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Only one experience out of the weekend - "Spa", what's that?

From South Korea 2007/2008 in Busan, South Korea on Oct 25 '07

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쏟 weekend was coming and I was looking forward to the next exciting experiences my destiny has prepared for me. So I went again to Busan, since I promised to myself I have to go there one more time to enjoy the beach and this pulsating city, that awakes during the night.

On Friday evening I met Yobi again, who really is a good friend and I’m happy that I know him. We spent the whole weekend together and we talked a lot about the differences between our cultures. This time I didn’t sleep in the hostel, even though it is a very good place to have a accommodation in Busan. I heard about the possibility of sleeping in a bath. It maybe sounds strange for you, for me it was the same, so that’s why I had to give it a trial.

I once more felt like an alien between all that naked scenarios

I’d like to explain it a little bit in detail. You have to pay merely 6000won (4,50euro) and you can stay there as long as you want. I was very surprised about the luxury in there and you you can’t compare it with a bath in Germany. It’s totaly different like you imagine.

There’s a lobby like in an hotel where I entranced. I had to take the elevator for coming to the men area (the bath is divided between men and women, because you have to be naked). There were three small and medium very hot pools and a lot of different showers. All the people were scrubbing themself and even helped each other scrubbing.

I once more felt like an alien between all that naked scenarios :) and all the people were watching me. Strange situation, isn’t it?

But I more and more didn’t care about the thoughts of being watched and I recognised that I produced this feeling only by my imagination that they are surely watching me more than anyone else.

Upstairs there was the sauna area, where all the people had to wear comfortable sleeping clothes, because here men and women were together. So if you want to go in a 90 degree sauna room, you have to go there with this clothes like a beef roulade :). I didn’t do this. As I came in the main room I was surprised seeing all this people (maybe 40 people) lying on the floor and sleeping. And there were next rooms where more people were sleeping, though. I have to add that I was very drunken as I stayed in this sauna area and it was 7 o’clock in the morning. So I dragged myself to next leather chair and fell asleep.

On the next day I recognised that all this people disappeared, because as I heard afterwards they are only here for sleeping. Isn’t that crazy.


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