Gwangju International Center

[Review] The 6th Gwangju Tour with Global Friends 

written by Ahmad Ijaz 

 Our tour started at the GIC with division of the participants in 5 teams. We went to Moodeungsan Water melon village by bus. Throughout the journey we were given the historical background of the village and information about the activities we were going to perform in this village. The disappointment thing was we came to know that we will not taste this famous watermelon because it’s too early for that.

 Upon, reaching the village we were given instructions how to make rice cake (떡), which started with hand washing and ends with eating the rice cakes we just made! Which were delicious, I never had enjoyed rice cake that much before. The cultural thing that we came to know was that in old days they don't have knives that's why they used plates to cut the cakes and we did the same. 

The staff was so much caring that we don't have to worry about our things!

 

We dug up potatoes, the fun part was to take a photo to win 

and the best part was we brought back the dug up potatoes with ourselves.

​The Food was delicious! The photo before and after photo shows we enjoyed the food a lot. 

We spent sometime in the valley! And it was all about Nature.

We learnt the "Rolling Hoop" game and then compete. It was very Fun!

I could not say, what the difficult part was: 

Not spitting the watermelon with seed or not swallowing the seed with watermelon! I did both. 

 

The Spiritual experience in temple was also very good. We shared a lot about our cultures, life styles and games. 

Blending in Cultures! We started trusting each other.