Wednesday, October 28, 2015

4 Sex Parks Around Korea

Warning: this post contain adult contents. 18+ years old.

When travelers think about South Korea, they think about the delicious food, old culture, pretty hanok houses and modern buildings. They never think about the sex museums in Korea. There are few sex parks and museums around the country to break the taboo issue of sex.

1- Love Land Jeju Island:
Ok, I have to say this place is the best of the sex parks. It's located on a beautiful island and was built in a beautiful location. It has more than 140 works of penis, vagina and naked sculptures. There is a sex toy shop inside the park. This is a must visit place while in Jeju.
Operating hours: 9:00AM to midnight.
Admission: 9,000KW.






2- Samcheok Penis Park:
This place has a breath taking view, just climb up the hill and look down at the ocean, listen to the waves and birds' chirping. The natural beauty will make you forgot where you are for a while. Then again, when you look around you, you will see giant penises at every corner, even way up on the hill outside of the park, street vendors are selling penis souvenirs.
Actually, the legend behind the park is sad. A young virgin drowned in the sea while waiting for her lover to come back.



3- Love Castle, Gyeongju:
Personally, I liked Love Land better, but nonetheless, this love castle is also fun and surrounded by beautiful nature. It has a lot of erotic art, sculptures and red light district photo booth.




4- The Museum of Sex & Health, Jeju:

A showcase of sex education and international sex culture from all around. 

Monday, October 19, 2015

A Road Trip To Taean National Park

Taean is one of the most beautiful places on the east coast of Korea. The best way to travel around Taean is by a motorbike. As you drive the bike, you feel the wind, you drive through the hills and pass by the ocean.
Such a great city full of friendly people, but we couldn’t find any western food there. Fried chicken and pizza were the only things that weren’t Korean food.

We stayed in a pension called Pension Bronze, for 50,000KW, our first night there. The owner was an old lady. She was really friendly and the pension was 2 minutes away from the beach and had a very cute pink room. The only problem there was the hot water.

On the following morning we visited Taean Temple, which is lovely but the roads need to be improved. Then we went to the Recreational Forest, had the best walk between the pine trees. A place you should totally visit during your Taean trip, you just can't miss it.




Buddha's huge statue.


At that night we stayed at Don Beach motel, for 40,000KW we've got a room with ocean view, air con, cable and DVD. Pretty cheap, right?

On the last day we went to the Anmyondo Jurassic Park museum. The museum is located on the top of a hill and has a beautiful view. The museum operates from Tuesday-Sunday. Closed on Mondays. The admission fee: 10,000W for adults, 4,000 for children and 8,000 for teens.


Dinosaur and a naked Greek statue?

For more information, please click on the link below.
http://anmyondojurassic.com/en/

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

7 Places to Eat Out in Asan

Whether you like Korean food or international food, you will find your taste for sure. There are plenty of restaurants in the area. Some are traditional Korean food and some are foreign food and some fusion restaurants. There are good restaurants, okay restaurants and there are bad ones.

1- Asan new town, known as “Fake Europe:” you can find almost whatever food you want there. Korean, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, Filipino. And countless cafes all around.

Cantina, the Mexican place, is a popular spot for the local expats in the area. It's always busy, the atmosphere is nice and the owner is very friendly. The food is a bit pricey for the portion size they serve.

2- Eating at Pentaport: I pretty much went to all of the restaurants there. Don't try the restaurants in the basement E-mart food court because upstairs there are way better restaurants. Here's the best food spots there:

A) Fun Fish: I'm insanely in love with this sushi and salad bar buffet. It's just so good. The food is amazing and the staff are friendly. Recommended to go during dinner time. 30,000W per person.

B) Saint Augustin: it brings flavors of Thailand to your table. The dishes prices are high but they serve big portions that are enough for two people or you can take the leftovers home. I liked all of the dishes I had there, not the Tom Yam soup, though.
Red Beef Curry, Thai food

  1. Outback Steak House: Yes, of course Outback is on the list with their lovely but expensive steak and their seasonal menu, yum.
  1. Coco shabu shabu and salad bar: Only if you like shabu shabu. The soup was really good and flavorful. However, the salad bar was awful.

E) Abiko Japanese curry: offers curry and noodles with Japanese taste. Some of the curry dishes are listed in numbers of how spicy it is. Never order numbers 4 and 5, those two are crazy spicy.
F) Bubble Tok: the best bubble tea in Asan and Cheonan.
G) Lucycato Dessert Cafe: I really like their macaroons.

3- Eating at Blue Crystal Village: I tried few places there and I liked Casa Mingo coffee and brunch place, they offer panini, salad, pasta, soup and coffee.
Cheese and tomato panini

Just walk around the village and I'm sure you'll find an attractive restaurant! You can chose from Chinese, not authentic Mediterranean food, fried chicken and more.

4- Eating at Lottemart: in the top of Lottemart, across street from Cheonan/Asan KTX station, there are many restaurants, some of them are pricey, try to avoid them if you're on budget.

5- Eating at E-Mart Traders food court: it offers chicken baked bread, pizza, steak and soup.

6- Eating at Galleria: It's a shopping mall with a big food court, Italian, burger, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean food.

7- Eating at the KTX station: there are some restaurants and cafes inside the station with good prices. Don't expect much, the food is okay there, not great.