Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Laundry day is a very dangerous day
If you look close enough, you can see my entire wardrobe (minus what I am wearing, of course) and the looming rain clouds.
Monday, September 28, 2015
New Friends!
A decent chunk of my time here in South Korea has been spent at the hostel hanging out with all the lovely people staying here. Some of them volunteer to work 3 hours a day with 1 day off each week in exchange for a free room to stay. The hostel has beds, showers, rice, coffee, games, a kitchen, and a bunch of other random stuff. It's an incredibly comfortable place to stay!
From left to right: Me, Noey, Betty, and David
Betty and Paul
Taki, Paul, and Me
The first day here I woke up at 7am. Andrew was still asleep so I spent a few hours hanging out at the hostel. A couple of the people here gave me an idea of some of the interesting parts of the city. When Andrew finally woke up we went out to get breakfast and to start exploring. On the way there we ran into 3 travelers from Seoul and China who were headed into the same parts of the city as we were. We ended up spending the day with them and having a ton of fun!
From left to right: Nicky, Lily, YuinYuin, Andrew, and me
Anthony comes to Korea
Anthony came here from Seattle on Saturday. It’s been nice having him here, not only because he’s a good friend but because he’s outgoing and always willing to take on a new path even if it’s not what we intended. There is no discomfort or awkwardness when he meets new people, and so I can feed off of that and join him on that adventure.
So yesterday, we met some fellow travelers and enjoyed Korea’s Gyongbok palace together. So Nicky, Lily, and Yuan yuan hung out with us visiting some of the sites in the northern part of seoul. There are some people that feed off the energy of others, and Anthony is one of them. Me, not so much.. but I was glad to make some new friends and hope to see them again.
After 6 hours or so I was kind of exhausted. i wanted some quiet time to be on my own and be alone so I took off on my own back to Yaksu. I like my alone time but I’m down for change and will see how this trip evolves. I think there is evolution that happens with new experiences, exposure, and learning. Glad to be on this ride.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Andrew's bad day
This is Andrew. Andrew had a bad day today.
Andrew's day didn't start out bad. He was actually having a great time!
But then Andrew decided to ford the river, and he got stuck. As it turns out, rocks at the bottom of rivers are slippery and hard to stand on. Andrew almost drowned, but luckily we saved him just before things got horribly bad. Although at this point, the water gods were very angry with Andrew and they had plotted their revenge.
After narrowly surviving his brush wish the water gods we headed over to the palace. It was free today because we went during the Korean thanksgiving holiday. We paid $3 for an audio tour and headed inside.
The audio tour was pretty boring and Andrew was getting tired. Most of the facts were uninteresting and the headphones weren't really loud enough to understand the interesting ones very well. After exploring about half of the palace Andrew was getting tired and wanted to head home.
His sandals, however, had other plans. It was at this very moment that Andrew's sandal decided to commit suicide. On his very next step one of the strap exploded into an incredibly uneventful cacophony of bad luck.
Andrew tried for a while to salvage his second sandal, but in the end it was easier for him to just go on with a single shoe. So Andrew walked and walked. And then he walked some more. At some point we performed surgery on the deceased. The surgery left some needles still inside the sandal, and Andrew was reluctant to stab his foot so he decided against using it.
It turns out that most of Seoul is shut down during the holiday, so Andrew had to walk a really long way. It was about this point that Andrew completely lost his shit and blasted me in the face with his fist.
Lily was nice enough to sit down and cover the bruises with her make-up. She did such a good job that no one even suspected domestic violence! She is a true professional.
After another hour or so we finally found a street vendor willing to deal with a one-shoed beggar and Andrew's foot was reunited once more with a shoe that fit. He eventually did make his way home to take a nap, but not until the sea gods punished him for trespassing in their river.
I hope Andrew has learned his lesson.
Andrew's day didn't start out bad. He was actually having a great time!
But then Andrew decided to ford the river, and he got stuck. As it turns out, rocks at the bottom of rivers are slippery and hard to stand on. Andrew almost drowned, but luckily we saved him just before things got horribly bad. Although at this point, the water gods were very angry with Andrew and they had plotted their revenge.
After narrowly surviving his brush wish the water gods we headed over to the palace. It was free today because we went during the Korean thanksgiving holiday. We paid $3 for an audio tour and headed inside.
The audio tour was pretty boring and Andrew was getting tired. Most of the facts were uninteresting and the headphones weren't really loud enough to understand the interesting ones very well. After exploring about half of the palace Andrew was getting tired and wanted to head home.
His sandals, however, had other plans. It was at this very moment that Andrew's sandal decided to commit suicide. On his very next step one of the strap exploded into an incredibly uneventful cacophony of bad luck.
Andrew tried for a while to salvage his second sandal, but in the end it was easier for him to just go on with a single shoe. So Andrew walked and walked. And then he walked some more. At some point we performed surgery on the deceased. The surgery left some needles still inside the sandal, and Andrew was reluctant to stab his foot so he decided against using it.
It turns out that most of Seoul is shut down during the holiday, so Andrew had to walk a really long way. It was about this point that Andrew completely lost his shit and blasted me in the face with his fist.
Lily was nice enough to sit down and cover the bruises with her make-up. She did such a good job that no one even suspected domestic violence! She is a true professional.
After another hour or so we finally found a street vendor willing to deal with a one-shoed beggar and Andrew's foot was reunited once more with a shoe that fit. He eventually did make his way home to take a nap, but not until the sea gods punished him for trespassing in their river.
I hope Andrew has learned his lesson.
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