Budget Travel Korea | Seoul | Hiking Bukhansan Mountain
Embracing the view of Seoul city from Baegundae Peak Bukhansan literally means the 'big mountain in the north'. It has many peaks so I presume the name Bukhansan represents a very wide mountain range located north of Seoul city. Of all the peaks, we tackled Baegundae; the tallest one standing at 836.5m above sea level. Not so high indeed, I mean even Gunung Datuk in Rembau in my state is slightly higher but being a non-hiker and all, some trails were gruesome enough for me ha ha .. (Just because I'm a guide cum operator @ Gua Batu Maloi that doesn't mean I love hiking guys). I mean, I'm more of a water sports kinda a gal, so i rarely go hiking :P. However, I thought this hiking trip was a must-do somehow ;) There are a number of routes to the top but of course we had to take the longer one to avoid steep trails ha ha - we were not in a rush anyways. We, my sister and I started the hike kinda late coz we left Itaewon around 10am++ and arrived at ...