10/21/06
We arrived in Busan tonight at 9pm. At the airport we were greeted by our recruiter, Monica, and she took us to our motel. We wanted a cheap motel since we’re paying for the first nine days and yes the hotel she took us to is reasonably priced. We live in a 9 story building in which the first 7 floors are strip joints or bars. Tonight we went out to the PNU(Pusan National University) area to some bars we read about in Lonely Planet and met some Canadians who invited us back to a party on the rooftop of their apt. building. It was a great time but we decided to head back home to our motel above the bars. Heather had the brilliant idea of going to one of the bars in our building for a beer and it turned out….well…a disaster. We went to the 6th floor (thinking it was a typical Korean bar) and asked for 2 beers (in Korean). Instead….two guys told us to go into a room with microphones and forced us to pay 20,000 won. They wouldn’t let us leave until we drank the beers and sang “I can’t get no Satisfaction". After singing a disgraceful version of the song we somehow managed to escape. Wow! What a first night in Korea.