The Perfect Korean Day

Yesterday was the perfect day in Korea. A bunch of us made plans to spend the day at the jim jil bang in Dongtan, so we all met up there around 1 or so and hung out until 7. First we spent about 2 hours in the baths, during which time us girls all also got the scrub. For the scrub basically this older Korean lady puts a brillo pad mitt on each hand and scrubs off the top layer of your skin. It takes about 20 minutes and is quite painful but the results are fantastic. I have never felt so soft or clean in my life. After we finished up in the baths we put on our funny little jim jil bang outfits and went upstairs into the coed section where we had lunch and then we all got massages for an hour or so. And then we hung out in the hot and cold rooms upstairs. The coolest part is that there's actually a little igloo up there. It's kind of great after spending so much time in hot saunas and baths. After dinner we went to the Pig House for galbi (Korean bbq) and soju of course and then we went out for some beer and eventually ended up at the norae bang. So all in all the day was pretty much the epitome of a great day in Korea.