Rick Steves would be disappointed

Amy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:57:37 +0000

Tonight I failed my ultimate adventurous-travel-eating challenge. We were on our way back to hostel and looking to get some food from street vendors. We walked past some older Korean men who were eating what I at first thought was live squid..they caught me staring and invited me over for a closer look. Next thing I knew, one of these “squid” pinched in chopsticks was being waved in my face and they really wanted me to give it a try…turned out to be some kind of worm/larva thingy! so sick looking! all fat and transluscent, ugh! OK, so if it was live squid, i would’ve at least considered it, but the worm was just not happening. Even in the face of my personal pressures to do and try everything while traveling and the cultural pressure of these adorable Korean men wanting me to just taste the dish, I still backed down. I am ashamed.

Tomorrow morning we are going on a tour of the dimilitarized zone surrounding the North and South Korean border. I still don’t really get what we do..look at North Korea from afar? In any case, I think it will either be really interesting or super lame, so we’ll see!

Anyway, a more comprehensive update of Korea to come, but all in all I can say that I really love this place, like an unexpected amount! Korean people are some of the friendliest, smiliest, sweetest people I have ever encountered in my travels. Yay Korea!

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Rick Steves would be disappointed