Sindang-dong, Seoul’s famous place to have Korean tteokbokki (rice-cakes in red-pepper sauce). There’s dozen of restaurants selling the Korean dish at one particular street; we dined at the Mabongnim Halmeoni Tteokbokki restaurant (in February) which is one of the earliest to open its biz in the area in 1953.
Namsan (lit. South Mountain) is located at the centre of Seoul. Its surrounding area is a public park with plenty of plants and tress alongside various recreation facilities; while its peak houses the N Seoul Tower and it’s a popular place to enjoy the panoramic view of the city. Photos from Feb 2010, still snowing then…
Seoul story from Feb 2010. Lunch at Myeongdong Gyoja restaurant, famous for its kalguksu (knife cut noodles) and gyoja (dumplings).
An old pal posted a photo on Facebook, taken when we were 13 with our middle-school classmates and an intern-teacher who taught us for a few months.
Feels like it’s just yesterday, but 18+ years have gone by since. Time flies.
If you visit a Buddhist temple in South Korea you are likely to see some of these little stone pagodas, stacked randomly by monks or visitor to show appreciation to the land and environment (sort of a spiritual thing)…
I think these days it’s also meant as prayers for good health and luck etc.
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Reached home in Kuala Lumpur on Monday evening after staying in Seoul for close to three months. I’ll miss a few things, especially the new found friends.
Had to leave my hostel in early morning to catch my flight and managed to hitch on my cheapest taxi ride ever. I was waiting for the airport bus and this airport taxi dropped by and offered to give me a fetch for 10,000 won (~ USD10), about the same price for the bus for an hour long trip.
Obviously the cabby was on his way to start his work at the airport and decided to make some pocket money along the journey. Generally it’s a wise idea for lone traveller to say “no” to these unplanned rides due to safety reason, but I somehow decided to take a bit of risk.
