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 |