Summer in Korea is very hot. So Koreans play in the water a lot to avoid the heat. Today, I will introduce ‘Bbaji’ where Koreans visit to avoid the heat and have fun water leisure activities. After reading this, why don’t you visit ‘Bbaji’ this summer where you can do fun water leisure activities?
What’s the ‘Bbaji’ ?
The Korean word ‘Bbaji’ originally came from the English word ‘barge’. Barge, which means a barge, means a ship with a flat bottom that carries people or cargo in the canal river. If you look at the picture below, you can see small vessels pulling barges.
Because the barges shown in the picture above are similar to the types of water skiing such as peanut boats, banana boats, disc boats, and wakeboards that Koreans commonly think of as water leisure, Koreans have come to call the place where water leisure is possible.
What water leisure activities can I enjoy in Bbaji?
Typically, you can enjoy water leisure equipment that you can ride by hanging on to fast-running water motorcycles or small boats in front of you, such as peanut boats, banana boats, and disc boats, as if you were water skiing. You can enjoy it without much practice because you don’t need to balance like water skiing, or you don’t need technology, and you can simply enjoy it will be fun without much practice. There are many other fun things to enjoy, such as floating slides and amusement facilities with various water obstacles, which can be seen in the water park. If you visit “Bbaji” with the mind of getting into it as much as you want, you will be able to make more fun memories.
Other than water leisure activities, things to enjoy in Bbaji
When Koreans go to “Bbaji,” they usually don’t just enjoy water sports. I usually have a good time staying at a pension near “Bbaji” or camping. Most of these products are sold as combined products through the Internet, so if you want to visit Bbaji, it is recommended to search for tourist products that combine Bbaji, pension, and Bbaji and camping sites in advance.
Where is Bbaji in Korea?
The most famous and closest ‘Bbaji’ to Seoul is located in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do. In addition, there are many in places with lakes and rivers and many pensions, such as Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, and Pyeongchang-gun. You can easily find it through Internet search and purchase various tour package products, so if you are thinking of visiting Bbaji, I recommend you to search on the Internet.
