Traveling Beans

Adam and Eve

is the name of the hooked up, mod-cozy motel the three of us --Kristofer, Gloria (Kristofer's mom) and I are staying at tonight. Fine China tea set sitting in a uv sterilizer; his and hers terry-cloth robes; computer with high speed internet connected to the flat pannel tv (so we can watch our Bollywood DVDs on the tv via the computer); complimentary shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, shaving cream the works-- all for 40 bucks. Why people haven't caught on and started touring Korea is beyond us. Our first full day and we're having fun. The local Lotte Mart (as Kristofer called it, Wal-Mart on steroids, or rather, Martha Stewart's ideal Wal-Mart) is even a tourist spot for someone who has never travelled to Asia: pink, pretty, practical, and visually assaulting. After seeing a neat, plastic doo-dad that protects and suctions cups your razor to the mirror, Kristofer commented, "They think of everything!" Then as we moved from the groceries to car care, on the way passing one of those sushi conveyor belts, is when all of Kristofer felt all his senses being assaulted. For Gloria and me, it's just a shopper's heaven. The trip was also complete with plenty of double-takes from the locals trying to figure out the random Korean and Boricuas in Mokpo.

It's 12:26 am and we're wide awake from sleeping on the 4 hour bus ride from Seoul to Mokpo. So our agenda tonight: Bollywood hit, Devdas, which is complete with love, tears, and dancing. Tomorrow we hope to do the ocean board-walk via bicycles, Yudal mountain, and mandoo. We'll try to catch you up on how the rest of the was, too.

peace

posted by jacquelina @ 11:53 PM