THE DAY IS HERE...THE DAY I FINALLY LEAVE POST AND GO OUT AN EXPLORE KOREA. SINCE IM STILL A BIT TIRED AND JET LAGGED WE PLAN TO TAKE IT EASY. JUST A BUS TOUR AROUND SEOUL. REALLY THE EASIEST WAY TO SEE ANY CITY. BUT FIRST WE DINE...JUST STANDARD BREAKFAST AND BACK TO THE ROOM FOR A NAP, WAS UP AT 6 AM, I AM STILL NOT ON ANY TYPE OF SLEEP SCHEDULE. WE GOT OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND GOT DRESSED, READY TO GO HIT SEOUL...NOPE NOT YET HAVE TO GO GET ME A TEMP ID. BORING BORING BORING....BUT WE DO GET TO WALK A BIT IN THE CITY, NICE BRISK DAY....BORING BORING BORING ID. NOW LETS GO.
WE JUMP ON THE BUS AND GRAB A SEAT. ITS KIND OF AWKWARD THAT WE ARE THE ONLY FOREIGNERS ON THE TOUR BUS. WE TRY TO GET THE AUDIO HEADPHONES TO WORK BUT THAT WASNT WORKING SO WE JUST GAVE UP. SO WE WILL JUST FIGURE IT OUT. IT IS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS CITY, OMG. SO MANY BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE AND THE DRIVERS ON CARS AND BIKES. THE DRIVING HERE...WOW ...LANES DONT REALLY MEAN ANYTHING. OUR TOUR BUS DID A U TURN A FEW TIMES AND IT WASNT PRETTY, I WAS WORRIED. BUT WE DECIDE ON A SPOT TO HOP OFF AND EXPLORE AND GET SOME FOOD, MOSTLY GET SOME FOOD ITS PAST NOON AND I HAVENT EATEN SINCE 6 AM. WE GET OFF IN DONGDAEMUN MARKET, WHICH I GATHER IS LIKE THE WHOLESALE MARKET OF THIS PLACE. NO TIME TO EXPLORE, I NEED FOOD NOW. WE GO INTO THIS MALL LIKE PLACE CALLED DOOTA ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP FLOOR TO THE FOOD COURT. FIRST THING I NOTICE IS THERE IS A BURGER KING...WTF??? YUP BURGER KING. WE LOOK AROUND TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO OFFER. AS WE DO WE WALK PAST THIS PLACE THAT SMELLS LIKE ROTTING SEWAGE...SO BAD I COULDNT GET PAST IT FAST ENOUGH, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT MADE ME WANT TO TOSS MY COOKIES. THIS PLACE DIDNT HAVE TO MANY ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, MOSTLY PICTURES OF WHAT THEY HAD. SO I HAD TO JUST PICK A PLACE AND TAKE A PLUNGE. I WENT WITH SHRIMP...ITS USUALLY A SAFE BET WITH ME. SO RICHARD POINTED AND ORDER MY LUNCH. HE GOT NOTHING BECAUSE HE STUFFED HIMSELF AT THE BREAKFAST BUFFET AND WASNT FEELING WELL...HIS LOSS. WE GRABBED A TABLE AND WAITED FOR OUR OLIVE GARDEN BUZZER TO GO OFF. BUZZZ ..YAYYY FOOD..!!!
