Damyang

Finally. After two weeks of wanting to go but first being deterred by poor weather and then me getting sick, we made it to Damyang.

The town is famous for bamboo, and a huge tourist destination is its bamboo forest.

It's only 13 miles north of Gwangju, but the bus ride takes about 40 minutes. They've finally turned on the air conditioning on most public transportation now, so it felt good to sit under a cold breeze. 

We walked through the forest, ate some street food, and hung out with the pandas. 

However, the best part of the entire day was the cab ride home from the bus terminal. The cab driver and his car reeked of body odor, he ran people off the road and flew through red lights screeching his horn, and blared this song and two others by the same music group. Priceless.