Wednesday 21 February 2007

Pure Decadence at Asan Hot Springs

It was so nice to have a little lie in on Monday morning after the hectic night 'getting down and dirty' in Bubi Bubi :) haha.It was nice to just have a lazy morning slowly getting ready and making my way to the train station to meet Cara and Monica. I got there an hour early but it was so nice to just chill out in the sunshine and watch the hoard of korean males standing in the yok square playing games and korean kids walking past teasing one another. Monica arrived and when she did a korean lady came up to us and gave us a teddy bear bag each filled with Korean Rice Cake (dok) and orange juice. Its amazing the things people do for us foreigners out here. The lady was from a presbyterian church in Cheonan and was giving them out to random foreign peeps in the square. It was so nice and Monica even insited that she had a picture taken to remember her by :) Most people are honestly lovely here and really go out of their way to help at any time. I dont think Ive ever felt as looked after in any other country or place Ive ever visited. People are so generous, giving and friendly Its amazing!

We headed to the hot springs on the bus and got shouted at by the narky bus driver and the woman at the bus station at the other end wasnt that friendly with us either but we just put it down to the fact that they were working on Lunar New Year Holiday and must have been pretty gutted about that! (Suppose it goes against everything Ive just said about everyone being lovely ! haha) Anyway the bus driver was really angry and think he was telling us to get off his bus at one point and it did take us a while to find out which way to go but finally we decided to take a taxi to the springs in Asan and it was great. A real relaxing day chilling out in the hot springs and in the different pools inside the building and out. The jimjilbang in there is really amazing too and I just wished at the time that we could have stayed longer because it was massive and so relaxing! Ill definately be going again thats for sure! I got a full body scrub in there by a lovely korean woman who washed my hair and massaged my back and neck. She made me feel like a queen. I could have stayed in there all night seriously! I was really nice to chat to the gals and I realised that Gods really been amazing and has given me some really lovely friends here already so thanks for all you guys back at home who've been praying for this !

After we'd finished in there the lovely lady in the shop got us a taxi back to Cheonan for 20,000 won. Bargain. Was a really nice day and Ill definately be going back. If you want a totally relaxing day out near Cheon-an si you should go! And I 'll come with you !

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