Jeju: Day 3: Loveland

Date: 12/27/2010

Warning:  If you are not comfortable with 80 ft penises, do not read this post.   

The final thing we did on Jeju was go to Loveland.  A little history about Love Land (Thanks Wikipedia!):

So, Jeju Island is the honeymooner's island, correct?  Well, many people in Korea had arranged marriages so when they came to Jeju they got quiet an education about sex. According to a journal in the 80s, some hotels even took it upon themselves to arrange "erotic arts" exhibits or educational shows.

In 2002, graduate students of Hongik University started sculpting statues around the theme of sex.  The park has everything from "sexual educational films," a love shop, and 140 sculptures--representing various sexual position.  They also have large phalluses, labia, and the largest penis statue in the world.

The website of Love Land described their park as "a place where love oriented art and eroticism meet."

It is really perplexing to walk around this park and try to figure out how such a reserved society has a park like this.  But....really, it was ...well, for me it was really awkward.  But se la vie, right?

I'm putting pictures up because they are part of my Love Land experience.  If you do not want to to see these, do not scroll down any farther.  Just saying.... (Although, I am picking the least controversial of the pictures....which just peaks your curiosity about how explicit the parks gets, right?)

To see the photos of Love Land, Click on "Read More."  

This is the first statue you see when walking into the park.   This is the Big "Peak" 

Of course....

The 80 Foot Penis.   

What was our first thought when we saw it?  "GROUP PHOTO!" (of course!)

 Which lead to the problem of getting of the giant penis.

Sliding down the side of a the largest penis statue in the world....

Interactive displays.  This one says, "Turn Weakly..."  Others said...well, I'll let you think about that one.

They had many "put your head in the cut-out"s.  Koreans, for the most part, don't really interact like the waygooks did.  Waygooks generally were very interactive with the displays.  The Koreas we saw just pointed and giggled.  

But this Korean ran around and decided to be Superman.  There were a couple females in their party, but none were volunteering.    After a couple photos, I decided SuperMan couldn't be without his Wonder Woman.  So I ran over and stuck my head in.  (PS: this is a great way to get Koreans to laugh....)

 Superman wasn't the only Icon who got Love Land-ized.  George Washington was included:

Although, strangely enough, he didn't have any genitalia.  

 Different types of statues:

The Dragon Phallus

The Terminator....

 And, some more interactive statues:

Yes...his hand really does go there....

Okay, that's enough of Love Land.  There were many many MANY more photos taken, but if you want to see them you'll just have to ask me in an email because that's all I'm putting on a public space (I probably shouldn't of even put these...but then again, the bio section of my blog says, "All the Ups and Downs...."