Many people use the coin-op binoculars to look at NK. I did, too, twice. Lasts only 2 minutes per coin. The “village” is absolutely empty. It’s known as propaganda village. The buildings are empty shells. NK wants you to think life is normal there.
A replica of Joint Security Area entrance. Photo taken at 3rd infiltration tunnel. I was really looking forward to going to JSA but it didn’t happen. If I go to Korea again I will give it another try. One can visit DMZ every day but JSA is very limited and more intense.
Are plastic surgeries and aesthetic enhancements/treatments a normal thing in California/the US or anywhere? They are quite normal and accepted in Korea. I saw them all the time, mostly in the train, metro station, mall, magazines. Where there are a lot of people passing by, really.
My metro stop in Busan. Advert for facial contouring surgeries. These are the most popular surgeries. Biggest groups are teenagers and “millennials”.
Seems no Korean woman leaves the house without make-up but some men as well. Seoul is world capital of men cosmetics sales, accounting for a little over 20%. I see 1 or 2 young men with “full make-up” just about every day. I think full make-up on men is foundation, neatly trimmed and painted brows, and lipstick. I don’t see eyeliner or shadow. Note that I know absolutely nothing about make-up.
Something else again. Saw this on a toilet door at the fish market in Busan. It’s probably old. It was occupied by a Korean. When she exited the stall I saw a western toilet in it. The other toilets are squatting kind.
There are metro carriages only for women at peak hours. They have them in Japan also. It really is horrible being pressed like sardines. I didn’t experience it in Korea but I did in Japan.
I haven’t watched Train to Busan. I thought you were trying to make fun of the movie with so many references. How do you like Seoul comparing to Busan.
Busan is by far a more enjoyable city. I already did my research that’s why I decided to stay in Seoul only half as long. Both are big metropolises, both are like extroverts on steroid but Seoul is just too much, of everything. Especially the sheer amounts of people and constant noises. I never once had a moment alone in silence, not even in my private room.
