A lot of blog-worthy events have happened in the past couple of days, but unfortunately I haven't had the time to record them up until now. I'll try my best to remember everything.
First up, our trip to the Korean Folk Village.
To be completely honest, I've never been much of a walk-around-for-FIVE-hours-in-the-cold-comparing-the-different-materials-used-to-make-shingles-back-then-when...-type girl. This place was just way too reminiscent of my days at the Pioneer Village. That's not to say I didn't learn and see a few cool things, I'm not that much of a downer.
I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish on this rock:
The first thing we passed by before entering the gates to the village were hundreds of these pieces of paper tied around a pile of rocks and onto surrounding pine tree branches. Our tour guide explained that people write their wishes onto paper and tie them onto the ropes or branches. We then wrote out our own wishes and he assured us that: "they WILL come true". Damn, should have wished for something cooler.
I even managed to find some Folk Village fashion:
Practical and fashionable. Those round life-saver-shaped things that are hung on the lower-class houses were used by the women to help them carry jugs on their heads.
This season's top-knot hair trend originated in old Korea! Not really, but he still pulls it of better than I can.
Alex modeling a traveler's backpack with straw shoes hanging from it. Lookin' good.
We also made friends at the Folk Village:
With pot-lady. Julian getting kind of touchy after just meeting. She looks uncomfortable.
Alex finally learning to play with kids his own age.
Made friends with a horse.
Andrew can't come up with his own poses. Geez.
What I thought was supposed to be a campaign poster for something like village leader, but ended up being a WANTED poster for a criminal.
My favourite part of the trip was definitely the performances. The performers were so talented, it made standing in the cold seem worth it.
Traditional male dancers. Their costumes, especially the hats were AWESOME. I have no idea how they managed to keep those ribbons on their heads spinning. There was this one dancer who had a ribbon twice as long as the others and who was doing break-dance-like moves while jumping over and around his spinning ribbon. Talent, I tell you. Talent and a cool hat.
Talent.
Tight-rope walker. So cool. In this picture it looks like he's about to fall, but he actually fakes it by bending his left leg and then bouncing back up on it. You go fan man.
Oh, aside from the performances, these awesome pocket warmers helped keep me satisfied while out in the cold. I ended up taking one more from my friend and then I stuck both down in my shirt. It was great until I got back home and realized my chest might have gotten a little too hot. It stayed red for a while. Oops.
And here's the money-shot:
Good ol' fashion torture methods.
The end.
Later!
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