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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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 Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:56 pm Post subject: Describe your Korean swimmin pool experience. |
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I went swimming this weekend at an outdoor pool in Incheon.
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1. Bumper pool.
2. Swimming in Korea is similar to packing 40 people into a teacup.
3. Very high flesh to water ratio.
4. Side note: Young boys were urinating everywhere... except the bathroom. |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Went to a big pool complex thingie vaguely near Gangnam Station. The kids pools were insanely crowded but there was one gloriusly kid free pool where there was enough space to swim around relatively freely and even do a little diving (although even on the deep in it was only a little over my head  ).
The only downsides were the surreal enforced 10 minute an hour breaks and the horrific sunburn I ended up with (should have sprung for the 20,000 35 stuff instead of the cheap 20 strength stuff). |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:17 am Post subject: Re: Describe your Korean swimmin pool experience. |
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| The Hammer wrote: |
| Swimming in Korea is similar to packing 40 people into a teacup. |
Unless you swim at the beach.
I've been doing an awful lot of swimming lately. Both here on the second largest island off the southeast coast as well as on nearby Namhae Island and farther afield Wando region.
Most of the best beaches are surprisingly free of swimmers. However, the most popular beaches I've been visiting can get pretty crowded.
In general, Koreans like to splash around in shallow water rather than actually swim. So I just go out a little farther.
In general, Koreans go in the water in the middle of the day. So, you can go earlier or later in the day. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
Went to a big pool complex thingie vaguely near Gangnam Station. The kids pools were insanely crowded but there was one gloriusly kid free pool where there was enough space to swim around relatively freely and even do a little diving (although even on the deep in it was only a little over my head ).
The only downsides were the surreal enforced 10 minute an hour breaks and the horrific sunburn I ended up with (should have sprung for the 20,000 35 stuff instead of the cheap 20 strength stuff). |
Do they really make you take ten minute breaks?
http://www.whatthebook.com |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| Do they really make you take ten minute breaks? |
Yup and the clear out the 4 (I think it was 4) different pools all at the same time and then let everyone back in again at once. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
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| Do they really make you take ten minute breaks? |
Yup and the clear out the 4 (I think it was 4) different pools all at the same time and then let everyone back in again at once. |
We did that at the company rec pool back home when I was a kid. A pain in the rear, to be sure, but not all that strange and unusual. |
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Ody
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: over here
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:24 am Post subject: |
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it's a secret.
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| Beware the floating Baby Ruths! |
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