Well we're keeping ourselves quite busy here in Ulsan.

Yesterday we produced 34 Whales Tails for a KFEM march in Seoul tomorrow.

We had our first big rain storm last night. Ben, an Aussie that just came off the Tasmanian forest encampment, was hanging from the geodesic dome in his climbing harness water proofing our dome just in time. Our tents & gear faired pretty well but our campsite is now a mosh pit! We're just now drying out.

And get this, we are now gettinig ready for an impending sand storm. There is apparently a storm headed our way out of the Gobi desert. We've been cleaning up the Embassy mud, while Anne Marie from Denmark has been cutting canvas and grommeting together doors for the geodome. As Steph said, we may not get to China this trip but Chinas coming to us!

The Korean people we have met have been very nice. A little stand-offish at first but after we explain why we we are here they are with us. Have had several vists from the local authorities both the Police and the Marine Police but again nothing but positive feed back. Its not like they don't have enought to worry about. As we were driving to pick up hardware for the Whales Tails, Steph & I drove by busloads of riot police. Darth Vader helmets, shields and the longest billyclubs you've ever seen. Some of the petrochemical workers in the factories surrounding us are striking and the cops are prepared.

Wow the winds are really picking up.....gonna go give a hand securing the site.

I'll write more tomorrow.

Jim R.

P.S. New factoid of the day....you can swim thru the veins of a blue whale and its heart is biger than a Cooper automobile!