Okay, so first off, Korea confuses yet entices me more each day. In a country where sex talk, including the usage of contraception, is an eyebrow raiser and a "dude, not cool" shake of the head, why is there an entire park dedicated to massive erect penis statues?! They even have an entrance fee to get into the park! The PENIS park, that is. After visiting this phallic place, I wouldn't be surprised if Colombia had a park with statues of Pablo Escobar and friends with rolled notes up their noses! Well, maybe not, but still. It's a curious world, this Korea land!
But I must admit, it was definitely worth the trek! I spent an entire day (six hours each way) on buses and trains to enter this park filled with giggling ajumas scuttling about in groups, families walking around snapping pictures, and of course a cluster of penises. Just as it's okay to enjoy your Sunday afternoon eating buffalo wings and watching a football game amongst large bouncing boobs with your wife and kids at your local Hooters back in the States, it's okay to hike around the Penis Park with your family on a Sunday afternoon. It's also a breathtaking view of the mountains surrounding Samcheok and the blue blue sea. My eyes were constantly moving from beauty to penis to beauty to penis back and forth until I had an eyegasm!
The story behind the park (with my own personal story-shifting view) begins as a tragedy, when two young lovers go to an island off the east coast to find some seafood. The waves knock the virgin girl into the ocean. For years after this tragic incident the little fishing village is in a mourning state. Even the fish are sad - they refuse to eat. Until one day, a sexy man from the village, most likely hammered off of soju, unzips his pants and urinates into the water. On a side note, I'll bet he was one of THOSE people who pee in the swimming pool. This is when the story takes a turn to a happy ending, if you know what I mean! The ghost of the dead virgin takes a single look at that man (sexy or not, he is a man and she is a dead virgin ghost), and with an instant arousal, the ocean snaps out of their dramatic depression. The fish eat, the villagers are happy, and the virgin ghost can now see massive amounts of penises everyday at the small price of a 3,000 won entrance fee!
Hahaha yes! I'm glad you went. Enjoyed your post and your pictures are wayyyyyyyyy better than mine. Isn't it a werid and interesting story and place?! It's just really funny how they are so hush hush about all that in the city and then you go to a park dedicated to the Phallus. I think that picture where you're laying down on that wooden penis bench actually had three erect penis's coming up where the 3 wholes are on the bench. How dare they take those down!
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