Typhoon Kompasu and Malipo Beach

We experienced our first typhoon last week. A typhoon is a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and they turn the other way. I woke up around 3:30 a.m. to a lot of wind (my family can sleep through anything...my ever growing belly is starting to get uncomfortable and I can hear a pin drop these days). I went back to bed and we woke up about 6:30 to wind that had died down considerabley and as we were walking down the hallway the power went out. We ended up without power for about 18 hours! Fortunately we were able to save all of our food and the only real downside was that we had to climb the stairs...all 12 flights! Now that we've "done" a typhoon we can honestly say we don't need to do that again!!

Typhooning it by candle light....only "romantic" for about 5 minutes! How did they do it in the old days??

After the typhoon we decided we were ready to get off the base, so we went with some friends to Malipo Beach which is on the west side of Korea on the Yellow Sea. It was really fun. The beach was a mess because of the typhoon, but once we walked past the trash it was great. Here's a quote from our Laina when she first saw the beach: "Why did you bring me here? This place is disgusting!" To quote our friend, Jeff, "She is high maintenance!" But, we love her to bits!

The fam at the beach (prettiest thing we've seen in Korea so far!)

Kristana, Aiden, Elaina and Chloe showing off some of the starfish they caught. By far the coolest thing about Korean beaches...the shells and starfish...that was a first for this family!