Loving Korea, in the Philippines

Funny, we left Korea months ago, yet in this small town we are in, there are Koreans everywhere, with restaurants and corner stores to boot! The prices are not as good, but Denise and I are pretty happy that we can get galbi, kimchi, soju and every side dish that we fell in love at our local places in Seoul. The people that are here left Korea years ago to start businesses, and if they have children, they are in English schools. I think that getting the kids to learn English here is a huge draw.

We've had a few Korean meals. A few Filipino ones at our hotel, which has mostly been fried rice. And beer. Lots of Koreans come here to scuba dive. There is a ton of scuba diving here. One night, there was a class of Koreans that had been learning to scuba dive over the last few days. They were celebrating by drinking soju shots out of scuba masks.

Other than this, we haven't done a lot. During the day, sitting by the pool, we have the pleasure of listening to the Karaoke bar next door. The machine is outside, right next to the fence. When they are not signing, they are leering at Denise and I. Sometimes a whole family will come up to the fence and leer together for about 10 minutes.

We walk to the market some days, and buy fresh mango. We changed room, from air conditioning to a fan. We're too cheap right now, and we're used to the heat. We went to one of the resorts next to our hotel, for a fee, and used the pool. Its mostly Korean families on vacation. The women dutifully wear their visors and SPF 60.