So fun! :)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Jim jil bang
Tonight, Monica and I went to a jim jil bang, or sauna. It's open 24 hours and only costs $7!
Technically, if you are traveling in Korea and have nowhere to stay, you could just sleep in one of these. They're cheaper than hotels and even have showers, bathrooms, jacuzzis, restaurants, couches, televisions, and lockers.
Before going into the rooms, Monica and I ate dinner: kim bap! We bought it from a 24-hour restaurant nearby. It was really good.
And we drank banana milk. Mon said it's "tradition" to drink this in jim jil bangs.
Then we journaled!
I couldn't bring my camera into the actual sauna rooms because I didn't want it to overheat and break... but there were two rooms that were 73 degrees Celsius (that is 163 degrees Farenheit)! One of them was a salt room (salt is supposedly good for your skin) where there are salt stones all over the ceiling, floor, and wall... and another room where there are small jade stones all over the ground. I nearly died in those rooms. There was also a room that was a freezer so you could cool off.
So fun! :)
So fun! :)
