Vacation Recap

As you can see on Flickr, I've finally gotten all the photos uploaded from Annie and Gina's visit. Featured trip highlights are as follows:

A couple days in Daegu for the market, nightlife, and rest.
I met them in Seoul to make their (sarcastic voice) hhhoooorrible (/sarcastic voice) trip around the world a bit easier. Slept at my place and hit the market (not-so-early) the next morning. We had a nice traditional lunch with Deuk Kyun and went out later. Annie borrowed a guitar (not nylon strings, sweetie!) and played her heart out at Communes (popular foreigner bar downtown Daegu).
Off to Busan (big coastal city with nice beaches.)
Perfect cure for a late night at the bar = relaxing on the sand with a beer. Busan never fails me. At Songjeong Beach, there also happens to be an excellent jjimjilbang which I have written about before. They loved staying there (luckily - cause it's CHEAP!) and were completely spoiled by this experience.
Took the train to Gyeong-ju for a templestay (:overnight at a Buddhist temple) Golgulsa.
Golgulsa = Golgul Temple. It's a lesser known temple in Gyeong-ju because there are many in that area. Golgulsa specializes in Sunmudo training, which is a martial art which seems to blend the strength of kung-fu with the deliberate, healing movement of tai-chi or qigong. The food was simple and enjoyable, the accomodations the same. I brought the wrong foot wear.
Annie and I attended the morning service at 4:30AM - definitely worth it (missed you Gina!) and we had a great time there.
Short stop in Daegu for the bags and cases, then up to Seoul for a reckless weekend before their Monday departure.
We definitely made an impression on some people while on the KTX to Seoul that night. Doing each other's makeup, repacking our bags, snapping pictures, all while drinking soju (which I had mixed immediately after boarding the train). Classy.
Seoul was great to us though. We stored our things in lockers at the train station for easy access when we would leave, and headed for Itaewon. Jason Jang's band's show was booted off stage at the Hard Rock Cafe for being too hard rock (really, complaints from patrons.... seriously?). So we, along with Las Pistolas, took ourselves to Hongdae where we partied til the early hours, Seoul style. After which, we discovered it is difficult to get a taxi to take you... anywhere. Eventually we found a dive-ey jjimjilbang to stay at. On Sunday, we did a bus tour of the city (GREAT IDEA GINA!! You saved us!) then shopped a bit and had a delicious dinner. Stayed at a love motel for a change of pace and I said goodbye to the girls early the next morning.
I went to work that day. Ick.

Check it all out here.

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Now playing: The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division
via FoxyTunes

Now, when's my next vacation...??

Already sick of not vacationing

Currently uploading photos, catching up on work, and cleaning up my house; All while battling the horrendous cold I caught at the end of my vacation. I even left work early yesterday, only to sit in the kitchen like a (DayQuil induced) zombie while I should have been starting report cards.

Despite my condition, I'll soon have all the pictures on Flickr and updated information from the trip posted here. Give me a couple days to recover ^^

Friends!

So, I'm going to sleep now. My college friend, Annie, and her sister are coming to visit me tomorrow! I'll be meeting them in Seoul and bringing them back to Daegu for a day and a half of fun. Then we're off to lay on the beach, sleep overnight in a temple, and do a weekend in Seoul.

I'm PUMPED!!