On Sunday, I was walking along the raw fish market in sokcho city on the east coast, looking at the fresh fish and at people sitting at wooden tables and on the floor on the side walk and wrapping slices of raw fish in a green leaf and dipping it in a red sauce. I stopped by a couple, pointed at the food and asked ‘what’s this?’, ‘How much is it?". I did not want to be cheated with the prce. They answered in Korean and wrote $30 for me. Unexpectedly, the lady wrapped some fish in a green leaf and dipped it in the red garlic sauce and handed it to me. I ate it while laughing and it was very good. She was probably thinking I was begging for food. I thought I would try raw fish. So I asked the waitress how much the fish was and was about to sit down. Passers-by were helping out and wrote 40 for me. I expected her to say $15 as I thought $30 was for 2 people. I did not expect her to raise the price $10. Since I only had $25 in my purse and they neither take credit cards nor traveler’s cheques.  I did not eat raw fish and had to rush back to the hotel eating hot fresh rice crackers that I bought for a dollar. I got tempted to try them while watching the man make them. I had to rush back to the bus station to take the bus back to Seoul. The trip back took an hour and a half longer than the way to Sokcho as a result of the heavy traffic. people were on holiday over the weekend. I got to Seoul later than expected and got to the hotel even later. I was looking for an ATM machine to withdraw cash. The streets were deserted so I ran back to the train station and changed money at the reception. The hotel restaurant was closing. So I ran across the street and bought bananas and milk for dinner. I packed quickly for my next morning flight to the Jeju Island where I am right now. Yesterday I had a great time and went to beautiful places in the western part of the island.  All the people on the bus were Korean, the tour guide and driver were Korean as well and lunch was included. People were feeding me the whole day. A college student gave me cookies, the two girls sitting in the next seat gave me tangerines, a bus driver got me coffee, and handed me a tangerine when we were at the tangerine farm. I had to look at the trees and take pictures while waiting for my fellow travelers to finish the presentation given in Korean. while having lunch, a Korean couple sitting at the same table with me were cutting fish for me and putting the small dishes in front of me. We shared the food and did not have separate plates. I could not use chopsticks and was using a plastic fork with no knife. The waitress got me extra food because I liked the vegetables and fried potatoes. See, I am not starving. Koreans are taking care of me and at the conference, they will even pay for my meals.  In an hour the bus will pick me up to tour the eastern art of the island. After the tour, I will be dropped at the airport for my flight back to Seoul as the conference starts tomorrow. I am staying at a new hotel (recommended by the conference). I have t go take a walk a long the beach which is right across the street from the hotel. So buy for now.