This is the car that David's friends gave him for his birthday!
The World Cup Soccer stadium, built for the 2002 World Cup.
Koreans must be very exercise-conscious--many city parks have permanent exercise equipment. David says that they are well-used.
Imagine having to navigate your way through the city with these signs to guide you!
Even u-turns are allowed here!
This is a large park in the middle of the city, with a huge lake. Half of the lake was covered with water plants--looked like water lilies.
There were swan- and dragon-shaped paddle boats on the lake.
Several parks had these very tall swings.
Traffic here is unbelieveable! This looks like it should be a pedestrian promenade. The street is made with beautiful paving stones, and there are pedestrians everywhere. There are no sidewalks, just yellow lines painted on the side of the street. Cars park there in either direction, and so the actual street is very narrow. But they still have 2-way traffic there. And many of the store have out-door displays competing for space there as well!
You can see how cars park on the sides of the street in either direction.
And they double park too!
David's apartment building. He is on the third floor.
2 comments:
It would be frustrating to drive in that traffic! I found the same thing in western Europe - crowded and akward. There was one part of Paris that insurance agencies wouldn't even cover accidents that happened there! The only thing that helped with the traffic was that most people drove tiny little cars!
It was interesting to see that, in Korea, the "status" cars were American-built vehicles, because (as I understood it), the import tax was close to 100%, making the cost unreachable except for the very rich...
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