rain) I was finally able to go tonight. We had to leave quickly so I only had 4 minutes to scarf down dinner before hopping into the school van. I felt like we were back in China upon seeing the style of driving; adventure with every turn and for the first time an unsteady stomach.
45 minutes to get there, 45 minutes to get back. A total of 20 students for 2 horses and beginning lessons which means we went around in a large circle with 10 minutes of riding time per student for this 4 hour tour.
My body is not exactly Asia-sized so the largest chaps were cutting off circulation (and then had me wait 20 minutes before I could ride). My feet are big and the stirrups small, so I could not get the ball of my foot through the stirrup which is impossible for leverage. They brought over a stool, which you could tell had spent most of it's life outside in the sun, so when I stepped on it my foot went right through. When riding the horse they kept telling me "10 cm" in Korean, which is fine except I wasn't sure how big 10 cm is until I finished my ride and used my cell phone to do a conversion (yes, I love this phone).
The ride was a nice 10 minutes and was relaxing for the most part...I guess. Oh and we sat through a lecture for 40~50 minutes which had nothing to do with riding horses (international trade and hopes for university classes with horses as the subject).
I'm ready for this vacation. I'm ready to go back to Seoul. Bring on Chusok and let's go back to the city~
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