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July 17th 2015

Published: July 18th 2015

And so after a month in the awe-inspiring Middle Kingdom, it was time to say goodbye, but there was yet one more mini-adventure to come. The day before my departure, Shanghai airport was hit by a wave of flight postponements due to a typhoon, and that meant an inordinate number of flights scheduled for the day of my departure, and an even more inordinate number of irritated passengers at the airp... Read Full Entry

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Ten years on

And I still instinctively groan when I see people practising falungung, a kind of Chinese meditation that at some point in the past was interpreted by the Chinese goverment as a resistance movement, and subsequently banned. Dealing with the practitioners back in my policing days even in Singapore was always a bit of a sensitive problem. Looks like they've free rein here in Seoul though.

Korean girls in traditional Hanbok @ Changgdeokgung

I mean, why not take a picture?

Changdeokgung

Tiled roofs at Hanok Bukchon Traditional Village

Taoist Yin & Yang Swirl at the Contemporary History Museum

Happy at Gwanghwamun

Contemporary History Museum

Line for the public buses

They queue! What a refreshing change after a month in China...

Changgyeonggung

Some kinda installation art at City Hall

With live couples lying in bed.

The Belfry

Apparently it was used in ancient days for sounding when the city gates were closing in the evenings.

Korea National Museum

Little Korean girls practising their cutesy Victory poses from a young age.

War Memorial Museum

BBQ Samgyeopsal with Ex-colleagues

Banpo Water Park

Tree of Wishes at Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon

Apparently this tree is over six hundred years old, and its magical properties include being able to grant wishes, written on the white ribbons tied there.

Hwaseong Fortress @ Suwon

View from the top fo Hwaseong Fortress

Itaewon

Aka Foreigner Street, first populated by the American troops stationed in Korea, it has become a lively foreigners enclave with boutique shops and restaurants.

Itaewon

Turning into a girl in Seoul

With all these food shots, but this was an excellent chicken burger in Itaewon, and also probably one of my first proper Western meals in over a week.

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