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2013
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Callous
modern Korean life. Or installation art.
A
Chinese Chestnut tree in spring, at Munmyo (aka Sungkyunkwan). See more
views of Munmyo here.
Friends
on a mountain in the middle of Seoul
Dongmyo,
shrine to the immortalized Chinese warrior Gwanu. The shrine is east of
Dongdaemun. You can find more photos here.
A
sweet potato oven, used on cold winter nights.
In
Gwangjang Market, near Dongdaemun (East Gate). Check out some more views
of the market here.
"Happiness"
South
Han River
Dawn
Inseon-dong,
an older city center neighborhood bordered by Jongno, Insa-dong, Changdeok
Palace and Jongmyo. Explore the neighborhood here.
The
rapacious developers have demolished Pimatgol (Jongno 1-ga and 2-ga),
but we still have the traditional roasted fish and chicken restaurants
here, just west of Dongdaemun and Pyeonghwa Market.
Uijeongbu
House, best mackerel and Japanese Spanish mackerel in town--except for
the other restaurants in this lane by Pyeonghwa Market.
You
got me.
Seoul,
1930
Different
eras of the Seoul City Wall
Seoul
City Wall, our defense against the North.
And
you thought that was hyperbole when they told you kids are just study
machines here.