White Water Rafting and Bungee Jumping

Saturday was really fun. Brendan and I, with some friends, went rafting in Gwan-ju on the only river in Korea with anything resembling rapids.
We had a great Korean Buffet lunch and then went bungee jumping.
I didn't jump because I have some pretty serious back issues that were exacerbated when I fell backwards out of the raft and landed on a rock. However, Brendan did.

One of our friends was set to go before Brendan, but chickened out twice. It took Brendan jumping and not dying in order for the guy to man up and take the plunge.

In order to fully appreciate this video, turn up your volume so that you can hear the terrible noises he was making before, during and after the jump. Also the repeated "Oh God!"

He's groaning so loud near the end that I thought for a second he was hurt, but fear not, he was just freaking out.

Please try to ignore my loud, grating voice.

The Bungee platform.

A view of the Bridge

The Jump

Brendan after the jump: Happy to be alive.

Adventures in chicken (by Brendan)

So, a couple months back I went to dinner with a Korean friend of mine. The place had a small grill in the middle of the table to cook or heat up the food, depending on what you ordered. We got some mushrooms wrapped in bacon and coated in BBQ sauce (prettygood), sausage (meh), a freshly diced ½ a pineapple (awesome, grilled or raw), & a trio of mystery chicken on a stick. She claimed they were all parts of the chicken we eat in the US. I knew she was lying, but why not be adventurous? After trying them all, I found out they were, in order: the skin, scrotum & testicles, & hearts.

The skin: Easy to figure out, it was cooked, but not charred at all, so was VERY fatty & gelatinous. If allowed to cook a while longer, it might have been pretty good.

The unmentionables: Had a fear, especially once biting into them, but I didn’t know what it was. Chewy, cartilage-like crunchy, it really was not pleasurable gnaw on. The flavor left something to be desired, but the texture was what really got me.

Hearts: AWESOME! Great texture, not overly chewy, slightly melt in your mouth-ish (probably just compared to what I had just finished eating). The flavor was intense, & all around tasty.

Overall, the bacon & mushrooms would be nice without the sauce, & the pineapple was good. As for the chicken, I’d get the hearts again in a heartbeat (sorry), and the skin if I had control over how long it could be cooked.