Carlos Olmo
Korean Jinjilban
You cannot leave here without visiting a jinjilban, Korean traditional bathrooms which are a mixture of Turkish, Roman, Chinese and Japanese baths. Some occupy entire buildings, and I visited one that had 1000 lockers for customers! We went almost every day as it was close to where I was staying, it was a modest neighborhood jinjilban. The ritual is to leave all your stuff in a locker, have a good shower with soap, and then you go on a journey through a sauna, Turkish bath, cold water pools and spas with water at temperatures of up to 50 º. Finally you can have a massage scrub that leaves your skin like a baby.
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