Autumn Post 1: Baegyangsa Temple
NOTE: Due to my schedule over the last couple of months, I didn’t had the time I’d have liked to post to Ye Olde Photoblog. I have been posting away at my Tumblr photoblog, though. Anyway, will be posting more consistently here from this day forward. MAIN POST: Last weekend, I went with a friend [...]
Gwanghwamun Sunset
Lovely skies over Seoul this evening, and I was fortunate to have my camera with me. For the full write-up about Gwanghwamun Gate and its many ups and downs, check out my post written after the gate was restored to its original condition in 2010.
Hangang River from Yongbongjeong Park
One of the better photo points along the Hangang River is Yongbongjeong Park in Heukseok-dong. Heukseok-dong is an older neiborhood built on a hillside on the south bank of the Hangang River, and if you’ve got time, it’s worth walking about. At the top of the hill is a small park with a wood observation [...]
Guess I won’t be living in Bukchon anytime soon…
According to the Chosun Ilbo, the heads of major Korean corporations and their relatives have been purchasing Korean traditional homes, or hanok, in the Bukchon neighborhood, driving up real estate prices. One long-time resident told the paper if you don’t have 1 billion won, you can’t buy a home here. As many of the corporate [...]
Mt. Daemosan
In late July, a friend and I went to Mt. Daemosan (293), a prominent hill in Gangnam, to take a couple of evening shots. In the old days, Mt. Daemosan was called Mt. Halmisan (“Grandmother Mountain”) as it was said to resemble an old grandmother. The name was changed to Daemosan on royal order after [...]
Seoul Museum and historic Seokpajeong Villa
If you’ve driven to Buam-dong from downtown Seoul via the Jahamun Tunnel, you may have noticed a small compound of Korean traditional buildings atop the hill on your left just as you come out of the tunnel. Or perhaps not—they were really easy to miss. It didn’t help that the area just in front of [...]