Month: July 2003

Now we head to the train platform to make our way to the DMZ…

I’m also big on checking out local TV, and it’s always the first thing I do when I check into my hotel room. What I mostly saw were dramas and serious talk shows, but I did catch a few variety shows, like this one featuring two comedians.

When I visit a country I always like to pick up a local English-based paper to get a feel of the place. On this trip I picked up one of two English dailies in Korea, THE KOREA TIMES.

The noisiest thing in the area was this stage show (there were actually a few of them, just a hundred meters apart) in front of the big shopping centers that featured what looked like amateur shows or singing contests. It seemed to be a big deal as it attracted huge crowds, and the people were…

Here’s a look at what we had to eat. I can’t remember any of the names (my guide wasn’t good for that, so I let Yuko do all the ordering, as she had a good idea of the things she wanted to eat), but there was a thing that looked like pasta in a spicy…

This is where we had dinner on the Saturday night, at the Dongdaemon market. The woman in the back to the left is preparing our food. The sidewalk is in front of where she is, and it’s comprised of a long row of women like her preparing pretty much the same food (on a huge…