24 April 2024
I stopped myself from going up again
Namsan hill
Very interesting light this afternoon, thick but scattered clouds, no pollution, very bright sun. A lot of things in Seoul are highly reflective.
I briefly considered climbing up the Seoul tower again, and down the other side, but stopped myself just as I got to the cable car station. I cannot keep going up the same tower for the same view.
Instead I wandered around the streets below the cable car on the side of Namsan hill, which has lots of backpacker hostels that cost more than hotels. Seriously. So anyway then I bought an ice cream, and that meant there were not many photos taken because first my hands were full of the ice cream, and then the ice cream covered wrapper. There are not really any rubbish bins on the streets in Korea.
After that it was time to wander around Myeongdong some more, check on the safety of the boiling vats of oil in the street stalls, then stand out the front of a cat cafe and decide not to go in - I went to one last November in Tokyo.
This is the post office. Blinding reflections lighting up the whole road.
It was about here that I decided not to go up to the tower again.
Instead I wandered around the road at the bottom of Namsan park and checked out the streets below.
The streets here are indeed very interesting.
Back to Myeongdong, and it is still busy.
I found a very nice underground bookshop. There are often not a lot of actual books for sale in book shops in Asian countries.
And since I had already had an ice cream, a small dinner was what I was after. Eggplant risotto. Not bad, small serve like I wanted. I really wanted the Taiwanese beef noodle soup in the Lotte food court, but securing a seat there seemed like I might need to win a fight.
Tomorrow is not a hiking day. It is the last full day in Korea. I have no plan!