OKAY THAT IS A LOT BUT IT WAS SOOO DELICIOUS. THE SHRIMP WAS SOOOOO GOOD IT MELTED IN MY MOUTH. AND THE SAUCE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT I WANT TO TAKE IT HOME WITH ME AND EAT IT ON EVERYTHING. I ATE UNTIL MY BELLY WAS FULL. WHICH TOOK A LOT BECAUSE USING CHOPSTICKS WITH THESE NAILS IS GOING TO TAKE ME SOME TIME. OH WELL... LUNCH DONE. NOW EXPLORING... WAIT BATHROOM FIRST. I HAD THE MOST HORRIFYING HILARIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE BATHROOM. I WALK INTO THIS BATHROOM AND ITS HIGH TECH. THE TOILET LOOKS LIKE A ROBOT AND ITS SEAT WAS HOT. OKAY SO AFTER I GET DONE USING THE BATHROOM I LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FLUSH. THEY HAVE ALL THESE BUTTONS NONE IN ENGLISH, SO I JUST START TO PUSH. AND WHAT HAPPENS... THIS BAR COMES OUT AND STARTS SHOOTING WATER AT ME. WTF???? I GET HIT RIGHT IN MY MID SECTION WITH TOILET WATER. I MOVE TO THE SIDE AND WAIT FOR IT TO STOP. AS THIS STEAM OF WATER PELTS THE DOOR AND CREATES A PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR. IT SOON BECOMES EVIDENT THIS WATER IS NOT GOING TO STOP ON ITS OWN. I START FREAKING OUT, WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? PUSH ANOTHER BUTTON??? YUP LETS GO FOR IT. NOPE BAD IDEA...THE BAR THAT IS SQUIRTING WATER JUST STARTS MOVING BACK AND FORTH. OMG WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DO I GET IT TO STOP? I JUST PUSH ANOTHER BUTTON AND LUCKILY IT STOPS. I SWING THE DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OVER THE PUDDLE. I GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR...WET SPOT ON MY SHIRT AND PANTS. I HEAR SOMEONE COME IN I ZIP UP MY JACKET AND RUN TO THE DOOR TRYING TO NOT LAUGH. I SEE RICHARD STANDING IN THE HALL AND TELL HIM TO RUN. I CANT CONTAIN IT AND START CRACKING UP. WE JUMP ON THE ELEVATOR AND I TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENS. HE IS NOW LAUGHING AT ME AND MY WET SPOT AND SAYS "OH YEA I FORGOT TO WARN YOU ABOUT THAT." OH REALLY RICHARD, THANKS A BUNCH. SO NOW LETS GO OUTSIDE AND EXPLORE.
OH MY, ITS IS JUST CLOTHES AND STUFF EVERYWHERE. GO IN ONE ALLEY AND ITS JUST ALL SOCKS AND THINGS. WENT DOWN ANOTHER ONE AND NOTHING BUT UNDERWEAR FOR MILES. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON MOTORBIKES WEAVING THEIR WAY THROUGH THESE NARROW ALLEYS. ALL WHILE PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN AND CARS AND VANS ARE DRIVING. AT ONE POINT I HAD TO HOP ON A PERSONS STALL TO NOT GET HIT BY A VAN. RICHARD IS KIND OF FREAKING OUT, BUT HE FORGETS IM A CITY GIRL AT HEART. IM USE TO THE MADNESS AND IM IN MY ELEMENT. IM WALKING AND LOOKING AT ALL STUFF. FROM STALLS THAT ARE JUST STUFFED WITH BOOKS, TO PLACES JUST WITH BUTTONS...MILLIONS OF BUTTONS. WE JUST KEEP WALKING AND I AM AMAZED AT HOW BUSY THIS PLACE IS. I SEE A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT AND NEITHER OF THEM STOPPED THEY KEPT GOING, WOW! SO WE KEEP MOVING. WEAVING IN AND OUT OF PEOPLE AND STALLS AND BIKES, SO MUCH. UNTIL WE SEE THE FOOD VENDORS. NOTHING IS IN ENGLISH, BUT I JUST HAVE TO TRY. I SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS OKAY AND DECIDE TO TRY.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT IT IS GOOD. THE SAUCE IS SWEET BUT HAS A KICK TO IT AT THE END. ITS GOOD NOW HURRY BACK TO THE BUS. WE MISS THE BUS AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET BACK TO THE HOTEL. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WALKING INVOLVED. MORE WALKING TODAY THAN I HAD WANTED BUT A GOOD OUTING. GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ROOM AND REST UP BEFORE WE HEAD OUT TO ITAEWON (RIGHT OUTSIDE OF POST) TO FIND DINNER. REST REST REST ...... YAYYY NIGHT TIME.
