South Korean Morning
I wanted to take a quick stroll this morning as the sun was rising to take pictures. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera and missed the early dawn. So, instead of the post “South Korean Sunrise,” which is kind of catchy, you only get “South Korean Morning.”
I have the day off since it’s Children’s day out here in Korea. It was nice to just get up and take a walk this morning though. Here’s a few pictures from the area I live in.
You can view the larger images by clicking on the thumbnails. You can go to the image’s page by clicking the caption, even leaving a comment on individual images.
I might make this gallery thing a more permanent feature here on the blog. I haven’t decided whether to make it a post or static page thing yet. Mostly, I need to start sharing some pictures with the family.
Let me know what you think.
Hi Justin,
The pics are just ok. It looks like you live in mostly a jungle of brick, mortor, concrete and pavement. And while the area where you now live appears to be very clean, well kept and upscale, as a Mid-westerner living on a small farm, it doesn’t really make me want to visit S. Korea. Do you think it will excite your family? I doubt it looks much like “home.”
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Charles
It’s definitely a jungle of brick, mortar, concrete, and pavement. I thought I did see a little green here and there though.
It probably won’t excite the family too much, but there’s not much going on at 5:30 in the morning.
It’s the farthest thing from home too. I’m from small-town Alabama. Our tallest building is probably someone’s two-story house.
Mostly, I wanted to give the WordPress gallery feature a good go here on the blog before I dived into creating a huge gallery archive. I’d like to feature some more galleries and work on my photography skills.
Justin,
Thanks for sharing the pictures. Looks like a clean place to live, ahem. except for the ‘mans massage’ scene.
Some nice shots you got here, Justin, although my friend told a whole different story about her trip to South Korea.
Speaking of big buildings, Singapore is seriously cramped with high-risers because as is commonly known, we’re one of the densest countries. So cramped, it’s almost impossible to walk barely a hundred yards without seeing a high-rise flat. Some of the big buildings that you saw are residences I bet?
Good to see some more pics,son. You’ll remember all these places for a long time, but it always helps to look at pictures and reminiscence.
Thanks for sharing these pictures. It’s very nice to get a glimpse of your life in South Korea and the area where you live. I’m very interested in Korean culture, after seeing a number of Korean films and television drama series. I also like the sound of Korean. I often wonder what life must be like in different parts of South Korea (Seoul and the rest of the country). It’s always difficult to get a true picture of a country just by watching films and soap operas so it’s great to see this type of shots. Maybe next time you can try to take photographs with people in them :).
Justin,
Thanks for sharing this gallery, the area you live is mostly clean and beautiful, speacially LOVERS’ BENCH is very attractive place, I wonder if every lover out there likes to visit there.
I would like to visit Far East Asia once in a lifetime…
Christine
It’s a pretty clean place for the most part. I do live in a fairly wealthy neighborhood though.
The “Man’s Massage” places are all around. I don’t think this is particular to Korea though. I think there are a lot of Asian countries with these types of places.
BoltClock
Most of the buildings around that are are residential. I didn’t venture too far away from my apartment though.
What did your friend say about Korea? More importantly, where did she stay in Korea? Some of the places out here are vastly different. I live in a very upscale and liberal (liberal for Koreans) area.
Dad
I’ll try to share some more pictures from time to time.
Sueli Brodin
I’ll try to get people next time. I just wanted to play around with the gallery feature for WordPress and finally got around to taking pictures this morning. Of course, there weren’t any people out and about.
This is probably the total opposite of what it’s normally like. It gets really busy throughout the day, especially on the weekends.
J Mehmett
That walkway/park area has a lot of late-night couples strolling down it. Now, I just need to get myself a Korean girlfriend to take one of those strolls with. Maybe sit on the bench…
Lovely! And much more green that I expected with the trees and landscaping. Were those azaleas by the lovers’ bench?
Actually, I don’t exactly recall what my friend told me about her stay… I think she only mentioned her shopping sprees, skiing lessons and such that I’m not interested in.
I like the pictures, Justin, thanks for sharing them with us. I’m not from the mid-west, but they’re still cool to see from my seat here in Montana.
What I noticed is how everything there seems to have been designed or laid out with some attention to aesthetics - the place looks to have a cool feel to it…and it’s clean. Hope you’re enjoyin’ it!