Grimey goodness
12 April 2019
Wandering the markets of Mong Kok in search of Wonton noodle soup
Hooray its not raining. I bet it will be tomorrow morning. Tonight I headed just up the street and walked laps of Mong Kok gawking at the grimey ....
To hell with the rain
12 April 2019
Climbing Ma on Shan in pouring rain from Ma on Shan station
My title today keeps with the religious theme. It is raining. I thought it would surely just rain briefly and not very hard. Wrong on both counts.....
I have found my salvation
11 April 2019
Flying to Hong Kong on a Hong Kong Airlines A330 and getting to the Salvation Army Booth Lodge
One lousy photo? Yes indeed. Now I am in Hong Kong. Not only am I in Hong Kong, I am at the Salvation Army. Lets work backwards and try for some s....
A tale of two airports
11 April 2019
Wandering around Incheon airport before flying to Hong Kong
This will be a short update. Right now I am in Incheon airport waiting for my flight to Hong Kong. As you will see I have no lounge access, so I a....
Palpable Shininess
10 April 2019
The amazing modern architecture of Gangnam
The rain stopped, the clouds were still dark, the sun was under the clouds, great light, time to take some photos of shiny buildings. In these con....
Not slippery when wet
10 April 2019
Hiking Yongmasan in the rain from Yongmasan station
Well it is still raining. The scariest thing about the rain is not slipping off the mountain, it is umbrellas. And now I have a new reason to fear....
Wet mall
9 April 2019
Escaping the rain at the Coex mall and Hyundai department store
Now it is raining, really raining. I got really wet, and went to the mall. On the way there people looked at me like I was a special kind of idiot....
Seven and a half years later
9 April 2019
Hiking over wonderful Gwanaksan from Sadang station
So, 7.5 years ago I came to Korea, and climbed over Gwanaksan. You can find that by looking at my old trip report from 2011, ALL MY CONTENT IS ALL....
Its all a giant slope
8 April 2019
Exploring the busy streets of Gangnam for a hamburg steak
Somehow on my previous 2 trips I seem to have missed the main part of Gangnam. I am sure I have walked down the main roads before, but most of wha....