Teenage Kicks

So, in the same way it felt like we left our mum and dad when we said goodbye to Jo and Nate in Japan, the time had come to leave our S.Korean safety blanket of Matt and Sophia and face the country alone. In fact, we had become so settled in our time with them that their local cafe gave us a loyalty card as we went there so often.

Before we said farewell, however, we made sure we ate some more scrummy food with them, including Vietnamese and a Prince's Banquet (15 courses including lots of fish stuff). This achieved a first for the year out - finding something Martin wouldn't put in his mouth twice (skate, for those of you that are interested).

So what do kids get up to when they leave their mum and dad? Well, in our case it was a 4 hour train journey to Gyeong-ju, known as an outdoor museum for all the temples, shrines and generally cool historical stuff here. But where do we sleep tonight, you may wonder. Well, there are two hostels here. One is filthy and the other is fully booked. So, what is the other budget accommodation option in Korea? Yes, Love Motels.

Having been told to go somewhere else (we think this was what she said) by the receptionist at the Sauna Motel (in retrospect we think that might have been the type of place where your companion is provided for you - no BYO), we are in the Sky Motel. Features of our room:

• 2 (count 'em, yes, 2) computer terminals, both with fast internet
• free water, hot drinks, toiletries, towels and toothbrushes
• a large flat screen tv
• mood lighting
• a DVD player
• a video player
• jacuzzi
• stereo
• fridge
• free porn on TV or video selection
• option to buy sex toys (pink vibrator anyone?). We think it says buy. Maybe it says hire. We don't want to think about this really.
• free condoms (two - one for each of us)
• a lovely smiley receptionist (middle aged lady) who is keen to help (note, she isn't in our room. We got rejected from that kind of place).

So, the big question: what first?