I’m Leaving South Korea & My Last Day In Seoul - Shopping In Myeongdong / New Souvenirs From My Trip
Leaving Seoul South Korea
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Thursday, April
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17th,
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2025. Taking a peek out of the window
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that I have cracked open
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there here in Soul, South Korea. This is
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the hotel I've been staying at. I'll
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give a little room tour a little bit
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later in the video.
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I'm going to head down for my last
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day in Soul, South Korea. I have
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decided to cut my stay here at this
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these accommodations a couple days
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short and head out of
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Seoul. In fact, leaving South
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Korea. I feel like I've got a good
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handle
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on what I came to see.
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on. This is my view. This is the view
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from
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the from the room. A little garden out
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here. Little rooftop
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garden. All right, I'm going to head
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down and
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enjoy a little stroll around Seoul. The
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Maongdong area is where my
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accommodations were the last what was
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eight days, nine
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days. Was going to stay 12 days, but cut
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it three days short. 4 days
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short. Had a little over a
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week. Time to be moving
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on. We go get some coffee. Welcome
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everyone. Adam the Woo here. Well, I can
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safely say that I have been to South
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Korea. I'm still here now, but what a
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trip. This was the hotel I stayed at.
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Four
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points, 14th floor. Great
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accommodations, great shower,
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comfortable
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beds, good view. The only thing, the
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only negative I would say, not that I'll
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most likely probably never be back to
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soul. There's a great big world out
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there to see and this is a long way from
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home. But the only the only thing that
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was negative about the hotel was the
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elevator system. Took a very long time,
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especially after 900 a.m. when a lot of
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people were going up and down. It would
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take sometimes 10 minutes to get to the
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14th floor and 10 minutes to get back
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down. So, that would be the only thing.
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All right, I'm going to stroll around,
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see where the day leads, get myself a
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piping hot caffeinated
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beverage. I'm inviting you. Yes, you.
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It's good to have you
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here to
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join. Shall
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you? This massive sculpture here in
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front of my
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hotel, Four Points by
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Sheridan. Check in is on the fourth
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floor. Elevator starts on the fourth
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floor. I was way up there, but I was
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looking the other way, not looking
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towards a sculpture here of this
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gentleman holding the globe of some
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sort. It's nice. It's nice out
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today. Weather's good. There's an Adia
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coffee. Maybe I'll get some from there
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next to the nice to see you store over
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on the in this little section. This is a
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post office box right here.
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Put your mail in
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there. My cup of Joe.
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I'm not sure if that's what that guy's
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name is,
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Joe. This is interesting. These are in
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coffee bags. Speaking of coffee, but I
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do not believe there's coffee in there.
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There's bags of something else in
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there. Trash perhaps. Deliveries
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perhaps. That's a motorcycle with two
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wheels on the
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front. This area over
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here must be the camera district of
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Maongdong.
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My apologies if I'm not correctly
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pronouncing that, but it's just a
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section of
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soul art camera and
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say that because over on the other
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corner you got the Fujifilm, you got
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Kodak,
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Manfrotto. Oh, Manfrotto. I used to use
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Manfrotto tripods when I used the G7X.
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It's like a little
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handheld.
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Interesting. Let's see. They also have
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all the cameras in here as well. So,
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this area must just be
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specifically for cameras. So, look over
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here. We got
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Canon. Shutters are down, but there's a
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whole Canon shop over there, too. Look
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at this photo developing over
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there. This is the photo corner.
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gallery.
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Bando camera and sign. C I N E. There's
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the Uber taxi. Remember what I was
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saying? There are Ubers, but then
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there's Uber taxis. They combine the two
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here. So, if you want to order a taxi,
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you order through Uber and the taxi
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shows up. I wonder if nice to see you
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has any merchandise. You get a nice to
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see you something. Probably not. They
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probably don't have merchandise. Here's
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a Fujifilm FDI station digital photo
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shop. Everyone here, well, not everyone,
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but a lot of people ride bikes
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and
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scooters.
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Example, these are everywhere. Even
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little parking spots for them. This
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one's kind of cool. I like that one.
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That's such a good view going up in that
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tower
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there. A lot of the merchandise see
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around town. That shirt I was wearing
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yesterday, the I love soul. The eye is
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the soul
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tower. Sporting that
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yesterday. Got a magnet with I got a few
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magnets. I'll show my my soul hall when
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I get back to the room and do the room
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tour. like they're planting some flowers
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over there, too. There's some plants in
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that
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little little area. The electrical boxes
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are painted. One thing I am noticing,
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though, this I wouldn't really put this
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as graffiti, but I haven't really seen,
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at least in the areas of the city that
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I've been, I haven't seen a whole lot of
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graffiti. A little bit, but not as much
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as you'd see, you know, in US cities.
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Just what I'm noticing in my opinion.
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Something very peculiar or different.
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Never seen this before. There is an exit
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door here to a building and then there
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is a slide like something you would see
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on a playground except it's not on a
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playground. It's coming out of the
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entrance. So you would usually see
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stairs leading out of that exit
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door, but
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it's a slide. It's a plastic slide like
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you see it like a Mickey
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De's play area or a fair or carnival or
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town playground, but it's coming out the
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side of that
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door right here next to the road. I just
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think that's very unusual and different.
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Never seen that before. Never
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have. You just slide
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out and you got this little buffer
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there and then you just carry
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on. It's a good way to depart a building
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though. It's like time to leave. Stroll
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down a slide like that. Just leave. I
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wonder if I think they ever taken any
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sweet bikes down it. over in front of
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the cathedral now where something is
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taking
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place. Time this perfectly. They're
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getting ready to head in, I
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believe.
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It's like you have the incense.
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Actually, the wind is blowing it right
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towards where I'm at. Two in
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front, but behind
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them holding the cross, two candles, the
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Bible.
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Yeah, just a random
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small van trying to get through the
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crowd over there.
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I have seen a few of these as I've been
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here the last week or so in some of the
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more
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populated/touristy areas where you can
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get your character done. So, I decided
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to go in and get a one minute character.
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Basically, I sat down. It was 9,0001,
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which is like what uh five bucks, four
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bucks, five, six bucks. And after a
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minute, she had already drawn drawn a
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character of me. So, I ended up I ended
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up getting uh from Acorn character. It's
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in this little uh little item right
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here. So, I'm going to also stop inside
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of 7-Eleven and maybe get a water. I
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finished my coffee, but now it might be
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time for a water. 7-Elevens here in
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South Korea are a little bit different
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than the US. Of course, the
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establishment was started in
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1927. One thing I have noticed from
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being here on this trip is they have a
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lot more items than they would have at a
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US 7-Eleven. Even even in a more a
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smaller space, it seems like the you
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know, the items they have here are a
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little bit different than what you have
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in the US. here in South Korea. They're
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very very popular here in Seoul. I would
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imagine probably across the entire
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country country as well. They're
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probably very very
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popular. Not just an American company,
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even though I believe they started in
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the US, they've branched off elsewhere
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and are and are thriving with lots of
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different products. So, just kind of
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perusing around just to showcase some of
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some of those 7-Eleven items while I
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grab my water on the way out. And
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uh and just think about that character
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that was drawn to me. I have to do like
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a little match up and and show me next
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to my
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character. I guess maybe that I don't
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know. I guess that's a good character
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version of me. I'm going to have to like
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save that for posterity for
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sure. And I got water. To be honest,
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this might be the warmest day out of all
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the days that I've been here. My final
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final day. And soul is the warmest
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day. Good to stay
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hydrated. This was
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one, no tax. It wasn't 107 or 1,000
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watt, sorry. 1,000 watt, which is
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like.7,
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65, less than a dollar. And it was just
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I just handed the 1,001 which is like an
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equivalent of a $1 bill even though the
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ratio is less than a
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dollar. Beautiful flowers down
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here. But beautiful flowers here in
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downtown. Also been I've been watching
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Rays games or tuning into Rays games
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checking the score. I just watched the
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last half inning the bottom of the ninth
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game three against the Red Sox. Game
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one, the Rays won 16 to1. I mean, it was
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just an it was just a annihilation, but
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they lost game two and they just lost
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game three. So, they lost the series to
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the socks
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anyway. Ray's doing Ray's things.
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Information placard here
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of Wuang
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Lee who was born in Myandong or Myang.
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He was arrested by Japanese
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police. Oh my
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goodness. But then in ' 62 was
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postumously awarded an order of merit by
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the foundation from the Republic of
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Korea.
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there. One righteous man. Not even one.
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Everyone has sinned against God. This is
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in English. Dirty talk, looking at
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pornography, fighting, killing, lying,
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stealing, pride, and
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hypocrisy. Yes, these are
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but few days ago, I was on a tour and I
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ended up purchasing some Korean Jensen.
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been taking it I don't know the last
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four or five days, last 4 days. Can't
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tell if I'm really feeling any better or
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not, but supposedly it's good for
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you. But I I I mentioned that because
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there is another one right there and
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another one right there. So this little
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alley through here has a lot of Korean
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gensing which evidently is like four or
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five times stronger than the gensing you
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can get in the
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US supposedly. Oh dang. I don't know
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what this leads to, but just a little
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cafe right here. And uh at a ramen place
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right here. Or maybe it's going the
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other way. You got some Korean red gins
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singing right there. So I guess past
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this point. Uh that's the sign right
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there. Not really
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sure. Guess that cafe means business.
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What's what's going on in that cafe? One
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thing I have learned about Seoul is
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there are plenty of places to eat. You
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will have quite the options. In fact,
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it's
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been really a challenge to just not
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gorge myself while I'm here. I think
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I've done pretty good in the grand
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scheme of things. But everywhere you go,
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it's just food, food, food, food. And
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there are lots of Starbucks. I mean,
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there's coffee everywhere, but Starbucks
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is prevalent just like 7-Elevens in the
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US. They are very, very prevalent here
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as well. That guy just launched some
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water. I'm on my way to try to find a
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record store. Try to find a music store
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that possibly has some records. Maybe
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I'll buy a little souvenir in the form
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of vinyl and an LP. An impulsive
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trip. This visit was very impulsive.
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Didn't really have a major game plan.
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Just like my decision to leave. Very
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impulsive as well. Couple days early.
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Oh, there's like Oh, look at this. They
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have the guards out
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front. Look at
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that. Crossing over
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there. Oh, that's cool.
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That's pretty neat. I don't know if I'm
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allowed to walk up there.
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I'm going to say no. But then again, the
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gate is
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open. Gate is open. I'll just stand
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here. Just stand here and
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watch. I plan some things out. Once I
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know I'm going to an area, I have a few
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key things. It's like I wanted to go to
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both of
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those, do those tours, go to the
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DMZ, go to the two theme
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parks. Got a lot
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done. There was a few days where I was
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just winging it. Obviously kind of a
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impromptu winging it kind of guy. Kind
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of like this trip.
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But I love going places I've never been.
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So check another country off my list.
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The reality in all honesty on why I
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chose to come to South Korea was really
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just on a whim. There was really no
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thought behind it. I was in Vancouver.
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Was it last month? Recently, one of the
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countries I've been to. I knocked Canada
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off. I' been there before, but really
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wanted to to do solid amount of of
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videos in Vancouver. wanted to
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do the Rambo First Blood spots, the ID
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spots, and a few other ones. My buddy
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Nerd locations, lives over in North
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Carolina, Charlotte. He flew in, met me
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there, and we ended up having a good
19:19
time. And in passing, him and his wife
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travel a lot. He was saying, you know,
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where's a great place that we had been
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that a lot of people do not would not
19:25
think would be a good place to go. You
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know, it's kind of off a lot of people's
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radar is South Korea. So, I thought, you
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know what? I just I went ahead and just
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booked the trip and that's it. No more
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thought went into it other than
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that. Farthest place I've ever been on a
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complete impulsive decision. Booked the
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flight, booked the
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hotel, and I'm happy. I'm happy I came
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here. I really enjoy I really enjoyed
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it. So, you never know. You just tell me
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something in passing like, "Oh, that'd
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be cool country to go to." It might not
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resonate immediately off off the
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original hearing of it. Then it might
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just sink in and you never know. It
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might end up there. So you never know
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how when you say something to someone
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how it could end up how it could end up
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just sticking in their brain. This is
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Burger King. Look at this bad boy.
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I'm pretty good on food right now. I've
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I've eaten enough. I've got my food
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quota while here for sure. But look at
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this. It would it would have been kind
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of neat to do like a little to chow down
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on some BK, but I think my stomach's
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good. They've been flame grilling since
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1954. The king of
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burgers. This is the site of Kim
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Suyong. This is their
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birthplace, 1921 to 1968.
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right in front of the VK. Of course, the
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BK was not here, though.
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Whenever I travel, I always like to pick
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up socks. I'm going to get myself some
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Korean socks here. They are
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13,000 Juan, which should be like seven
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bucks. These are a little There's
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another one. 12,000. This look a little
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cleaner
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perhaps. Or Oh, those are cute. Toe
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socks. Look at
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that. Could go with some gray ones.
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Maybe. Go with some gray socks. Yeah, go
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with the gray
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ones. Go gray. Oh, these are nice, too.
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Look at
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these,
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toothpaste, soap,
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pay phone. There's a pay
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phone. So, up here is a CD vinyl record
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shop.
