Seoul stuff

Just some stuff from the streets of Seoul.






Isadong one of the districts of Seoul. This one is downtown and full of shops, restaurants and street vendors.



One of the many protests in the city. Here the police are ready for trouble.

Some sort of outdoor concert. Girls where pretty but not my cup of tea.


Musicians playing before some sort of martial arts match.


The contestants in the match. The match was played in a back alley theater area.

A poster of the 'glorious leader' to the north.

The park was full of men playing some sort of game. The whole area stunk of Soju and cigs.

Sucks to be that guy.


I'm not so sure she knows what her T-shirt says. Engrish returns! It's everywhere!
I did not want to eat here.

Seoul Day 2 (part 1)

Just got back from the field (should have pics of that soon) so now it's time to post some more Korea pics. Here are some more from my pass last month.

The second day we visited Changdeokgung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace, The Central Buddhist Museum and the temple next to it (can recall the name), and Mahabodhi Temple.

The front gate of Changdeokgung Palace.

Cool details like this are all over these palaces.

The throne room.

The Seoul Tower in the distance.
The royal families' pond out back.

Seoul Day 1 (part 4)

Seodaemun Prison was used by the Japanese during their occupation of Korea to house Korea patriots resiting Japanese rule. These brave men and women fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese for 40 years before gaining their freedom after WWII. The spirit of freedom thrives within the Korean people and despite the cultural differences I see many parallels between these patriots and our own in the US.Korean police on the way to the museum. When the picture was taken they both looked at each other.
The arch in front of the prison.
A wonderful contraption called the 'standing coffin'.
Me trying to fit my fat ass into the 'standing coffin'.
These bricks where made by the prisoners and used to build the prison. Like digging your own grave.
A guard tower on the perimeter wall.

The courtyard between the wings.
One of the men's wings.
The female cells, they where built underground and exhumed for the museum.

At the end of the day we went to the COEX mall. It's a huge, underground mall filled with all sorts of stores.
Sousage=Engrish
Korean McDonalds, pretty much the same except they put BBQ sauce on everything. Kinda like the French-Canadians and the mayo. Good luck trying to order a burger with or without anything, there is an obvious language barrier.

Korean fast food chain.