18 April 2026
Lap of Gangnam
Sinnonhyeon for beef noodles
The streets are wide, the footpaths are wide, the buildings are tall, the fancy cars are plentiful, the hills are steep. Time to do a lap of Gangnam, which is almost exactly 10k steps, conveniently taking me over 40k for the day, yep I am just that boring.
Today's hike was quite tiring, so I just wanted to stay local, and so I had dinner at a place I have had dinner twice before in Korea, and it was probably the best meal of the trip so far, despite not being Korean food at all.
Other than that, I saw a lot of vaping, got frustrated at nearly getting run over through no fault of my own, and rode an invisible horse.
I have never actually seen one of these before. Until now there was still the possibility they are just an elaborate joke.
A taxi! No really behind me is the world Taekwondo headquarters, refer to previous trips for photos. Tonight it is relevant because I nearly died in a wedding fight earlier, so I am studying up on the moves.
Many tall buildings to behold. I saw behold a lot lately.
Horsie time.
Now for the main entertainment street at dusk, heading towards Sinnonhyeon station. It annoys me greatly that cars can drive down here, but even worse are the scooters.
My aforementioned dinner of Sichuan beef noodle soup with knife cut noodles. Excellent and only $9.
Cars even drive down here. Good luck pedestrians.
Last one of the entertainment street.
I fled back to the main road with the wide footpaths. Much safer.
Tomorrow is not a hiking day, I have no plan, less sun would be good.