DAY 20 (July 31 2010): The Grandmother Stone & the Park Name

We have now six new members in this year’s PRP: three Russians and three Koreans. The Russians were planned to be here from the start, but the Koreans were added spontaneously when one of the girls stopped by and saw us working. She got some of her friends and decided to help us build the park!

The new Russians


The new Koreans


Valery explaining the park to the new members


In the morning, we continued to work on the Pearl portion of the park. Also the excavator pulled the emergency signs off the current place. We will implant a new one when the park is complete.

Working on the Pearl


Pablo mixing cement in front of a large audience


Garrett and Yang building the outside wall


The excavator pulling off the emergency sign


Our lunch was grilled fish and Bulgogi.

The woman diver statue and the restaurant we eat at




In the afternoon, we got the rock which will be carved as a grandmother stone later by the stone master, Mr. Kim. It was a very difficult task to place a huge and heavy rock onto the small tip of the spiral.

Setting down the grandmother rock


Professor Ko and the Stone Master Mister Kim


The GM Stone and the Spiral

We continued our work on the Pearl...

Anatoli at work


Oh at work


I think I saw a slight smile on Jim's face...


The Bananaholic Russian


The bottom walls


Hardworking girls

We got our park name written in Korean calligraphy. In English, it is “Stepping Stones of the Pacific.”

This is the park name in Korean


Jim contemplates

After the hard work, the local government of Jeju invited us for Korean BBQ dinner. The food and hospitality the people in Jeju have shown us have been quite remarkable. Thank you!

The Jeju government officials giving us words of encouragement


Korean BBQ




Tomo