Just a tad messy

In a mega city of 28 million people, you have to appreciate when you run into someone you know, especially as a foreigner. 

No sooner had we destroyed a platter of chicken and a jug of beer that we see Younis stroll past the restaurant. We met Younis at the hostel last year, and he happened to be visiting someone nearby when we spotted him. 

Despite his protests, we drag him in for a beer and get to catching up and reminiscing about the escapades of yesteryear. We plan to meet up again later that night and part ways. I pick up some soju on the way back to the hostel and we get started on socialising with the other guests. 

I didn't know whether to be shocked at the potential trouble we might have been in, or impressed that we have a reputation, when a guy called Nathan walked in and asked if we were the kiwis.  As always, we through caution to the wind and got him drinking with us. Nathan is from Switzerland and works with Greenpeace, so our conversations inevitably took a turn towards the political spectrum of matters. I hate that I do it, but I do so love having an opinion on everything. He's interested in going to the DMZ this week, do we may well end up joining him. 

Turns out that a couple other guests and hostel employees let him know we were coming, as there seemed to be a lack of enthusiasm for going out among the other guests that night. It was a Sunday after all, but not as far as John and I were concerned. 

We taxi up to the university and wander around looking for somewhere lively. We started drinking again in the park (not as bad as it sounds) until Younis arrived and ended up in a cozy restaurant with copious amounts beer. I was happily hammering it down and didn't actually notice the shot glasses at the bottom of my drinks for some time. Enter biligerant and loud Shayne. We were already in a bit of a state, so we had gotten the table next to us to order our food and drinks, which included a shot of soju in our beers. 

We wrapped things up at about 3am, and this morning we've downed our poweraides over some sandwiches. We'll go for a wander up towards the university and do a bit of shopping. We've really got no plans for the day, so who knows where we'll end up.