First sunrise of the New Year, (mostly) from the Yanghwa Bridge overlooking Yeouido.
(PS: You know if you mouse over the full-size images, you can cycle through ‘em, right?)
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First sunrise of the New Year, (mostly) from the Yanghwa Bridge overlooking Yeouido.
(PS: You know if you mouse over the full-size images, you can cycle through ‘em, right?)
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One of the best thing about the wedding was the fact all but one of my nieces and nephews came to Korea to be at the wedding. It was awesome! My youngest niece (by one week) was the star of the show for a lot of the trip: her big blue eyes hypnotized the ajummas to give her free stuff, ... [Link]
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Great shots, Robert — what a clear new morning, for once!
Happy 2010 to you…
Gorgeous. It makes me miss the days when I had that view from my apartment window.
Are there any shortcuts to saying “eee chon ship nyon?” Is there any equivalent to “Twenty-ten?”
Nice to view first sunrise of 2010 (…although) via pictures.
I found the second and sixth photos particularly nice ~
Centuries later, will anthropologists try to claom the LG Twin towers were built to catch and direct the rays to the first sunrise of the year to some spot on a bridge like some folks claim about Stonehenge?
And will they claim it predates the Water Clock?
I sure wish I could spell “claim” correctly…
First time poster, I just wanted to say I really like the image with the Twin LG Towers splitting the sunrist… brings back some good memories
“South Korea is the most technologically advanced country in the world.”
Ahh IcemanYVR, it seems that Koreans have taught you well. Welcome, good friend.
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