1 April 2026
Elevated walk to a new roof
Seoullo 7017 and Namdaemun market
After my long hike I was hungry but still like to go walking regardless - 40,000 step day today.
So my journey went to the elevated walkway that used to be a train line known as Seoullo 7017, I think the first time I came here it was brand new, it no longer is.
The view from up there is great, and there was a surprisingly high quality sunset for Korea, where the sky is usually smog, fine dust and bbq smoke.
It was then time for dinner, and today Shinsegae department store was not having a day off, so I was able to head into the basement and have Korean food, in Korea. Who knew.
Finally, I headed back through the labyrinthine Namdaemun market and in the 2 years since I was last here, a roof has appeared.
Great view from Seoullo 7017, look at all the buses. Public transport is great in Korea. The Australian Prime Minister just held a special national address to the nation to nationalise the national patriotic spirit to please take a bus to work so that we do not run out of jet fuel to bring me home. I feel special.
Behold, an actual decent sunset, in Seoul. That is Seoullo 7017 below.
Great view in all directions.
Eventually the elevated ex train line becomes a street level ex train line, but you can still walk along it.
If you don't want me to piss in it, why have a garden?
Not too many photos tonight, so a bonus shot while I wait for my dinner. This is the Shinsegae department store fancy food court basement. I like to sit at the bar.
My dinner, under strange lighting conditions, is kimchi fried rice, very delicious.
And finally, the surprise roof, at closing time. I suspect some people do not like that the market has been gentrified for tourists. It is a huge clothing market selling very poor quality cheap clothing, much of it in army colours. Most of the market still looks the same, and still looks like a fire hazard, just this central avenue has a roof.
Tomorrow, not a hiking day. I may not even go to a fortress or a tomb for a quasi hike. I have no plan.