Korea 2002

Taken by Helen Haller.



Initial impressions


The Sejong Hotel view

Chris

Helen

Possibly too many signs

Schoolchildren

Korean traditional village (inside Seoul)

Window view

Kimchi and other such things

A brief pause


The hanbok test run


Chris dressing in hanbok

Halfway there

Dressed up

Helen dressing

Halfway there II

Ready for action

Ben bemused by ribbons

Getting help

Keewi & Ben

Ben, Keewi, Chris & Helen

Keewi's "party hanbok"

Demonstrating the ribbon's use

Keewi's parents

Family portrait

Hanbok in disarray


An evening with Keewi's friends


Presents over Chinese food

Presents over Chinese food II

Unsure

Chinese food with friends

Chinese food with friends II

Chinese food with friends III


An expedition to Seoul tower


At Seoul tower

A hazy view

Class trip


The rehearsal dinner (without the rehearsal)


On the subway

After eating (believe it or not)

Family dinner


The wedding day


In hanbok on the wedding day

Sister and sister-in-law

With Keewi's mother

With Ben's mother

The announcement

With Keewi's brother and sister-in-law

Keewi's grandmother

The priest and his wife

The group photo that came out

Resting after the wedding

Resting after the wedding II

Resting after the wedding III

Resting after the wedding IV

Resting after the wedding V

Resting after the wedding VI


Sightseeing in Seoul the day after


Traditional guards

A less than well-posed portrait

A palace building

Stones

Detail of painted roof

Ornamentation

A wall

A gate

A flower

Walking around the grounds

Reflection

A sundial

The guide

Still water

A mysterious object

Side dishes

Dad, pancake, alcohol

Sylvan giving out autographs

Waiting for the subway

Old and new

Korea House: waiting for our table

With a traditional dancer

With a traditional dancer II

Korea House, with dancers


The bus tour outside Seoul


Our bus

Ready to roll

Ready to roll II

Carved faces

Carved faces II

The work area

Mountain view

Keewi's mother and brother

Chilies and persimmon

A traditional urn

A traditional wall

Traditional persimmons

Drying chilies

Thorns

Black-eyed susans?

The western cultural invasion

A fancy entrance gate

River view

Walking to a temple

Dad and bell

Temple and monument

The temple-going throng

A peaceful lake

Tourist monks?

Deities

A turtle with responsibilities

Temple view (or, The Man Who Would Not Move)

Temple view II

A fishalope

A pagoda

Another pagoda

Roof detail

Roof detail II

Layered rooftops

A turtle with responsibilities II

Painted gate with prohibition

Tombs

Milling around outside a closed tomb

A blue boat

Walking around the lake

Dad and bell II

Sylvan and Mariko (rising moon)


Visiting family tombs (the last day of the bus tour)


Walking to the ancestor's tombs

Walking to the ancestor's tombs II

Walking to the ancestor's tombs III

Strength

Parents

A moment of silence

Persimmon and blue

Visiting friends

Sylvan and Mariko (power lines)

An invitation to tea

Enjoying honey tea

Cow and calf

Loading the bus with hometown produce

Loading the bus with hometown produce II

Loading the bus with hometown produce III


Back in Seoul (and ready to shop)


Shopping for fabric

A hanbok store

A hanbok store II

Discovering merchandise (veni)

Examining merchandise (vidi)

Wrapping merchandise (vici)

Fish

The underground market

Ginseng


Keewi models her purchases


Sushi chef Keewi

Sushi chef Keewi II

Sushi chef Keewi III


Three down, none to go!


The reward