climbing a mountain with good company

Went to climb up Bukhansan, a mountain in Seoul, with a friend because in the Autumn it is apparently beautiful (although I think I was a bit too late..). Got given instructions of where to go from host Dad in korean which is probably why we got lost. I've come to realise that Koreans are the epitome of 'all the gear but no idea', and so it slowly began to dawn on me that the tactic of following the couple of front of us with properly keen hiking gear was failing after walking for about 45 minutes along a flat road. After changing routes, we found a massive gang of people walking one route, so we decided to join in with them. It turned out that we had managed to gatecrash a companies' team bonding day out, and also managed to gatecrash their picnic at the top of the mountain too (it was delicious), AND even made some cheeky appearances in their group photos. Classic. They had the most interesting approach of downing alcohol to get back down the mountain once at the top as to 'loosen up the muscles'. Well - when in Rome. Oh, and impressed some of the babes with some one handed climbing whilst videoing with my other hand. You're welcome, ladies.
 They had booked an 'after hike' table(s) at a restaurant, but after no invitation materialising (even after dropping numerous strong hints of having no plans) we thought it was probably a step too far to join in with this one too. Although definitely enjoyed seeing the confused look on one of the guys faces after walking passed the restaurant who, after hiking with them the whole day, must have assumed that I we were fellow employees.

Went to a constructed traditional folk village in the middle of Seoul. They had this free traditional medical examination service, so I decided to show some hot nurses my health and my language skills. Having to take of my shoes though, it got pointed out numerous times that I had some little holes in my socks. And also that my nose was red due to the cold. They said I was cute, not quite the impression I aimed to make, but I'll take it. They also said I looked like Robin Williams. Not thrilled, but I probably would have been a lot happier with the comparison if it hadn't been made in the context of Mrs Doubtfire.