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So, I'm going to peruse around, see what
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I can
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find, maybe get myself a little
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souvenir. Be kind of neat to buy a
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record. Oh, look up
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here. There's the King Elvis
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Presley. Also transcending all the way
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over here. All right, success. So, I had
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to look this up. This is a three-piece
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pop group called Subanchka. This is the
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third album they ever put out. This full
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length. I ended up I just like the album
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cover. They are from here in Korea. I
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tried to see if they had Gundam Style
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the the picture disc LP, but she said
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they did not have that. So, I just kind
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of prove they had a lot of American
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stuff too as well. But I thought, you
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know what? I should probably maybe this
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will be a thing I do when I go to the
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other countries. Try to find a group
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from that country to to purchase. And
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really what kind of drew me in was the
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album cover and the back right here,
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these guys. So, I got a little little
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souvenir in the form of it was it was
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45,000 Juan, which is a little pricey. I
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think that's like was that like 25
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bucks, but you know, records are aren't
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pricey. But I got a little memory and a
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little souvenir and I'll have to check
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this out and throw it on when I when I
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finally get home, whatever the heck that
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is. But when I get home, I'm not heading
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home on this. I'm leaving soon, but I'm
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not heading back home immediately. But
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I'll get home at some point and this
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will be in my
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luggage. I'll definitely when I get home
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I'll be putting that bad boy on, giving
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it a
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spin. It's good to have things from
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places you go, little little memories,
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you know, you can look back on. And
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vinyl really doesn't take up a lot of
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space in my in my luggage. Basically,
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what I do is I take the clothes out of
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my bag and then I lay the vinyl down and
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uh that's then I put the stuff on top of
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it. really doesn't take up a lot of
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space. It's just so thin. Magnets don't
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take up a lot of space either. I bought
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a few magnets while here in Korea as
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well. So, I got some souvenirs to put
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all my metal casings or my metal
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cabinets in the
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garage. I would say this has been a
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successful, fun, enjoyable trip. Really
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has been.
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I am so far from home. It It really
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blows my mind when I think about how far
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away from Celebration I
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am. Can't think about it too long. You
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start to go a little wacky thinking
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about the distance of how far it is.
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Back at my hotel entrance. Go to the
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14th floor. Give a little room
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tour. Keep in mind I've been in there
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for well over a
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week. I mean, it's tidy, but it's not
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it's not
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checkin. It's not check-in tidy.
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I really like this hotel. Again, the
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only unusual part of it was the
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elevator. Slow going on the
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elevator. I like the little figure out
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front. Not really
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sure what the figure is doing, but it's
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it's good size
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figure. Yeah, my room's on the other
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side facing the tower. Facing this whole
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tower, which was great. 14th floor.
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There's me. A character of
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me. Okay, I can kind of see
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it. I can kind of see it. Stepping back,
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looking out the
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window. It was just me, but had two
27:08
beds. Slumbered in this
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one. Got the extra one here. Now,
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they're not they were just twin beds, so
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not a whole lot of room, but
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enough to get a little
27:31
rest. Had a TV in
27:31
here. Got the umbrella, which I'm not
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going to take with me
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because not going to take that on the
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plane. Think it was only like seven
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wands.
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So, got my shoes down there. I got my
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Crocs down
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there. Got my
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luggage. Then over here, got my little
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calendar book. I have my I've been doing
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this for the last few years. It's like
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my third or fourth year doing this where
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I have the actual calendar where I can
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write everything in there. Helps me keep
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track of travels and everything. Hotel
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rooms, flights, rental cars booked,
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etc. My raise cap, even though they
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didn't do too well today.
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our phone over there in the corner.
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Also, I had to bring these along with
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me. This is the converter for Korea.
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Plugs into the wall there. And
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then the other items plug into there.
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Charge my phone, charge my laptop,
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charge the camera batteries, etc. So,
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these are definitely good when you
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travel. Got to make sure you have the
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right the right plugins or you will not
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be able to plug in your US outlets or
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your US plugins into the outlets. They
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also had these which are kind of nice. I
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didn't utilize them, but there's a
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couple of them here that want to put
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them on after having just a relaxing
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evening in the room per
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se. You had to put this in order to make
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the lights work. You got button for the
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toilet. Do not disturb. Make up the room
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in case there's a power outage or
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something. You have this flashlight
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here. And then nice walk-in shower right
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there. You got the extra towels down
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below, some soaps, some
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lotions, some cups right there. And then
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the toilet was really nice. the commode.
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You flip that up and where you put your
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high knee on the toilet was heated. It
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wasn't like scorching hot, but it was
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warm enough to where it didn't give you
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like a little jolt when you sat on a
29:47
cold toilet seat. So, that was
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interesting. Not sure if I liked it or
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if it was kind of
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different, but nonetheless,
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that's that's what it was. And then you
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would flush it by pushing
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this. And then you have all these other
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things, a little bedet,
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right, that's going to do it for
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today. Hey, this is my room. South
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Korea, Four Points by
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Sheridan, overlooking the side of the
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city that has the Soul Tower.
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Korea. Thanks for watching. I'll see you
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in the next video. The