WE PICK A PLACE TO GO BASED ON THIS PAMPHLET THE HOTEL GAVE US. DILLENGER'S ITS CALLED. RICH GOT FOOD I DID NOT, JUST ORDER A DRINK SANGRIA. IT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING SANGRIA I EVER HAD. IT WAS JUST CRAP RED WINE WITH FRUIT THROW IN. OH NO RICH HURRY UP AND EAT SO WE CAN GO. RICHARD DECIDES HE WANTS ME TO TRY THESE THINGS CALLED KETTLES. ITS SOJU AND SUM JUICE. SO HE ASKS HIS FRIEND BESS WHICH PLACE HAS THE BEST ONES. HE RESPONDS WITH A PLACE NAMED POLLY'S ON HOOKER HILL....YEA NO...NOT GOING TO ANY PLACE NAMED THAT...GIVE US THE SECOND BEST PLACE SIR...WTF??? HE TELLS US SOME CLUB CALLED THE UN. OKAY WE ARE ON OUR WAY. WE FIND THE CLUB....OH YES WE DO. WE GO DOWN SOME STAIRS AND I HEAR RAP MUSIC. OKAY. BUT WE ENTER AND THERE IS SOME HOTMESSNESS GOING ON. HASHTAG RATCHNESS IN SEOUL. IT IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 6 ASAIN CHICKS TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO SHAKE WHAT THEIR MAMAS DID NOT GIVE THEM. LMAO. THEY WERE STICKING THEIR BACKS OUT AND DOING THIS WEIRD MOVING UP AND DOWN AND IN AN OUT. I WAS LAUGHING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THERE WAS ALSO THIS YOUNG ASIAN DUDE...WHO SURPRISINGLY HAD SOME MOVES. HE WAS KILLING IT ALL OVER THE DANCE FLOOR. HE WASNT DANCING WITH ANY OF THE ASIAN GIRLS. BRING ON THE SOJU. WE HAD STRAWBERRY. IT REALLY JUST TASTED LIKE JUICE. I COULD TELL THERE WAS ALCOHOL IN IT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT BITE THAT SOME MIXED COCKTAILS CAN HAVE. SOJU I GIVE YOU AN A+. WE FINISHED ONE AND RICH ORDERED ANOTHER...LEMON. NOT A BIG FAN OF IT. IT WAS KINDA BITTER AND MADE MY MOUTH DRY, BUT I DRANK IT ANYWAY. NOW FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT. A COUPLE OF BLACK GUYS COME IN. THEY DONT REALLY DANCE JUST GET DRINKS AND SIT. BUT NOT FOR LONG. I SEE THE ASIAN CHICKS EYEING THEM. AND THEY START TO MOVE IN FOR THE KILL. IT IS AMAZING THE LITTLE EFFORT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO GET THESE DUDES TO BUY THEM DRINKS. SMH..TOOOO EASY FELLAS. WHAT??? IS THAT THE WOBBLE??? YES IT IS. WHAT ??? RICHARD YOU DONT KNOW HOW??? OK ILL SHOW YOU. THE GIRLS WERENT GOING TO SHOW HIM, THEY COULDNT GET IT TOGETHER. IT TOOK ONE OF THE GUYS TO ORGANIZE THEM. HE WRANGLED THEM IN A FEW TURNS. RICHARD DIDNT REALLY WANT TO LEARN. OH WELL. SO IM UP I SHOULD SHAKE A LITTLE. I DID A FEW MOVES, YOU KNOW LIKE I DID IN MY YOUNG DAYS, SHOW THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING WHEN REGGAE CAME ON. NOW SIT MY OLD ASS DOWN IM TIRED AND JET LAGGED. ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT IM HUNGRY AND TIRED. LETS GO.
ONCE AGAIN FOOD! THERE IS A GUY SELLING SOMETHING ON THE CORNER. I DONT CARE IM GOING TO EAT. I ORDER A FISH CAKE IN SOME BROTH AND SOME CHICKEN ON A STICK. ONCE AGAIN SOOOOOO GOOD. BEST PART AGAIN THE SAUCE. I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE CHICKEN. IT HAD SEAWEED ON THE STICK AND I HAD AT THAT TOO. MAN I NEED THESE SAUCES IN MY LIFE. AS I EAT AND WALK RICHARD IS SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING A CAB. CAN I SAY WORST TAXI HAILER EVER!!! I WAS ABOUT TO FIRE HIM. HE KEPT TURNING AROUND TALKING TO ME AND THEN A CAB WOULD DRIVE BY. OMG RICHARD GET IT TOGETHER, SMH. WE FINALLY GET 1 AND GO BACK TO THE ROOM. RICHARD DRUNK BUT HE DOESNT KNOW IT YET. IM EXHAUSTED AND JUST WANT TO GO TO BED. OOOOOOO LONG LONG DAY. BUT I HAD A VERY GOOD DAY. TOMORROW WE WILL BE TRAVELING TO WHERE HE STAYS AND MEET WITH HIS FRIENDS AND THINGS. ANOTHER ADVENTURE... WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT....??????
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