Before crashing for the night, we fed our feet to the fishes. For $3, we had the ticklish pleasure of cleaner fish eating away at the dead skin on our feet. It felt like dozens of mini water jets running across our feet, yet you couldn't shake the feeling you were just about to feel a proper nibble and yank our feet out of the pool.
Waking up early in the jimjilbang wasn't as rude for me as it was Dave's mum. She had chosen a spot too close to the men's toilets, with at least one of the loos clogged and the door repeatedly being left open by the old korean men visiting it.
We walked up the hill of Chungnam university and took in how much it had changed over the years. Even at dinner the night before, it was evident this wasn't the place I had loved anymore. No time to worry about that though, as we had to get to Taiwan.
From Daejeon we hop the high speed train to Seoul, fly to Taipei, hop another train to Zaoying and finally crash in our airbnb apartment. We all slept far better than the night before.
This morning, I went out for a walk in the 28 degree heat at 7:45am. Big mistake. It dawned on me that no one walks in this city. Everybody instead uses the sidewalks to park their bloody scooters and cars. I was walking on the road half the time, particularly because it was maintained a hell of a lot better as well. So odd seeing 200 scooters fly by all at once like some sort of scooter gang.
After finding my local convenience store and picking up some wine ($23 nzd) and a 200ml bottle of Johnny Walker black ($12) I made my way back to the apartment and got stuck into... a book. It's far too early to drink.
Next we all went to a department store for lunch at a popular restaurant chain and spent up large on clothes. I'm writing this from the local dentist where Dave intends to get some cheap fillings. Wouldn't do that to myself while on holiday.
No idea what's happening later. Stay tuned!
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