this part of the trail headed back towards the tall buildings and bustling people out on the town on a saturday evening. we stopped twice on this leg of the journey, once to use the restroom at a nice galbi restaurant and another time to fuel up on more gatorade and trail mix.
the trail crawled itself up another small mountain, down the mountain and through dongdaemun shopping district. soon after we left dongdaemun we lost track of the trail. we weren't following the signs as closely as we needed, but we knew we had to end up at a hotel, so we walked until we found that hotel.
since we were lost, we weren't quite sure what part of the hotel grounds to walk to and we accidently ended up in the middle of a wedding that was happening in the garden of the hotel. we saw the trail in distance, but the only way to access it was to walk closer to the wedding and through the actual back drop of where the bride and groom stood to say their vows.
we were tired and hurting, so we didn't care and we did it. we basically crashed a wedding. imagine sitting in your sunday-best watching people you care about confess their love for each other, meanwhile three sweaty girls wearing brightly colored clothes and big back packs tip-toe right behind the bride and groom. that's what happened. but we didn't care, because it was about 7pm by this time and we were dreading our last mountain that we had to climb.
it was a glorious feeling, despite our aching joints and throbbing feet. the feeling of accomplishment was surreal. we slowly slipped into delirium and started laughing at everything that was funny and not funny alike. we celebrated like tired school girls and finished off the night with some intense dancing at the noreabong, (private karaoke room.)
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