Dudkdo

During our stay in Ulleng-do, we had the chance to go to the Dokdo island, which is a Korean territory, but has been the subject of an ongoing dispute between Korea and Japan. In history, the Japanese have tried to seize the island from Korea without success.

This is the ferry we took to Dukdo Island. Because there was a typhoon hitting Japan at the time, the waves were 10 feet high. We get on the ferry and right from the get go we start crashing into the waves. The boat would sway and then crash... hard... on the ocean water. After about an hour of the rollercoaster... which needless to say, I really wanted to end... I leaned forward... grabbed my barf bag... and well you can imagine the rest. I then stood up to throw out the sack in the garbage, when another girl on the boat screamed "don't forget to zip lock the bag closed." I had just closed the bag when the boat hit another 10 foot wave and dropped. Suddenly, my knees buckled and I fell to the floor, the zip locked barf bag then went whirling through the air and simulataneously... almost in slow motion... the passengers on the boat screamed "NOOOOOOO!" Thankfully the bag was closed, so when it hit the floor, it just bounced a bit and then came to rest next to the trash can. I sheepishly then picked up the bag and threw it in the trash bin... then quickly... with my head held low... walked back to my seat.

This is the Dukdo Island. After the 3 hour... terrible... ride... land was a sight for sore eyes. Aparently, over 90 percent of the passengers had been ill due to the rollercoaster ride we had to endure.
Dukdo Island is the land in dispute between Korea and Japan. Though it is basically just a rock in the middle of the ocean... I think the dispute has more to due with the fishing rights associated with this island than the land itself.

Cathy and I on Dukdo Island.