…..MY LIFE AS A CIRCUS PERFORMER…..
Gyeongbokgung Palace is a royal palace in Seoul, Korea. It was first constructed in 1395, later burned and abandoned for almost three centuries, and then reconstructed in 1867.
In the early 20th century, most of it was destroyed by Japan, Since then, the palace has been gradually restored back to its original form. As of 2009, roughly 40% of the original number of palace buildings still stand or are reconstructed.
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With a legitimate typhoon on the way in a matter of hours, these Korean grandmas simply squint and carry on. They’ve seen some storms before this one, no doubt. I was somewhat excited when I got a message on my hotel door telling me to stay inside and shut my windows. It end up being somewhat anti-climactic; the typhoon weakened as it made landfall and didn’t have the predicted impact. Strange though, it’s exciting for me but an obvious inconvenience for the local people. Like Australian bush fires or heat waves, when it’s 45 degrees celsius for 4 days and people are dying, I can imagine that would be a story to take home for travellers. But for us it’s a severe disruption and potential tragedy, something that happens anually. There’s just something about experiencing things like this in a foreign land that has an element of excitement about it, whether justified or not. That doesn’t take away the empathy for the catastrophe, it’s just an undeniable fact of travelling I think.
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This is what I was talking about a few posts ago. Here is one area of the amazing dining car on a Korean train. Those are my fellow performers at the video games, and behind them (out of frame) are the karaoke booths and massage chair booths. What fun it is, to find things like this.
The rail network in Korea is fantastic. We had a train with a restaurant carriage, but what set this apart were the video games and karaoke booths. Yes, Karaoke booths. Another perk was the massage chairs. A picture of that in tomorrow’s travel photo, maybe!
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This is how things get done in a lot of Asian cities. I’ve seen a family of five on a scooter,
livestock on motorcycles, people riding the tops of buses and cars and trains.
All I would say about this guy is,that must take some practice.
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50 travel photos, a milestone! Woo. anyway, Korea is awesome. The people are great, the food is my favourite ever, the country in general is cool. We had a show rained out due to a typhoon’s suprise appearance, and this is the day was the tail end of it. My first typhoon, nothing too crazy but quite damp.
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In Suwon Province, Korea, three old ladies eat lunch in their place of work. This market is where I very memorably had the most satisfying and tasty dumpings of my entire life. It is also where I experienced my first typhoon, albeit a little one.
This Side Up performed for a Korean Festival on the way back to Australia from Europe, in October 2012. As expected, there was quite an interesting array of produce at this market, both animal and vegetable. Korea is, by far, my favourite country to eat in. Fresh and simple, very unlike China and Thailand where things are spiced and salted and sauced enough that you don’t notice the basic ingredients are usually a little substandard. Pickled side dishes called kimchi (cabbage, radish etc.) are served plentifully with each meal, whether it be bibimbap or a soup.
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