- So there I was, sitting in Starbucks trying to “steal” some wireless internet from the over-priced worldwide coffee house. Jesi and a couple new friends (Julie & Nicole) find me there and extend an invitation for an afternoon of beach volleyball on Songjeong Beach, in a large cove on the east side of Busan. After about 20 minutes of setting up the net and clearing the area of unwanted rocks, we were fully engaged in our first volleyball match in South Korea. Within minutes, several groups of people from Sri Lanka and South Korea were intently watching and anxiously awaiting their chance to take a crack at the dominant Westerners. One team was especially fun to compete with, as they looked like the Korean national weightlifting team. They were somewhat uncoordinated but gave us a pretty good run for our money. After the match, they disappeared for a few minutes, then returned with a grocery bag full of “Hite” (Korean beer). We spent the next several hours smacking around a volleyball and meeting new friends from various parts of the world. Life here is just a little different.
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