After the mountain we went drving around the county of Taean (and probably out of it, the maps and GPS were not very good that day) and found the beach to the north and east of the town. It was still kind of chilly and so there wasn't anyone around when we found these spots, but it still made for some pretty scenary.
The white things near the edge of the water in these pictures (you might have to blow them up, if so the second one is better for this point) are not the surf. They are strings of fishing nets set on poles. It looks (and I haven't been able to ask anybody about this yet) like they use these to net the fish when the tide goes out (or in, it goes about twice as fast in as out according to reliable witnesses but for the life of me I couldn't say why). The tides are so large here (30 feet or 10 meters or more twice a day) that the beaches are long and sloping and must change quite a bit.
Here is a bathroom on the deserted beach. It looks like a palace with painted trees and that huge dome. It looks even nicer inside and has electronic doors and electronic toilets (like most of the public toilets in Korea, except for the ones that don't and I guess that is another post I might not get to) and formica that looks as bright as the marble it imitiates.
At the end of a road on the edge of nowhere was a pearl diving 'village' that was a real let down. We followed the signs down one of the only unpaved roads I've seen in South Korea and came upon a house with a Korean tent snack bar and a lady who was trying to get us interested in buying abalone shells or coriander or something, just buy something. No oysters and no pearls though. I did get this neat picture which reminds me of the Monterray peninsula in California.
Ok, back to tides. This is a little further along the peninsula we were on. Such great tides must save you a lot in drydock costs if you own a boat. In lots of harbors like this the boats are left dry at low tide and it is very dry. In the next picture you can see how far the water line at the end of the harbor appears.
After the mountain we went drving around the county of Taean (and probably out of it, the maps and GPS were not very good that day) and found the beach to the north and east of the town. It was still kind of chilly and so there wasn't anyone around when we found these spots, but it still made for some pretty scenary. 
The white things near the edge of the water in these pictures (you might have to blow them up, if so the second one is better for this point) are not the surf. They are strings of fishing nets set on poles. It looks (and I haven't been able to ask anybody about this yet) like they use these to net the fish when the tide goes out (or in, it goes about twice as fast in as out according to reliable witnesses but for the life of me I couldn't say why). The tides are so large here (30 feet or 10 meters or more twice a day) that the beaches are long and sloping and must change quite a bit.
Here is a bathroom on the deserted beach. It looks like a palace with painted trees and that huge dome. It looks even nicer inside and has electronic doors and electronic toilets (like most of the public toilets in Korea, except for the ones that don't and I guess that is another post I might not get to) and formica that looks as bright as the marble it imitiates. 
At the end of a road on the edge of nowhere was a pearl diving 'village' that was a real let down. We followed the signs down one of the only unpaved roads I've seen in South Korea and came upon a house with a Korean tent snack bar and a lady who was trying to get us interested in buying abalone shells or coriander or something, just buy something. No oysters and no pearls though. I did get this neat picture which reminds me of the Monterray peninsula in California.
Ok, back to tides. This is a little further along the peninsula we were on. Such great tides must save you a lot in drydock costs if you own a boat. In lots of harbors like this the boats are left dry at low tide and it is very dry. In the next picture you can see how far the water line at the end of the harbor appears.
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