Kimchi Anyone?: Visiting Ulsan

This past weekend I visited my friend Ashley who lives in Eonyang which is a rural district of Ulsan. This trip was pretty nice because not only was I able to visit a friend, but I was finally able to experience a rural area in South Korea. Monday was Memorial Day so I did not have to work and had a three day weekend because of this...which again is great! Since I wasn't in a huge rush I did not get up crazy early to catch a bus. The only thing I required from myself was to be out of the apartment by 10am. Some of you may still consider this early, but I still had ~3 hours on a bus and wanted to meet Ashley around 2pm. Typically if I want to get the most out of my day I leave around 6am.

My morning was looking good. I woke up at a decent time. The weather was great - sun was out, it wasn't hot and there was the perfect breeze. Got my ticket with no worries and boarded the bus to start my travels. As the bus starts to pull out I thought, "this is going to be a great three hour ride!" I had my music and my book that I've been trying to finish for a while now. Everything was going good until about 10 minutes into the trip; then I met Mr. Head Bobber.

The first few times were tolerable and even a little funny. HOWEVER, after an hour and a half I was not laughing anymore. Throughout the entire trip Mr. H.B. continued to jerk his body back and forth; into the aisle than onto me. Back and forth back and forth. After about ten minutes of playing this game I elbowed him in the arm. He immediately awoke. I of course frantically grabbed my book and pretended to read as he stared at me for about 15 seconds. Unfortunately this didn't stop it. It continued most of the bus ride. I've inserted a picture of the culprit so you can actually see what I was going through. At this moment he is leaning into the aisle (head parallel with the ground), which I'm actually somewhat impressed with. He slept like this for about 30 minutes. I do wish I had this talent of yours Mr. H.B. Although I would not use it to annoy innocent bus takers like you.

Dear Mr. H.B.,

Next time you are extremely tired and need to sleep while traveling, do not have your chair at a perfect 90 degree angle. If you slightly tilt your chair back you wont play the body bob game. It's simple physics.

yours truly,

Annoyed

That's taken care of...now lets move on. The weekend as a whole was pretty fun. I actually met Ashley in Busan so we could attend the Sand Festival on Haeundae Beach. We had a great time, ate Mexican food, drank beer and stumbled onto a beach concert.

Waiting at the Mexican restaurant.