As mentioned before, globalism has allowed us to avoid severe cases of culture shock. My friend Tony can testify to that. Additionally, South Korea is not the rustic country that many envision, but a first world industrial superpower.
Hyundai Heavy Industries lives up to this reputation proudly, and the view from our dorm includes two long legged Goliath beauties. These are the world's largest gantry cranes, rated at 1500 and 1600 MT respectively. This is approximately 320 African elephants, or 17777 healthy American males. The first crane was purchased from Kockums AB shipyard in Sweden, dismantled and shipped to Ulsan. I think HHI built the second larger crane themselves.
In fact, the South Korean's have pushed themselves where no man has gone before. Each dorm room is equipped with a working version of Captain Kirk's command post on the Enterprise. If Greg could read Korean, he would call down to Scotty for warp 10.
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