4) Movies
Mokpo has 4 movie theaters. The unfortunate thing is that the movies are shown for a very short period of time. Say around 3-4 weeks. After that, it's GONE. I've been wanting to see Tangled recently, but waited too long and missed it by the time I finally went over to Lotte Cinama. Shame. But wait! In Korea, everyon downloads everything! Movies, music, you name it! It's downloaded. Which is actually really sad if you think about it. Not exactly the best mindset to have about those kinds of things. But I digress.
5) Bowling
If you don't feel like hitting up Lotte Cinema, just head down a few floors and go bowling! That's right, the bowling alley is in the same building as the movie theater. Crazy. Here's a warning: if you ever go bowling in Korea, prepare to get beaten. Koreans have some kind of supernatural ability when it comes to bowling. They're all good. And they're hardcore too!! Lots of older men wear the hand contraptions that do whatever the heck it is that they're used for.
6) Screen Golf
Screen golf? What's that? Well, my friends, it quite an amazing thing. There are many golf places around town, in which most of them have a small practicing area so they can work on their game. Some places, however, will have screen golf. These are separate rooms which your party goes to. Inside said room is a platform. On the platform you can practice your swing by literally hitting a golf ball at the screen alongside a wall. A few friends of mine have already tried this. Let's just say that is was fantastically awesome as well as slightly embarrassing. Not only were men looking into our room and watching us most of the time, but we also took the longest amount of time possible for 9 holes. For reals. One of the workers came into the room and told us we set a record for taking the longest. We still had a hilarious, fun time.
7) Hiking
There are many mountains in Korea, and most mountains will have some kind of trail that you can hike up. Wait, let me clarify that. Most mountains will have thousands of sets of stairs that you can climb up. Also, there's usually some exercise equipment at the top, so after you spend all that time climbing stairs, you can do some more exercising at the top of the mountain before heading back down! It's not that bad, though. It's when the old men pass you in their hiking clothes that you feel bad about yourself for not being able hike any faster.
That's a majority of the things that are possible to do here. On a completely different note, I went to my first k-pop concert last week!!!!!!!!! We went to see only the best group of all time, BIGBANG. The excitement cannot even be expressed here. Anyway, once we got to Olympic Park (where the concert was being held), we noticed the massive amounts of young girls in our midst. Oh dear. Whatevs, can't let the young-ins bring you down! I even bought a light stick and awesome headband with the shape of a crown on it (a symbol for BIGBANG apparently). So when we were finally being let in, we get to the bag check when we're stopped!! We weren't allowed to bring our cameras in. The only way I got caught with mine was because I had the case in my purse. If only it weren't so! So we were then "shown" where to take our cameras. And by "shown", I mean the person gestured to an ambiguous area and said "There." K thanks for the help. Not. Anyway, so we had to say goodbye to our cameras, get back in line, and get our bags checked (again). Whew. Anyway, we made it in!! We were pretty far back, but the set up for everything was actually a lot better than I had expected. I snapped a few photos on my phone (which they didn't make us leave behind), and my anticipation grew as the starting time moved closer. Let me tell you, it was......FANTAWEWONDERSUPERSCRUMPTIOUSLY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are an incredible group to watch live. They know how to work a crowd and had great transitions between old and new songs. They also showed a video about halfway into the concert. It had to deal with a korean drama that was super popular a few months ago, in which they did their own parody version. HI-larious. I was able to capture a couple videos on my phone, when--what?!?! One of the security people called me out of the stadium to delete the videos I had taken. FOR REAL?!?! They're hardcore about capture content at concerts. Lame. Anyway, it was so spectacular, I don't even think another concert can do any better. Yay, long blog! And finished.
