Pusan, August 1998

One of the very few times since 1989 that Daniel had not had some sort of facial hair. Sun-duk made him shave! The smooth-skinned look lasted all of two weeks before Daniel decided that he'd been emasculated long enough and grew a goatee...
This picture was taken in a jumak , or traditional Korean watering hole. You can get the national drink, soju , of course, but also several varieties of homemade rice wine. Interesting fact: the latter cannot be commerically made and sold by law. This means that every jumak has its own alcoholic recipes. The fun is in looking for one that makes the stuff just right for you!