The Friday Night Make-Good Edition

Many apologies for not posting the other night, but some friends and I spent quite a while trying to figure out 1) what we wanted to do, 2) figuring out how to do what we wanted to do, and 3) actually doing what we wanted to do.

What I'm referring to, of course, is going to Building 63.  What we didn't realize was that it was pretty far away from where we're used to (on the friggin' OTHER SIDE of the friggin' Han River), and that it was basically one of the places where all the big shots that can afford to toss around 50,000 won bills like spare change go.  We discovered a wax museum inside, though, where we found several recognizable figures made into wax--Obama, Kim Dae-jung, Mao Zedong, even Dracula and a recreation of Da Vinci's The Last Supper.  I forgot my camera this time, but suffice it to say, there was much amusement when Hao-Hua, Caroline, and Julie went inside the "haunted house."  (I have something against haunted houses--I waited patiently outside and laughed when they all came out spooked.)

But that was yesterday.  We took the train to Ulsan this morning and toured the Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard and the Hyundai auto plant.  (Photos weren't allowed in the shipyard/factory, and I'm going to download these photos to my computer when I get back to E-dae anyway, so...)  Much laughter ensued when Matt attempted to mimic the Price is Right models in the showroom, and even later when they made me do my announcer voice on the bus.

We also hiked to Seokgulam Grotto (석굴암 석굴), a "cave temple" (according to the back of my ticket).  Again, pictures to come, but suffice it to say, I think it's impossible to hate the world after coming back from that place.  Or heck, even any Buddhist temple, for that matter.  I could've spent the whole day there, but alas, we had to move on.  Plus, the weather was beginning to act up again.

Busan, the UN Cemetery, and the fish market are apparently on the agenda tomorrow.  Can't wait...

Also, as I forgot my camera charger in the dorms at E-dae, I can only hope my battery will hold up thru tomorrow and Sunday until I return.  Until then, I can't put any pictures up until I get back...and then I'll go back and put them back in.  If you folks behave.