 Trilingual highway sign from Incheon International Airport to Seoul |
 Driving into Seoul take over an hour from Incheon Airport |
 Apartment blocks in suburban Seoul |
 Passing the exit for Gimpo Airport |
 Gimpo Airport (RKSS) |
 More apartments |
 South Korean license plate - Seoul |
 Seoul license plate |
 Our home, the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Seoul Tower seen from the Renaissance Hotel |
 Chunghyon Church at dusk |
 Chunghyon Church at dusk |
 Chunghyon Church at dusk |
 Chunghyon Church in the morning |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Chunghyon Church, Seoul |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 View from the Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Out for our first night in Seoul |
 Korean Barbeque |
 T'eheranno Avenue |
 T'eheranno Avenue |
 T'eheranno Avenue |
 T'eheranno Avenue |
 T'eheranno Avenue |
 Korean flag along T'eheranno Avenue |
 Seoul Subway Yeoksam Station |
 The extensive Seoul underground network |
 Seoul Subway |
 Sign for Seoul Station and Dongdaemun |
 Old tower on Yulgongno Ave just east of Gyeongbokgung Palace |
 Side street enroute to Chogyesa Temple |
 Park near Chogyesa Temple |
 Park near Chogyesa Temple |
 Chogyesa (Jogyesa) Temple |
 Bell tower of Chogyesa Temple |
 Bell tower of Chogyesa Temple |
 Detail of the bell tower of Chogyesa Temple |
 Chogyesa Temple bell |
 Detail of the bell |
 Ornate fish shaped wooden drum, Chogyesa Temple bell tower |
 Detail of the drum |
 Large drum, Chogyesa Temple bell tower |
 Detail of the drum |
 The exterior of the main temple building at Chogyesa is under renovation |
 Chogyesa Temple |
 Chogyesa Temple |
 Chogyesa Temple is building a new traditional gate |
 Detail of the gate construction |
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 Small drum in a shop near Chongyesa Temple |
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 Calligraphy set |
 Calligraphy brushes |
 Corner of Ujeonggungno and Jongno |
 Korea First Bank |
 Statue at the Sky Life Building |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Samsung Jong-Ro Tower |
 Tourist Information Center |
 South Korean license plate from Seoul |
 South Korean post office |
 Young Poong Bookstore in Seoul |
 Lonely Planet titles in Korean |
 Street sign, Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Cheolmuldari-gil is a restaurant and bar street parallel to Chongno-ga in Central Seoul |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Czen Noodle Restaurant, Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Santa Fe Bar |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Restaurant on Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Walking advertising |
 Chungmoon Language Institute, Cheolmuldari-gil |
 James Dean Bar |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Harry Potter in Korean |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Must be a seafood restaurant |
 Korean food is famous for garlic |
 Cheolmuldari-gil |
 Chongno-ga |
 Korean McDonalds |
 Korean Burger King |
 Seoul Tower in the hazy distance |
 Chongno-ga Avenue, Seoul |
 Korean Police Car |
 Flag stand outside T'apkol Park |
 T'apkol (pagoda) Park |
 Sam Ir Mun don't ask me what it means but that's what it says |
 Sun Pyong-Hui leader of the Independence Movement |
 Korean Proclamation of Independence |
 1 March 1919 Proclamation of Korean Independence, T'apgol Park |
 T'apkol Park |
 T'apkol Park |
 Stele on a turtle, T'apkol Park |
 Korean Independence Movement, T'apkol Park |
 Korean Independence Movement, T'apkol Park |
 Korean Independence Movement, T'apkol Park |
 Film Forum |
 Sambonggil |
 "Hutong" north of Sambonggil |
 ROK Marine Corps |
 Buddhist Temple off Sambonggil west of the Royal Shrine |
 Bell Tower |
 Temple detail |
 Chinese characters |
 Peom Chong Nan |
 Temple detail |
 Wood carvings |
 Seoul Catholic University |
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 Monument outside the Jongmyo Shrine |
 Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Seoul |
 Tiled roof near Anguk Station |
 Sculpture along Yulgongno near Anguk Station |
