A friend of mine here in Korea is getting married next month.  He was shocked to discover that wedding gowns in Korea cost several million won to purchase.  Even a one-day rental was exorbitantly priced.  Seeing as how this is the 21st century and all he checked out some U.S. based websites and found an appropriate dress for half the cost of a rental.  He asked if he could have the gown shipped to my Army Post Office (APO) address and of course I agreed.

As my friend noted on his Facebook page the dress has had quite a journey:

Total distance traveled to arrive in Seoul: 18,950km

Total distance from where it was made to Seoul: 907km

Turns out the wedding gown was manufactured in China, shipped to the U.S., and then mailed back to Korea.  I was proud to carry the package its final 1km or so from the Yongsan post office to Samgakji station where I handed it off to the blushing bride to be.

All in a days work.

Oh, an interesting footnote is that shortly after the nuptials my pal and his wife will be moving back to the USA.  Columbia, SC in fact.  He’ll be attending USC and I imagine in his spare time he’ll get to do some ass kicking in the dart league I founded there.  Small world, eh?