That time I got beat up by a roller-coaster ...

This weekend, I visited Everland ...

It is one of the many theme parks in Korea.

We took the 5002 bus from Gangnam in Seoul and

then caught a free shuttle to the resort.

Luckily, traffic wasn't too bad and it took us around 1h30min to reach Everland.

Everland = roller-coasters, candy floss, popcorn, animals, 

children (in various states of sugar happiness and exhausted tantrums)

fantasy parades and loads of queues.

At the moment, Everland is hosting a Rose Festival 

and the amusement park is such a beautiful array of colours.

The festival stretched out like a kind of flowery rainbow across the theme park.

It was beautiful and an amazing experience,

  really bringing the resort to life.

If they wanted to create a fairy tale - they definitely achieved it.

Travel Tip: Foreigners get a special Everland discount so make sure to ask about that.

Although I would never call myself an adrenaline junky,

(actually, a part of me was convinced I'd do something embarrassing,

like breakdown and cry, throw up or something equally as ridiculous),

I wanted to get the biggest roller-coasters out of the way first...

What's the biggest roller-coaster in Everland?

Introducing the T-express.

T-Express as we were heading up...

The T-express is the second tallest wooden roller-coaster in the world,

and with a drop of almost 50 meters,

it makes for a fun and scary time.

I managed to hold onto my dignity and surprised myself by enjoying the crazy ride.

Actually, we went on it twice.

Although I did enjoy it...I came away with some interesting battle scars.

Somehow I managed to bruise myself (not sure how) - 

I have no recollection of how this may have happened...

I must have banged my arm on the railing  

but because of all the adrenaline (aka terror) I didn't even notice.

The second time I made sure to protect my bruised right arm 

and in the process I manged to cut my left elbow.

Again, not sure how. But there was quite a bit of blood.

This photo was taken about an hour after I hit my arm...
It looked worse later

These kinds of things - they happen to me a lot.

I'm just glad I didn't somehow managed to fall out of the ride.

And that is how a Korean roller-coaster managed to beat me up.

It was pretty awesome ^.^