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Heidi and I in Korea! It was my (Colin's) first time there, and Heidi (Hyun Young) hadn't been there in over 3 years!
I saw a lot while there, so there's a lot of pictures to look at!
There are some interesting things about Korea I didn't expect:
- No graffiti
- Few beggars (even the poorest people try to sell stuff to make some money)
- No blue sky (at least until the last day when the fog cleared some!)
- U-turn lanes on every street (U-turns are usually illegal in the US)...
- In Korea, Buses and Taxis don't seem to follow the street laws all the time.
- The worst are motor bikes -- they often drive on the sidewalk and I think it's a miracle I didn't get hit by one!! They never
obey traffic signs/lights and are very dangerous! But they are the fastest way for workers to do things like deliver pizza,
supplies, packages and goods.
- In America, usually people on the airplane or a tour bus wait for the rows ahead of them to
exit before they exit, but not in Korea! If you don't get in the aisle before the other people, you have to wait until
everyone exits! They say the old people get mysterious physical power and speed when it's time to get off a bus or airplane,
or be first in line or first to get an empty seat!
- I heard the food portions in Korea were smaller than the US and thus people didn't tend to overeat. Almost every place I
went, there was about 3 times more food than I could eat, so I ended up eating way too much too often!
- Parking elevators. These are amazing. I've never seen anything like them in
the US. The park one car on a metal lift
and after you exit, the next person can lift your car up to the ceiling and park under it! More amazing were the parking
towers on which maybe 100 cars or more could be parked on top of each other and retrieved by pushing a button like a CD
changer! It seems like it would be cheaper to make a multi layer parking lot, but when you don't have enough space even for a
driving ramp, you have only one way to go: Up!
- No tips. Actually, I did know about this one, but I was surprised when we ordered cold noodle soup to be
delivered one
day - 3 big bowls for only about $10. They came delivered in nice metal bowls that we put outside the door when done and they
come back to pick them up! Wow $10 total for a delivered dinner for 3 people and they came 2 times! How do they make money?
Probably 99% of the pictures were taken with the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens on the Canon 1D, the other few had the
70-200mm f/4L. I also have a hand full of shots on Agfa ISO-100 film to be developed. I also brought the Canon 100mm f/2
and Zenitar 16mm f/2.8, but I didn't use them! I really wanted to go back to downtown Busan and take pictures with just the
100mm, but we ran out of time!
Now lets get to the pictures! If you want a quick summary of the best photos, click Best Photos.
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