Korea

Last weekend Bren, Chris and I went to Korea. I am just going to list what we did and things that impressed me.

Thursday:

-We took the Beetle from Fukuoka, it took about 3 hours and was really convenient. I recommend it.
-We arrive in Pusan at our hotel, the Diamond Hotel, which has the biggest night club in Asia. The rooms were very nice and VERY cheap (about $18 bucks per person per night)
-We go to Beomeosa Shrine in the mountains. It was lovely and there were lots of monks worshipping. They do it in a peculiar way where they go from standing and down to their knees with their heads on the ground over and over.
-We went to the beach where there were many people playing sports, relaxing and just enjoying life.
-The next day we went to Seoul and met up with Bren's Aunt Hae (who is Korean)
-I attempted to talk to her daughters (who were 6 and 9) but completely forgot how to speak English to children that age.
-After a mishap we ate a traditional Korean meal. It was devine. About 20 different dishes to choose from.
-We went shopping in a touristy area called Insadong. Lots of nice Korean chachkes. I bought a fan, some earrings and cards.
-Then we walked around the night markets and shopped for crap like DVDs and trendy stuff.
-The next day Chris and I took the DMZ (demilitary zone) tour. It was themed past, present and future.
-Past: The Freedom Bridge, the last road that leads from S. Korea to N. Korea
-Past: The Third Tunnel. A tunnel that N. Koreans tried to use to penetrate S. Korea. We got to go in it and it was really cool.
-Present: Observation of the DMZ. One of the most untouched areas on earth. Many rare animals and plants live there. No one has set foot there for 50 years.
-Future: A train station built 3 years ago waiting for peace. It is the last stop in S. Korea before N. Korea. They want it to go from S. Korea all the way to Europe.
-That night we went to some clubs
-Korean men are Hot and they actually asked us to dance and danced with us all night long
-The biggest white trash military man hit on Christine. He was checking our fingers to see if we were married. He wanted to take someone home with him that night.
-I messed with some other military men telling them that I was the military police and they were out past curfew. Then he told me about his sex life with Korean women, very intriguing.
-The next day we went to Insadong for lunch and more shopping
-We visited the castle in Seoul
-And then headed back to Busan

It was a good trip indeed. Thanks girls!