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the everland resort in yongin (a little south of central seoul,) is korea's answer to disneyworld. read: not many thrilling rides, but chock full of fuzzy animal ears merch and concession stands galore, albeit NO COTTON CANDY. perhaps i'm just being culturally ignorant but isn't cotton candy a universal representative of amusement parks??!!! it's not like they don't have the machines...there's a popular cotton candy stand in hongdae!!!

but i digress. the main attractions of the park include a mini safari tour where you can see a handful of tigers, giraffes, one zebra and a few bears from the comfort of an air conditioned bus, a water show parade for kiddies (with an all russian cast) and 2 roller coasters.



the one roller coaster worth mentioning is the t express (sponsored by SK telecom) which might be asia's largest wooden coaster? now i've been on north america's largest/oldest coaster at la ronde in montreal and i must say the t express at everland was mighty impressive. it was not as rickety and bone jolting as most wooden coasters are and the climatic drop literally looked and felt like it was at ninety degrees! smooth and exhilerating. do i sound like i'm twelve? i am.


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these middle school girls were decked to the nines in coordinating rompers, strappy sandals and of course fuzzy ears. though the clear standout was the gal in the fiery floral.

a row of tired boys waiting for their bus to take them back to seoul. about an hour and a half trip by special bus.