I've had a couple of good days out, first with Henry and then with Leo. Henry's day out consisted of a trip to Itaewon and thereabouts, to go to a western supermarket for Henry, to allow him to buy some cheese, which seems to be the only thing he's really missing about home. We went for an impromptu bowl as well, I won (just).
We went along the main street in Itaewon, looking at the shops and surprisingly large number of westerners wandering about. There's also a place called 'Hooker Hill' which is fairly self-explanatory. We didn't venture up there this time. We went to Dongdaemon stadium as well to look around the market - they have done a really wierd thing there, they've paved over the grass and put in a car park, with market stalls around the edge selling loads of types of wierd crap (which I can't imagine anyone buying), while leaving the seats and grandstands intact.
We went to the mall in the Doosan building too, to get some dinner - we ordered a family meal between two, which turned out to be a load of breaded fried cutlets (pork, fish, prawn, cheese & chicken) and some kimchi-radish, miso soup, spicy spaghetti and a mushroom curry. We only made it about 3/4 of the way through it, before the sheer volume of fried food got the better of us.
Leo went off to the Irish Embassy and got his passport sorted too, meaning employment prospects are on the up. After a nap I went out to NB with Jim, Christine and Minyeong (sic), for a bit of dancing, rather against my better judgement.
Today Leo and I went to the river in the morning, originally to go to the gym, but it was a bit smoggy for exercise, so we went for a long walk instead - along the way we encountered a series of tunnels, which we wandered into, and became terrified of. They went miles under the road, and as we wandered in we came to a barrier, behind which there was loads of water, implying that these were storm drains we had wandered into. Made for some cool pictures though.
This afternoon we went to the Express Bus Terminal, as we're going to Ulsan tomorrow to stay with Jose for a while - he left today, flying down there, whereas we're getting the Express (as opposed to deluxe) bus, for only 19,700 won, about £11 for a 4:30 journey. We went to a foreign language bookstore today, and between us Leo and I bought the Selected Writings of Rene Descartes, Crime and Punishment, Dune, The Postman, and Time Enough for Love by R. A. Heinlein. A good selection of Sci-Fi and intellectual stuff. All of this means we now have to pack and leave, as we're off at 10 am tomorrow.
Also, I've added my facebook albums to the blog, they should appear to the left.
End of Osaka and our Tandem Trip Crabs, Palace, and nights out Tunnels and Cityscapes
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