5 April 2024
Back to the dong
DongDaegu station area
Each time I have come to Daegu, when I leave I go back to the high speed rail station and remember that it has a huge department store and probably lots of places to eat and I regret not having gone there during my stay.
To right this wrong, tonight I went there on my first night, on foot, and discovered whole areas of Daegu that are new and modern and shiny that google maps does not yet seem to know exist.
While waiting for my dinner I also read that cherry blossom anxiety is a thing in Korea now too, with men putting ads online for girls to go with them to be seen at blossom locations, $20 an hour, no physical contact, 2 meals plus dessert provided, 3 pictures minimum with both of you in the picture etc. All so the poor guy can demonstrate to people at work that he experienced the blossom picnic.
So this explains what I saw going on last night. If you are not seen with the blossoms and somebody you can claim you went to the blossoms with, then you might as well be dead.
I did not post this earlier as I was waiting for better light. This is the view out of my hotel window. If I remember on another night I will take it again in the dark.
The walk towards DongDaegu was very nice. The whole way was very nice. I think Daegu is a highly underrated city.
I passed many similar theme cafes such as this one with the creepy hands.
The Renault Twizy enclosed motorbike thing is still popular here. I saw a few of them around.
Last time I was here I walked along this river. Behind me there were many cherry blossom trees along the river banks, but I was trapped on the wrong side of the road. Nice reflections though.
This is the area of Daegu I did not really know existed. I believe that is a brand new Hyundai department store. Once again, I was on the wrong side of the road. Very wide roads!
DongDaegu Venture Valley. I guess a kind of silicon valley. They capitalise DongDaegu the same way I have been. I thought I invented that.
Here is my destination for this evening. The simply enormous Shinsegae department store. Photos cannot really explain how large and unusually shaped it is.
Obviously it needs a Bentley dealership.
Also obviously, I headed straight to the basement to find my dinner, and I was not disappointed.
Tonight's dinner is similar to a recent one. Korean style pasta. Although this time it has galbi (short ribs on the huge bone) and is in a curry sauce. Very nice.
Next I headed out the back of the station into the night life area. A lot of neon.
As mentioned, the department store is also the high speed train station, and a subway station. So here is a photo of all of them at once. Also under it is my bus stop tomorrow morning, so I went to make sure I could find that, even though I have caught that bus before, getting to the stop through the buildings is a bit tricky.
And for my final pic of the day, the terrifying 'Youtuber academy'. Just what everyone needs, a school to teach people how to yell at me on youtube.
Tomorrow is a long hiking day. Strangely the bus does not seem to run as early as I would like, so I will be back late tomorrow!