so wednesday night we headed out to the Ilsan Beach area to check out this foreigner bar that Kat had heard about...hmmm... what was it called? the Korean Union... but the directions we had were really sketchy and we got off the bus way to far to find it... so we wandered around the beach area for a while. this was one of the first things i saw, and couldn't resist getting a shot. the t-shirts here are hilarious, i can't usually take a picture, but i'm compiling a written list of the crazy things i've seen on shirts. those of you who spent halloween 2003 with me will find this even funnier...
the korean got milk guy.
found at a video arcade on the street... i really should have tried it, but we were hungry and looking for somewhere to eat... maybe i'll get back to them one day.
Kat trying to get in the giant robot kiddie ride at the arcade... she's crazy. for a minute we weren't sure she'd make it out!
the first Subway i've seen in Korea... i debated eating there, but only bought a Dr. Pepper which is still in my fridge waiting until i can wait no longer. Kat and i decided we must be korean now since we stared western food in the eye and then crossed the street to eat korean! i couldn't believe it either...
after dinner we wandered around the beach and found the "Uper Bounty" - a pirate ship ride. it cost us 3 bucks each to get on, but it was worth it - we had the ride to ourselves. (it's supposed to be the Super Bounty.)
the Greece Motel of Ilsan Beach... this one is for you, Ranya.
just thought this was cool... a lit up glowing neon palm tree - this is what the koreans think is american... anyway, after we left Ilsan Beach, we continued on the hunt for the Korean Union Bar... but again, the directions were really sketchy and we just ended up wandering around looking for the bar that as far as we know doesn't actually exist... maybe one day we'll find it. we did however, find these:
the no smoking socks. i was so close to buying them "just because", but i showed restraint.
but we didn't show any restraint when we found this kiddie park with this crazy slide... we climbed right up and slid right down. the kiddie parks in korea are WAY cooler than any i've seen in North America...
of course, i managed to get a shot of kat coming out of it...so, after not finding the bar, we just headed back to hogye, we wer tired anyway from our day of hiking... so we just got a good night's sleep, getting ready for the trek back to gimhae on thursday. i still have a bunch of posts before i'm caught up, but i'll hold off on them for a bit and let you all catch up with me... keep reading... the next post is liz and kat hit gimhae like a typhoon!!!
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hey liz,
other than the absolute randomness of the whole thing, the best thing about the "uper bounty" was how, as we were walking towards it, for, like, five minutes, we were totally mocking how weird korean english was, and what exactly was an "upen bounty" (pron. by us as "uppen bounty") anyways... then we realized that the ride was "super bounty" and well, we were just idiots! :-) (I think that's the "royal we" I'm referring to there!)
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