My photos: November 2004

I emptied my camera's memory card recently and thought I should post them here for people to see if they are interested. This is just the first batch in and around the city. Hopefully I will get more up here before too long. You can click on the picture to get a large version. There are 22 photos in this set, so be sure to scroll down to see them all. Have a look. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

I was walking around town and just had to take a picture of this sign. What this place is, is a karaoke room. The Korean writing is "sue-we-tue noh-rae bang." Nohrae being the word for song or sing, and bang meaning room. The thing is, I think they probably meant to say "sweet" not "suite." (Maybe not) But "mugic"? Well the 'Z' sound is a puzzle for most Koreans. They have trouble pronouncing it and usually represent it with their 'J' sound. The English 'G' can be hard or soft, and thus we get "mugic" instead of "music."

This a small dam on the Naktong river. The main hydro-power dam is behind in the background.

An old style abandoned house near the river.

For some reason I seem to be taking pictures of doors these days. The same old house.

This is another old house nearby the first, but it is maintained because it has some significant value which I can't seem to remember now.

A doorway at the second house.

The veranda of one of the main buildings. More doors.

One view of the main building/living quarters.

They were building a pavilion in the downtown area to hang a bell.

A wider shot of the pavilion.

These spiders are everywhere in the summer and fall. Their abdomens can get pretty big, even bigger and fatter then the last digit on your pinkie.

I took a walk through the market. Here are some of the fresh fish. Don't ask me what kind.

These are several different varieties of Korean kimchi, basically pickled or fresh vegetables with lots of red pepper paste and garlic, but there is a lot more to kimchi than just that. Go here if you are interested.

Some dried fish. Yes, this is really eaten here.

Here is the fresh fruit area. All pretty much grown somewhere in Korea.

Here are some tiny dried fish of different varieties and sizes.

They put these octopus in a pan of ice water and it seems to make them curl up like this. Whether it actually kills them or not, I don't know. Probably not considering Koreans' desire for fresh seafood.

Some red chili peppers drying in the sun, on the street, with all the car exhaust helping to flavor things.

I am not much of a people photographer, but sometimes I try. The light was low and this little guy was moving, so it is a little blurry. He was helping grandpa carry the drying sesame stalks back from the garden plot.