Long Weekend Part 1: Samcheok Haesindang Park...

Get ready for this one...aka Penis Park.  Yep, it's not a typo.  Kinda ironic considering the Koreans are very conservative.  The park, with over 50 phallic sculptures, is located in a fishing village on the east coast.  It's about a 45 minute bus ride from the Samcheok intercity bus terminal and it was well worth the trip.  There's another penis park in Jeju-do, which is an island located off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.

Legend has it that a "virgin whose restless spirit was affecting the village's catch.  A fisherman discovered that she could be appeased if he answered the call of nature while facing the ocean, so the village put up phalluses to placate her."

Enjoy!

Yep, that's a bench...

How romantic...

Comparing sizes?  According to statistics, only in their wildest dreams..

What really startled me is that the mother even took pictures of her children standing in front of one of these statues while they were "holding on"...

They even have statues representing each of the 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac.