Monday, June 07, 2004
Han River trip
The Han River is the main river in Korea. It runs through the middle of Seoul and is spanned by a number of bridges. You can take a boat ride around the river ... which is what I did on Saturday with KiSook (Yun Jung's friend), KiSook's sister (I think her name was June), KiSook's sister's daughter, and Young June, one of KiSook's friends. Let me start by saying that this was my first chance to eat Korean food in Korea, since my other foreign friends don't seem to be as into Korean food as I am.
The first thing you see when you get to the park that we went to is the geyser built to commemorate the 2002 World Cup. It is allegedly 202 meters high, but I'm not entirely sure that I believe that. There's an island (YeoYiDo, I guess you would call it) in the middle of the river and the geyser is everpresent there, so maybe it is close to 200 meters.
From the Han River, looking north:
Young June and me:
The 63 Building ... the tallest building in Seoul. It has 63 floors, although Koreans count the basements, too:
Here is the bridge from the riverside park to YeoYiDo:
The first thing you see when you get to the park that we went to is the geyser built to commemorate the 2002 World Cup. It is allegedly 202 meters high, but I'm not entirely sure that I believe that. There's an island (YeoYiDo, I guess you would call it) in the middle of the river and the geyser is everpresent there, so maybe it is close to 200 meters.
From the Han River, looking north:
Young June and me:
The 63 Building ... the tallest building in Seoul. It has 63 floors, although Koreans count the basements, too:
Here is the bridge from the riverside park to YeoYiDo:
