Saturday night, Rachel, her husband Andrew, and I drove to the east coast. After dinner we sat on the beach (across the street from our hotel), playing in the sand and watching people light off fireworks.
Sunday includes an afternoon at the beach. I don't really know what to say about beach culture here. I guess there really is none. You wear whatever you want, except, apparently, for real bathing suits. I saw all manner of dress, from children in underwear to men in button-up dress shirts. And I mean in the water, swimming, playing, not just sitting on the beach. This was the hottest day in Korea so far since I've been here, but there were people in the water with jackets, pants, even hooded sweatshirts.
Also, lots of people sit at the water's edge or barely in the water wearing life jackets. You never know... There may be a fire or some other emergency covering the whole beach, in which case you would reasonably have to escape into the water, life jacket coming in mighty handy.
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We saw people doing the fully clothed beach thing in Vietnam. We were there in beach clothes and we talked to a few people who were very concerned for us. They were afraid of sunburn. I wonder if it is just that simple in Korea too?
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