동대문시장 (Dongdaemun Market)

Sean, Scott and I went to Dongdaemun (neighborhood of Seoul) on Sunday not knowing what to expect. What we found were more bargains than you could imagine and more useless crap than anyone would ever know what to do with. (I talked a woman down from $7 for a pair of amazing kelly green velcro sneaks to $4.) We were the only foreigners. Needless to say, I was in heaven.




"Caca jusayo?" (Sean's a haggling wizard)


Becky this sooooo reminded me of you :)




so not organic don't panic...I almost bought it, rationalizing that though its fur, it's second hand so the animals weren't killed for ME. ha. yeah right.






I liked how Barack Obama, Black and White Michael Jackson, a gorilla and some Chinese dictator were sold next to each other.






(Sean made this guy sooooooo angry because he touched his stuff without asking and didn't put it back in the right place... hahahah.)

Global Gathering

I found out about Global Gathering the week I arrived in Korea. An electronic festival with not one but two of my favorite electronic bands when I was told I would see no decent live acts for a year!? You better believe I was excited. Clark, Scott and I went out Saturday night to Han River Nanji Park. The festival didn't fall short; we danced for eight straight hours to the incredible Underworld, MSTRKRFT, Royksopp and we even got a little K-POP action with 2ne1 and G-Dragon. While there were more non-Koreans than I ever hope to see in Korea again (a few who really lived up to the label "Ugly Americans" and Canadians, British, etc.) we met some cool people and had a blast.

2ne1




Röyksopp










Underworld




MSTRKRFT

잠자리 (Dragonfly)

서울대공원 (Grand Seoul Park & Contemporary Art Museum)

This museum was incredibly cool. We didn't know what we would find there, but the place is MASSIVE, free and they were having an exhibit "100 Years of Korean Cartoons" which was so cool. The rest of the museum was just as cool - installations, paintings, sculptures, not to mention the grounds surrounding it were so beautiful. Grand Seoul Park is only 5 subway stops from our hotel (in the middle of the business district) but feels like a world away. Huge mountains, lakes, petting zoo, rose garden, amusement/water parks, and an art museum all in one place? If it sounds like heaven, thats because it was....more pics to follow.

Korean Eskimos.

Zen Scott.

Tina

Grand Pagoda made of a few thousand Samsung TVs

exploring

korean/chinese fusion, yum

hunting for lunch

composer/subway antics

Initial Seoul

one of these things is not like the other..

the crew

my girl Tina, and boys Dave & Scott

super asian hotey mates (Scott, Bob, Megan, Sean)

first kim bap shop, "Food 2,900" (basically any meal less than $4 US)

food search

Josh, Scott and Bob in the wan

my most thorough medical exam to date.