The Jeju Love Museum

I truly can't believe what I just took in.
The Jeju Love Museum: an outdoor sculpture park with sculpture after sculpture of oversized life-life figures in a wide variety of sexual poses, deeds, and adventures.
I truly can't believe what I just took in.
The grounds were impeccably designed, with manicured palm trees, cobblestone walkways, penis-shaped fountains, and wind-up figurines that act out a specific sexual act . It was so not your average walk in the park. As soon as my first roll of film is developed, expect some lurid postings here.
What is even more surreal about the park is how pastoral the surrounding area is. Add to that the fact that it's on a very conservative island which is part of a relatively conservative country, and you can understand:
I truly can't believe what I just took in.
On an unrelated note (though part of the reason I almost titled this post "sex, (no) drugs and rock n' roll"), I had my first performance in Korea last night. It was at a lovely jazz club, located very close to the ocean. Nate knew the owner, so we stopped in for a few drinks (there was nobody else inside, so it made for, again, a relatively surreal atmosphere). I ambled over to the upright piano and played a song for the crowd of three, and then the owner picked up his guitar, and suggested that we play some jazz (a reasonable enough request, given that I was in an actual jazz club). I defrayed his enthusiasm somewhat, insisting that I don't really play jazz. "Take The 'A' Train" he insistently said, and passed me the chart. I'm a big Duke Ellington fan, and I've heard that song dozens of times, so maybe that's what got me through the 10-minute version we ended up jamming out together (which was unfortunately augmented by a drum machine, triggered by the owner). At one point, I tried to segue into "The Country North of Peterboorugh", and briefly succeeded, but the weight of playing 'jazz' sunk my attempts in the end. Still, it was a grand time; I'll be returning this Friday night for a proper gig.