Monday, March 26, 2012

Trip to Korea - Part Two

I ended my last post by saying that I was heading to Busan which is at the south end of Korea. I got to stay on the beach. Here are the interesting things I encountered, beginning with what I'd call the Cadillac of toilets right there in my hotel bathroom.
 That is not the look of a toilet that I'm used to. Here's a close-up of the control panel on the left side.

This may be common in other countries but it was a new experience for me and I must say that I may not be able to go back to the arcane ways of my home country. This system takes the porcelain experience to a whole new level.




Since I was staying on the most famous beach in South Korea, I got to enjoy a touch of seafood in most of my meals. You'll see a whole fish (guts and all) that was fried up for me in the first picture and a whole shrimp in the second one.
Of course, eating the seafood isn't enough. I also got to see the product, before it was cooked, in the local market. 



Some random points of interest are that I stumbled across the world's largest department store, a Chevrolet bicycle, and an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia restaurant.



Inside the world's largest department store is a driving range and an ice rink where I may have caught a quick video of a future Olympian. They sure do start training young! 

video

I should have one final post about my trip still to come so be on the lookout!

3 comments:

  1. I had the same problem (with the fancy toilet) at Narita Airport and hotel in Tokyo. How funny. I think I took a picture of the toilet too.

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  2. Oh my goodness! What another world! Wow. Thanks for sharing, Daniel. Great pics :D

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  3. That video is so cute! I love how slow he's going in actuality, though. Ha ha.

    I don't know if I'd be able to get used to such high-tech toilets. I think I like the old archaic ones we still have here.

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