Monkey Beach

Chloe: I hadn't been out dancing with the girls for awhile, and everyone kept talking about Monkey Beach, so I decided to join them in Itaewon. We met at the Loft first, because drinks are free for the ladies. A couple of my students joined us actually, thought they left early. I can understand; a table full of girls in a club offering free drinks to ladies, you start to draw a lot of creepy men.

So after having a few drinks, we took a cab to Apgujeong, where Monkey Beach was located. Monkey Beach is awesome, because when you order a drink, you get it in a bucket. No joke, picture little sand buckets on the beach, except filled with deliciously flavoured drinks and a bunch of straws. That was kind of awkward actually; Melissa and I split on a Melon flavoured drink, and put it on a shelf right next to us where we could watch it. And we did watch it. We watched as some strange girl walked up to the shelf, and took a sip out of her straw. I looked at her, reached for my drink, and pulled it away. It was kind of funny, and she apologized profusely. I didn't really trust the drinks in the place after that, so spent the night dancing. It was a small bar, with too many people crammed in, so it got hot quickly. But we had a lot of fun, and didn't end up leaving until about 4:30. Fortunately, Melissa lives in Ansan, so we could share a cab home, and she crashed at my place until the subway started again at 6am. It was fun, but I think I'm getting too old to be staying up all night long.

Oh, I almost forgot! You get to keep the buckets! Most people are either too drunk or too busy dancing to remember, but not I!

Katie and Laura at the Loft.