 Monument at the base of Namsan Park |
 Sign for the Namsan Park Cable Car |
 Downtown Seoul |
 Cable Car and Seoul Tower |
 Ascending the Namsan Park Cable Car on a clear day |
 Seoul seen from the cable car |
 Namsan Cable Car to Seoul Tower |
 View from the top of the Cable Car |
 Namsan Park is very wooded and with Seoul Tower closed for renovations viewing areas are limited |
 View north of Namsan Park |
 Seoul through the trees at Namsan Park |
 Seoul Tower wrapped for renovation |
 Seoul Tower |
 Seoul Tower |
 Namsan Park |
 Namsan Park |
 The park area is the Jongmyo Shrine and Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung Palaces |
 View NE from Namsan Park |
 Downtown Seoul |
 View NW from Namsan Park towards the Blue House |
 The Blue House, the residence of the president of the ROK |
 View north from Namsan Park |
 View north from Namsan Park |
 Downtown Seoul from Namsan Park |
 With Seoul Tower closed it's very difficult to get a view of the river |
 View of Seoul |
 Downtown Seoul |
 Parkland at the base of Namsan Mountain |
 Descending from Namsan by Cable Car |
 View of eastern Seoul from the cable car |
 Eastern view |
 Seoul Tower |
 Downtown Seoul |
 KL163 Building in the distance on Yeouido Island |
 Seoul Tower and Namsan Mountain |
 LG Building in Seoul |
 Korean Air logo |
 Korean Air logo in Seoul |
 Myeong-dong |
 Giant fruit bowl at a new department store |
 Myeong-dong |
 Myeong-dong |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Nasty ??? |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Namdaemun Market |
 Sungnyemun, the main gate to Seoul, first built in 1398, rebuilt 1448 |
 Sungnyemun is also called Namdaemun, or Great South Gate |
 Namdaemun Gate is National Treasure #1 |
 Sign on the Namdaemun (Sungnyemun) Gate |
 Namdaemun (Sungnyemun) Gate, 1398-2008 |
 Namdaemun (Sungnyemun) Gate, 1398 |
 Namdaemun Gate surrounded now by tall buildings |
 Building next to Namdaemun Gate |
 Signs along Namdaemunno Avenue |
 Cone at the Yonsai Building |
 Yonsei Building |
 Korean Flag near Seoul Station |
 Seoul Station |
 Seoul Station reflecting highrises |
 Seoul Station reflecting the surrounding highrises |
 Seoul Station |
 Korean schoolboys who interviewed me for an English project |
 Gateway Tower near Seoul Station |
 Gateway Tower in the rear |
 Seoul City Tower and the Hilton |
 Seoul City Tower |
 Seoul City Tower |
 Seoul Tower on Namsan Mountain |
 Advertising in Seoul Station |
 Itaewon |
 Itaewon |
 Itaewon |
 Washington Shirt, Itaewon |
 Seoul Pub, Itaewon |
 Seoul Pub, Itaewon |
 Poster for Aida, Seoul |
 Temple Beomnyeonsa, east of Kyongbokkung Palace |
 Drum shrine near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Drum shrine near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Drum shrine near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Monument near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Monument near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Monument near the Blue House, Seoul |
 Lunch at a small Korean restaurant |
 Korean noodle dish with the traditional side dishes |
 Restaurant in Seoul |
 Korean stop and yield signs |
 Pufferfish restaurant, Seoul |
 Very fresh squid at a Seoul restaurant |
 Squid tank at a Seoul restaurant |
 Live octopus, Seoul |
 Sporworld, Seoul |
 Lobby of the Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul |
 Lobby of the Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul |
 Hak-dong Station, Seoul Subway |
 LG - Jeon Ja |
 Korean McDonalds, Seoul |
 Korean McDonalds, Seoul |
 Bus to Incheon Airport from in front of Seoul Renaissance Hotel |
 Seoul "Venus De Milo", Renaissance Crossroad |
 Airport Bus - Korea Technology Center |
 Modern art worthy of Dali - Teheran-ro buk 31 gil, Seoul |
 Sculpture detail, Teheran-ro Street, Seoul |
 Dong Hoon Tower, Seoul |
 Modern art, Dong Hoon Tower |
 Sculpted arch near Seolleung Station |
 Sculpted arch near Seolleung Station |
 Sculpted arch near Seolleung Station |
 Sculpted arch near Seolleung Station |
 Korean Police Station, Seoul |
 Chunghyon Church, Seoul |
 Chunghyon Church, Seoul |
 Samneung Park from Seoul Renaissance |