I haven't posted again in a long time. I was finishing the school year and going on this AMAZING trip that I saved up for! I met some radical friends at school and we all saved up and decided to go to South Korea at the end of the year. I was there for three weeks in total, and all of the weeks were completely fantastic. It was a dream come true to meet fellow minded people and take a journey like this.
I will post some photos and some captions underneath of where the flip the picture shows and what we did there.
As you can see the trees were spectacular. It got cold in the second week though, so they quickly faded and their leaves crumpled up and fell off the tree. 
The poles were all covered like this. Unsure why...
Bridge to town in Uinjeongbu
A man hole!
The small rivers have these cool stepping stones across!
Subway!
What was a bit weird flying into Seoul was seeing all these housing developments. They cluttered the land like a beehive and look very strange from above. If you want you can google map Uijeongbu and see them just rising out of the ground on the satellite version, it's quite a sight!
Subway station was good lookin'
First stop in Seoul City! Merry Christmas!
This guy just sit outside a palace and carves these amazing wood blocks. Look at the tiger in the back!
Royal Courtroom
I enjoyed this photo a lot. It's exactly the embodiment of Korea: very traditional, but so advanced. 
The King's throne room
Seoul Art Museum entrance
This was just painful on the eyes
Royal walking ceremony...?
Ever exotic! Dunkin donuts!
The National Museum of South Korea. These museums were larger than life. This picture only gets about 1/4 of the museum in the picture. Walking up I have never felt smaller in my life. The war memorial was the same thing, such large structures....
Entrance to the War Memeorial
Graffiti
These dudes litter the streets! So many little scooter men with lots of goods!
Two of my friends standing on the rocks, crossing the rivers!
A village in the middle of Seoul!
Kitchen
Bedroom. The square pillow is an arm pillow FYI. That was my biggest question when it came to the bedroom. 
Kimchi urns!
One thing I witnessed was that Koreans sleep EVERYWHERE. On any public transport they are asleep. And in the parks they just sleep on benches. There were three other people at this park that were sleeping like this. 
The pizza in Korea is not good. Shrimp, 4 cheeses, and honey........ NOT OK. 
Firm up your bits ladies. 
Namsang tower!!!
The view of just one little section of Seoul
Who knows why Colorado made it onto the window but hurray! 
No caption needed. 
The infamous BBQ!!!!!!!! SO SO SO SO SO SO GOOD 
King Sejong who was the coolest cat out there. He made the Korean language what it is today, making a written language and easily spoken language so that all people, royal or not, could write, read, and speak the same. GO DUDE. 
This is the entrance to his palace. 
His throne.
The entertainment building
This is our pension in Busan! THE VIEW WAS CRAZY. But Busan is one of the coldest places I have ever been....
The Zodiac
Seaside temple
Meeting a god
views of busan
Observatory views
OKAY THIS IS GREAT FOR A LAUGH. 19 years ago, a monk came to this cafe and said there was "too much female energy" so the owners compensated by doing this. It is so amazing and so hysterical. It mostly is filled with old ladies who eat there, and the only people who work there are old ladies. I got two penis key chains for being a foreigner and going there. Actually really good food!
This was in the bathroom. 
The tree festival in a tiny town an hour away from Seoul. It had big fluffy snow flakes! It was very christmas.
Ice game real strong
The lights are in a place called Herb World 
Random Dinosaurs
BBQ Korean corn candy!
The infamous hike....
The start
Getting snowier as we got higher
Temple entrance halfway up
More snow....
The top!
More red trees as a finale....
Thanks for looking through all these photos!!!! If you want to see it up close, I think you can click on the image and it will get larger! Have a radical day!!!
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