a fantastic weekend - incheon part 1
April 30th 2007 10:35
some of the beautiful food on offer in incheon
this weekend was one that was full of excitement, travel, new people, and education about places that are older than i have ever really considered. the majority of my time was spent in incheon, a city north of seoul and just south of the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. it is a place that is made up of many different lifestyles and cultures and has history oozing from every pore that you brush past. each area has its own tale but my journies allowed me to explore two very different lifestyles within the one area.
as i have previously mentioned in earlier posts, the best way to stay in korea is in the love motels that are scattered around the countryside. they offer clean well kept rooms at an affordable price to the traveler, but also have a completely different purpose for the koreans.
nestled in amongst these big bad boys were an entire city of love motels, so much so that you felt like you were in las vegas when you walked down the street amongst them. now the real purpose of these motels is to provide the koreans a place to take their potential bed mate and have a good old time. this is pretty obvious by the size of the plasma televisions and the porn machines that are attached to them, whilst providing an assortment of potions and ointments to 'aid' in your nights stay. that was all pretty stock standard and i was prepared for that, but what struck me as odd was when i entered the parking lot.
each car had a little custom sign made to cover the number plate of each of the cars that are parked in the lot. ha ha, scandal! it is obvious that these affairs are not the type that most people want others to know about, and this is pretty obvious when you enter the building how you are ushered away to your room, and are not to be seen from until 'after' your stay.
so here we are in the middle of a living coniption. surrounding us, we have the perfect life. young families that have 2 children, their own car, a reasonably new apartment, and the 'perfect' life. but then here we are down in the nitty gritty of it where both wives and husbands are off having a little more 'relations' with their little someone special on the side! perfect life? i ask you.
it doesn't only stop there, these motels have spawned an industry unto themselves. surrounding them are an array of restaurants to take that someone special before you get down and dirty with them. need some ciggies or some alcohol? perhaps some snacks for the quality time after. no worries, there are multitudes of convenience stores to provide you with your everything. maybe you need somewhere to send the kids while daddy goes and helps mummy's friend with some grown up things, just drop them at the amusement park (complete with 30 meter high ferris wheel) for a couple of hours. everything has been thought of, and is provided for the would be couples.
so don't worry if your 'normal' life has become boring, there are always ways around it!
check out the side of that plasma! complete with porn machine attached. 1000 won ($1.50aud) gets you half an hour. and it comes complete with 5.1 surround sound and free internet access!
how's the romantic velvet with matching wall paper?
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Comment by Jonathon
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i kind of felt like i was on the set of 'cheaters', expecting that little dude with the glasses to walk around the corner with some old girlfriend of mine!
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