Carribbean Bay

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Today's entry is for last saturday when i went to Carribbean Bay. Its supposed to be a replica of a water theme park in the US but i cant remember the exact details. All i know is that THIS Carribbean BAy is the biggest water theme park in Korea hence i was there to check it out.

I went there with my roomie, Andrew and his friends (Ayumi - Japanese girl, Mira - Canadian born korean & Alicia - pure korean) We took a red bus (a long route bus) from Sadang for about 1 and a half hours before reaching Everland. Carribbean Bay was just beside Everland. The place was surrounded by farmland and mountainous regions. SO ULU la...but thank God that KOrean public transport is so good that we only spend like S$3 for a one way bus trip. At first i thought the bus ride was going to take 40mins but who knows? It actually took so long. :D

When we were finally there, we were greeted by a tall castle-like building with the words: "Carribbean Bay" emboldened in cursive writing on top of the castle. In front of the castle were a few "docked" ships and the whole feeling was very Mediterranean. Like macham carribbean of the sea movie. haha. Oh yes, the ticket costs 40,000won EACH. thats like S$50..what a rip-off...

On the inside, there was an outdoor water theme park and an indoor theme park. Needless to say, the indoor one was much smaller in area than the outdoor one. THe indoor one was called aquatic centre and in it there were water slides with tubes and body slides w/o tubes. the slides were rather fun but compared to the outside rides, they were less exhiliarating. THe more interesting things inside where the hot pools with jacuzzi massage jets and dry and steam saunas. i was so amazed by the saunas initially. Steam sauna was like literally hot steam all over the room. U can hardly see anything in the dimly lit room and breathing was also labourious. The room was very hot at first but after the body gets used to the heat, it was kinda comfortable. On the outside of the saunas they had thermometer readings. THe steam one read: 45 degrees while the dry one read 80 degrees. So imagine my shock when i entered the dry one and it didnt feel 80. i think sth was wrong with the thermometer anyways...how can a human withstand such high external heat?? Anyways, the dry one was more comfortable as in it didnt feel as hot as the wet sauna. THey also pplace some cinnamon herbs in the room so it smelt kinda "nice"

On the outside, it was basically wet water rides. THere was one called Tower Raft. Each tube sat 4 persons and the slide was ultra big. And very fast. haha. We were screaming most of the way down but not coz it was scary but coz the water that splashed on us was super icy. YES ICY. imagine: autumn. cold wind of about 20 degrees celsius blowing at u. IF u are wet, FREEZING. i felt like a popcicle when i came out of the ride. hoho.. We went for more rides and kinda had to rush coz the outdoor slides closes at 4pm. who knows why...The worst experience i had was the wave pool. Ok it was fun riding the wave and all but...the water was cold and plus, each wave came at an interval of 90 seconds. So i was like shivering in the water...waiting for the wave to come...boy it was too torturous for me. i got out, shiver like mad and went to warm myself under the sun on the deck chair like a cold-blooded animal. haha..it was simple mad to play water activities during autumn la..but i had to go soon..coz it would be impossible to go in future when the water starts to turn colder.

THe longest time we spent at the Carribean Bay was the outdoor hot pools. they were soooo comfortable. Just sitting in the cold air, with ur entire body from neck down submerged in warm warm water with jacuzzi jets...it just felt so good. we just stayed there and chitchat for about 2 hours plus until 7pm closing time. Stay until my fingers and toes were threatening to permanently stay wrinkled. hahaha..

After that, we went to a nearby eating house and had bbq meat. Beef and pork. The beef was just so juicy and tender. never like what i tasted in korea before! The pork...the ahjuma said that it was smoked beforehand to remove the fats and to make it easier to cook. It tasted like char siew..MMMmmmm....dinner was good

All in all, the day went rather well. PLus the long bus rides, it felt like we been to somewhere far, like on a trip. :)