Re: My Korea Trip Report!
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My junior year of high school, my best friend was from South Korea. He went home to visit his parents during spring break, and I came along. He lived in Seoul, so everything here on out only applies to Seoul. I never really saw any other part of the country.
Seoul is not meant for American tourism. There are no white people there whatsoever, and very few people speak english, even in restaurants and stuff. The whole week I was in Korea, I only saw one white person on the street (although I saw like 5 at one hotel I ate dinner at).
Korea is different, but in a cool way. It's a tiny bit like NYC the way the city is cetup. You can walk or subway anywhere in the city, and you'll see all kinds of (Korean) people walking the streets.
I liked the food. I'm not a big fan of kim chi, but there was some rib dish that was really popular that I loved. I forget the name of it. I tried lots of different foods and liked almost all of them. There was one restaurant where you cooked your own food and that was also really good. Someone said soemthing about raw food, but I don't think I had any while in Korea except for the one sushi restaurant I went to which was sub par (Sushi is not popular in Korea). And you know those hot dog stands they have in NYC? Well they have them in Korea, except they serve squid and pig liver.
The coolest thing I did was a night club I went to. They have a big dance floor in the middle, but there were very few guys dancing. The dance floor is surrounded by a dozen rooms. Each room has a table and a Karaoke Bar. You go there and order drinks (and maybe some fruit) for the table, and the waiters constantly bring girls from the dance floor to your room. They aren't employees. They are just other young kids looking to have fun. If they don't like you, they leave, and the waiters bring around different girls. If they like you, they stay.
Unfortunately, the girls are pretty conservative in Korea. I met some Korean gril that claimed she was a model, and was dissapointed that all I got out of it was a few kisses, but my friends were really impressed because apparently it isn't common to meet a girl and kiss her in the same night. Maybe they were just being nice, I dunno.
I did some touristy stuff too. The tower of Seoul was pretty cool, and I went to this amusement park which was half-indoor and half-outdoor. That place was really awesome. The best part was this one ride that lifted you really high in the air, and then spun you around over the water that surrounded the little island the amusement park was on. It's kind of cool when you look down and see nothing but water.
If you are looking for a culturally educational experience, by all means, go to Korea. If you are looking for a major tourist center, hold out until Germany. It would take a lot to get me to go to Korea again, but I'm very happy I went the first time, and greatly enjoyed most of the trip.
Edit: The girls there are very cute too. Most of the high schools have the girls wear Catholic-Schoolish uniforms, and those are very hot. Make sure to walk outside around 3-5pm to find a few large groups of them walking about.
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In Thailand all University students are forced to wear a uniform. For girls, its a tight black mini-skirt and a see-through white blouse.
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