I went into Busan with some friends this Friday, we didn't really do all that much, but that's no different than any other time, yet Korea has a tendency to provide you with something strange and amusing at every corner. For instance we stopped off at one of the many toilets in the underground, but there was a bizarre noise coming from the women's. It was sort of like listening to some sort of goblin was having a fight with a wolf. It was so amusing that my friend Matt just stood their laughing himself stupid while taking a piss. I think to everyone around us that was probably weirder.
Travelling across the city takes a lot longer than one may think, even on the underground, so we didn't really end up doing anything other than getting to Haeundae, but I think the park I had picked out may be worth a visit in the next month or so as the weather strarts to warm up and before it gets too hot to bare. So once in haeundae, we picked up the other two and went over to the Wolfhound. Now this is a very white bar in Busan, so much so that I believe when we first went in there to eat it only had white people in there. It is very strange to be on the other side of racism. There are parts of the big cities that have a much greater density of white people in than other places, but generally the most white people are teachers and therefore live close to their schools. Which means that instead of white people congregating in the places that we live, we congregate in a few pubs and bars. It is a rather strange thing to behold, especially when I have view this sort of thing before living at home and never entirely understood it. Well this time around I am on the other side and it's pretty weird.
Anyway we all hung out for the rest of the night at a couple of differnt places and met up with some of my friend's Korean friends. I am yet to make that many Korean friends, partially to do with lack of opotunity and partially due to my current lack of sole adventure. Anyway, this weekend was good. Although i could have done without the hangover that ensued on saturday. it did not help with my return home, via public transport.
But all in all although a fairly expensive weekend, it was alright and I generally don't spend that much money so it's alright.
On another note I am looking forward to my holiday in NZ in 2 weeks, or there abouts. Again this will be another over use of money, something that I am not accomstomed to at all. I may be making more money now, but I still don't like the idea of spending so much. Yet I maintain that this is something that will either never do again or may not get a chance to do for a long time, so I shall go ahead, regardless of the terrible flights, both in actual flight time and in that there is a terrible lay over in Tokyo and I am led to believe I may not be able to leave the airport due to the fact that I will be swapping airlines there. Hmm, not sure, but I will see if I can either an earlier flight out of Tokyo or a later flight in.
Well that's all, later.
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