A Photographical Walking Tour of Everything to See in South Korea

Page three. Possibly better even than page two.

So it's page three and what do you have to say for yourself? The answer could only be 'nothing'. Don't worry, I won't count it against you.
There's so much to photograph in Korea that it is absolutely mind boggling. Well, I suppose that if you lived in Korea it might not be as interesting, so it is doubly fortunate that I am an American.

One of my favorites. I really enjoy the directness. It's like you almost don't need to speak English at all in order to read this one. Or to write it! Was that crude? I don't want to be crude.

Now, you may have seen this before. It deserves a better explanation, though. Now, it may still make no sense. Trust me, it couldn't possibly make less sense to me...and I was there looking at the exhibit. It was an exhibit at the Korean War museum, and this sign was describing a diorama of some soldiers sitting inside of a shelter that they'd built against a hill of some sort. I'm assuming that up that hill is their fighting position, or perhaps, a switchback leading to an even steeper, colder hill. It made perfect sense. The men would sleep in the shelter, or be in there between their shifts, and only be out in the elements when they had to be. Perfect sense. Then I read this placard. I was thrown into a spiral of confusion and self doubt for which no man could be prepared. Hopefully I've enlightened you all.

Another classic. So simple. So honest. The worst part? Found on a military base. Now who do I blame for this? Or better yet, who do I thank?

I'm not accustomed to seeing many of the emergency measures that foreign nations may provide to their citizens. Needless to say, I had no idea that the answer to a power outage in possibly the largest shopping mall I've ever seen in my life would be cheap plastic 'ghost story' flashlights. These, if I'm not mistaken, are the same types of flashlights that you give children when you know they really don't need any light, but they want to seem important, so you give them what they want without giving them something that would actually empower. I have been to the I'Park mall several times, and each time, regardless of time or day, the place is packed. You can't walk three steps without running into somebody. So at any given time there are how many, 3,000 people in this mall? It only seems reasonable to provide 200 cheap party-favor flashlights in case of a power outage. Hopefully there is a video camera trained on every one of these boxes, for obvious reasons.

Ahhh...door blocked. How I love you. Don't you love signs that just don't need to be there? I wish I could write more, but...

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