Motels Seoul

... . I spent a weekend in south korea with my brother, checking out the crazy night life, trying to get a taxi, exploring dirty love motels, eating the best meal i'll ever get (somegettong), and reuniting with my older brother for the first time in years. we ...

... at around 4pm on Saturday, only to find that it is no longer th Love motel we learned to know and love (love motels are basically a place for Koreans young and old to secretly take their lovers... a completely socially accepted phenomenon), but rather ...

... in one that hasn't had the joy of housing either of us before. It was small, like all so-called 'Love Motels', a Korean institution offering a comfortable nights sleep (keeping in mind that's not their primary purpose.... hence the name) for a reasonable ...

... thick and poofy, and it has all you need from hairdryer to shampoo/conditioner/body wash to lube and condoms. Yes, love motels have it all. They generally were made to serve people having affairs, and young people sneaking away from their parents prying ...

... thought "I can't be arsed with another bloody temple" so went and checked into a Love Motel as there were not hostels.  Love Motels are normally short stay for couples and have really bad Korean porn on the TV.  Anyway I just spent the rest of ...

... the son's phone number, but I couldn't get a hold of anyone!  Would I be staying somewhere else that night?  I tried looking into motels close by, but they were a bit seedy, to be honest, so I really didn't want to go that route. For the next 15 ...

... of white nylon rope in my room.  it's tucked up over the mirror in a little green tub.  i have heard of love motels but i really thought that this wasn't one of them.  seemed like a family establishment.  either this is bondage rope or ...

... morning for the area of Gyeongju and saw a number of fabulous Buddist temples and got a lesson in Sunmundo (an ancient form of Korean meditation and exercise. So far we have been at two 5-star motels. It is very nice indeed. I will update again ...

... ;step out into the sunshine.  Finally I see where I am!  We're on a busy little street with a lot of other motels... and Korean signs... and Korean people.  Sorry my first impression is not more exciting; I did expect to ...

... was an interesting and hilarious experience. If you are thinking "why didnt you stay in a normal hotel", I guess its because love motels are cheaper and everywhere and my boss was paying. First couple of days at work were spent observing the kids and ...

... . It was all so breath taking. After the temple we went hunting for a place to stay. The cheap hotels here are called Love Motels. They are generally used for husbands and wives to go to when they are cheating on each other. I guess this is a huge ...

... are the same as motels but designed for young couples to get 'privacy' away from large family living arrangements. Love Motels have more 'mood lighting' and 'creative decor'! They also have interesting architecture built like high rise castles with ...

... away for the bus terminal. I think we picked the dodgy-est "love" motel in the area. Why are they called "love" motels? In short, Koreans are a sexually reserved people in public; so, to offset their aversion to talking about sex publicly, they have ...

... labor intensive.  Anyways, I stayed in two towns, one of them was called Icheon and the other was called Geochang. I stayed in Motels which were only $25 a night. This is the going rate for most motels in Korea. What I later found out is that ...

... Hotel" as their called here in Korea, we found ourselves walking through the 5th floor to our room guided by dim red lights. Love motels serve the population in Korea as a place where one can escape the tight confines of you apt. and do the nasty in a ...

... We had to duck under a discrete screen which covered the view of passersby, as to whose car was in the motel car park. Motels don't appear on any hotel booking engines (well at least not the ones I am looking at!) and are designed to cater for ...

... particular memorial. * motel room to myself, while they jammed the kids like sardines into the rooms. I was impressed we stayed at Motels. Korean style the kids slept on "yos" on the floor. * finding out the Korean teachers i work with everyday who ...