Hey all, *I thought I would fill you in on a recent experience that I have had here in Korea. We all know my disgust for the human body hair, and how we have had many debates about me and shaving my legs, etc...and how I think that all humans should shave their bodies, and the Don King look should be banned from all women. Well, last night I went to a very popular thing here, a public bath. It is more of a sauna, but one side is men and the other is women. I will now review this in a shaky time-line sort of way. My girlfriend and I drive two hours to go to a hotel, where the spa is located. Now mind you it takes us almost 2.5 hours to go exactly 50 miles. This is Korea. Imagine Atlanta traffic,but a million times worse. You all know me and my lack of patience, so I was about ready to walk to the resort. We arrive. I am instructed to go take a shower, and hang out in the spa area. We will meet at the pool in an hour. Easy enough. or so I thought. I get in, take a shower. I am the only white person, no one speaks English, and the signs are in Korean, piece of cake! I go down the stairs and Isee a room the size of a small Wal-mart that has so many jacuzzis, it is unbelievable. at this point I still have my bathing suit on, and I get weird looks for this. I wonder around the place for maybe 10 minutes, pretending to "check out all my options". I now realize that I must remove my suit, which is a little bold for an American , since everyone here is ashamed of nakedness, but Isomehow get the courage to handle this. I am now naked, white, and soon to discover the only person in all of Asia that has ever heard of trim. These guys look like they have a ZZ-top beard dangling between their legs. By the way guys, It is possible for pubic hair to be longer than a penis. I finally adjust to the fact that I am tall, white, naked, and shaved. Then all of a sudden, a father and his 5 year old girl stop me in the sauna to carry on a half- broken English conversation. I am sure that people think i am a child molester. Where are the cops hiding ? After an hour, I go to the outside pool, with a swimsuit. We sit in the joint sauna outside, and then go for a swim. I ask what type of jacuzzis have we been in. In order: I sat in green tea, mint , and a coffee jacuzzi. Who thinks of these things? I take a steam bath, only to be shown the proper technique to hit a forehand by an 70 year old naked guy. We leave. We sit in another traffic jam, at 11:30 at night. Welcome to Korea!!!!!!! Back to Tales from the Edge main menu