A few months ago Eric and I went on a search for the ocean shore.  The closest place to see this from Ansan is about 5 subway stops away in Oido.  When we went a few months ago, we decided to go on the coldest day of the winter….and we never found the water because I thought the water would be close to the subway stop…it turns out it wasn’t.  It was not an amusing trip.  This time it was a mild, sunny day and we went with a plan, knowing which bus to catch once we got off the subway.  We found the shore and had a nice walk along the boardwalk.  Only…there was no water!  The tide was out.  I have never seen anything like this before.  The poor boat in the picture was stuck out there, I felt pretty bad for it.  Oido is known for it’s clams and oysters.  It is the only thing you can get fresh there.  There are TONES of seafood restaurants.  All of the buildings you see lined up in the photos are seafood places.  There must have been over 100.  The competition is so intense that people stand in the middle of the road and try to flag down cars, almost jumping out in front of them, trying to get them to stop at their restaurant.  The food is super expensive there.  If you want the dirt cheap “fresh” clams then you go to the pier.  In the pictures it is the red tent area by the boats.  Here you have dozens of these little tents set up serving clams and various other seafood.  Now you can buy clams here and yes they are fresh in the sense that they were caught right on the shore by these women.  What you don’t know is how long they have been seating in the sun…in giant bags.  Our co-workers got a really bad case of food poisoning here.  They use the same knife to open bad oysters that they use to open good oysters so…this is problematic.  Many Koreans were eating it though…but they were also drinking a heavy amount of soju.  That is the trick my friends.  You drink the soju as you eat to kill off ANY sign of bacteria that would end up in your stomach.  Good plan.  Needless to say, we did not have a culinary adventure here and instead we are going to an all you can eat seafood buffet in our city soon.  All you can eat CRAB LEGS AND SASHIMI!  That’s what I am talking about.   This restaurant is suppose to be so huge that you can buy a DAY PASS! Haha I find that hilarious.  Can you imagine having lunch, dinner, and late dinner at one buffet.

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