Sunday, August 01, 2004
Kangnam
Kangnam is a section of Seoul. It's a relatively "happening" part of town. It's a cool place to be without being downtown. I guess the closest analogy would be Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's very close to the East Village and the Lower East Side, but is across the river. "Kangnam" actually means "south of the river" and it is, of course, just on the south side of the Han River. Korean names are descriptive without being creative. The Germans have NOTHING on these people when it comes to the blandness of the names of things.
Here's a piece of artwork in a plaza. There is a lot of art in plazas and parks here, and most of it is interesting:
This is the Seoul World Trade Center.
And here is a shot of some of the local buildings. Not skyscrapers really, but decent sized.
Later in the afternoon, I was in a local restaurant and I saw these guys. I have no idea what their story is, but I assume that they watched X-Men too many times.
Here's a piece of artwork in a plaza. There is a lot of art in plazas and parks here, and most of it is interesting:
This is the Seoul World Trade Center.
And here is a shot of some of the local buildings. Not skyscrapers really, but decent sized.
Later in the afternoon, I was in a local restaurant and I saw these guys. I have no idea what their story is, but I assume that they watched X-Men too many times.
