shopping in Itaewon, art museums, more shopping.
One trip was to the aquarium in the COEX Mall.
The aquarium as a whole was impressive in terms of variety. One big distraction was poorly cleaned plexiglass. I did my best despite the less than perfect conditions.
Here are the results:
I also took a trip to Bukhansan, or Bukhan Mountain.
There were many long-established watering holes in the area.
We found a couple picture-worthy vantage points.
Nice view, but the sky was terribly hazy, a giant, never-ending blanket of cloud.
I set up the camera on a tripod and caught one of the legs with my foot. I reacted to the toppling $1000 of camera and lens, stopped it from falling, but ripped open my knee. Blood made its way down my leg on the way down the mountain. I bought some hydrogen peroxide and bandaging at a pharmacy near the subway station and patched it up. Here is my knee after getting back to my dorm room. [I figured not everyone would appreciate my bloodied knee shown outright on the blog.]
Finals are next week. After those, I will be free. I will most likely take some time to see more of what Korea has to offer in terms of "countryside."
Thanks for reading.
~잘가
