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Month: July 2009

The Royal Tombs of Samneung Park in Seoul

The entrance to Seoul Royal Tombs, with a wooden building to the right of the frame, with a traditional curved roof, to the center of the frame is a large round mound of grass surrounded by a stone wall, in the foreground are neat lawns and in the background a pine forest.

The Royal Tombs of Samneung Park are among the 40 royal Korean mausoleums built over five centuries that were named UNESCO treasures in 2009.

Banpo Hangang Riverside Park in Seoul

A field of yellow flower at the Banpo Hangang Riverside Park in Seoul

Banpo Hangang Riverside Park in Seoul is one of the city’s most popular parks, thanks to its excellent facilities and the Rainbow Waterfall Bridge.

Gangnam Underground Shopping Arcade

A large white building with Korean lettering on the outside, Gangnam shopping arcade, with a long line of tour buses parked on the concrete outside.

The Gangnam Underground Shopping Arcade is a huge mall that’s located beneath the Express Bus Terminal in Seoul, Korea.

Goodbye to Old Seoul’s Pimatgol Alley

To the left of the frame is a painted concrete wall, showing a man with a cow, to the right of the frame is a glass high rise modern building in Seoul.

After centuries as a convenient thoroughfare for Seoul’s working class, old Seoul’s Pimatgol Alley is being destroyed in the name of “urban renewal.”

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