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Hyehwamun

February 21, 2012
Hiking, Seoul, South Korea
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In search of some fresh air and perspective, a friend and I set out on what we thought was going to be a day-long hiking excursion. Not having properly researched our adventure, we assumed the vast web of Seoul fortress walls all connected. Knowing that there was a gate near our home, we figured we could pick it up there and make our way around the city. False.

We found ourselves on Naksan Mountain, on the small stretch of old fortress walls running from the Hyehwamun Gate to the Dongdaemun Gate. Despite not being quite the day trek we anticipated, the views of Seoul were truly fantastic.

I would (highly) recommend enlarging these photos to really get a feeling for the epic proportions of this city. I find the clusters of apartment scrapers most impressive. I cannot fathom how many people live in such a tiny proximity.

These views are overlooking the most-hiked mountain in the world, Mount Bukhansan and the neighborhoods of Sungbuk-gu and Jungno-gu, all in the north-eastern Seoul.

Wolfhound

February 16, 2012
Food, Holga, Nightlife, Seoul
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I should have learned my lesson at the Seoul Electronic Music Festival. Holga-ing while intoxicated = mostly a failure. It’s the changing of the film that gets me. Tuesday evening, we headed to Itaewon for 2-for-1 fish-n-chips at Wolfhound, a homey, Western-style Irish Pub. We treated ourselves to a few too many beers and whiskeys.

This is what we got.

By the Skin of Our Teeth

February 16, 2012
Holga, Seoul, Sungbuk SLP
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Bus line is by far the craziest part of my day. At 2:20 pm, 15 classes filled with preschoolers furiously rush out of their classroom to their bus line. Ooofta! We count our kids and fly down 3 steep flights of stairs. It’s only sheer, dumb luck that they don’t tumble head first down the stairs. Then, they sprint out the doors to their bus. It’s quite a spectacle.

Everyday Korean

February 5, 2012
Holga, Seoul, Sungbuk SLP
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The Holga begins to take on my daily life in Korea. These photographs were taken in the areas immediately surrounding my place of work, Sungbuk SLP. Alleys of traditional Korean homes are juxtaposed with modern, towering apartment and office buildings.

The tall building in the background is the building that houses Sungbuk SLP. We occupy one floor of a large office building.

Jesus pamphlets are everywhere. crosses are everywhere. From the roof of my apartment building alone, I can see 16 neon crosses.

These blue boxes baffle me! They come out when it snows… to fill with snow? Not much snow would fit in the box. Not to mention, you put the snow in the box… and then what?

 

This is my bus stop across from my apartment in Jeongneung.

Holga Surprise!

February 2, 2012
Holga, Thailand
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I went to go pick up two rolls of holga film, thinking they were both from a music festival… but no! There was a roll from Thailand! Beautiful, stunning pictures of Thailand. I won’t bore you with same-same pictures … so here are a few of the most interesting. For the rest of my surprise role, head to my flickr!

 

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