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Korea

For Jen’s 40th, we left Willow with her grandparents, grabbed our passports and took a business class Korean Air flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia with a 3-day stop-over in Seoul, South Korea.  Because we took so many pictures, we’ve split up Korea and Cambodia into three entries.  Cambodia Part I (days 1-2) is below.
Flying business class to Korea
The view from our hotel in Seoul
The view from our hotel in Seoul
Jen enjoying our fabulous business hotel bathroom
Exploring Seoul
The Lotte department store
Seoul city scene
Jen on a walk the morning after we arrived
The baby fat store
Where cats like to stay in Korea
A cat above the rest
Tony & Leo stayed here
View to North Korea
From the bus on our way to Panmunjom
First stop on the DMZ tour
Mangbaedan Memorial Altar (where displaced
Mangbaedan Memorial Altar in the DMZ
Imjingak (park was built to console those from both
Reunification ribbons on a barbed wire fence at
On these ribbons, visitors write prayers of peace and
Train destroyed during the Korean War
Miles of barbed wire
Barbed wire at the border
Not the happiest place on earth
Jake with destroyed train
Freedom Bridge
Jen with North Korean soldier
Taking a walk to the Freedom Bridge
Freedom Bridge gate
Reunification ribbons
Freedom bridge
Spying North Korea
Amusement park an Imjingak
Panmunjom - UN main conference room
Posing with South Korean soldier
Jake doing Korean soldier impression
Very serious
Wonder what he does after the tourists are gone
Conference table (1/2 in N. Korea and 1/2 in S. Korea)
North Korea's JSA building
UN buildings between North and South
North Korean soldier
Or is it a statute?
One guard stands with body half shielded by the building
U.S. soldiers in fatigues
Staring down North Korea
Conference building for important talks
Looking to the right
Looking to the left
North Korea
Korea 075
Conference room
Conference room
North Korea
Memorial for ax murders
US soldiers supervising a tree trimming were killed by
North Koreans tell a different story
View to North Korea
Bridge to North Korea
Barbed wire across the way
Barbed wire across the way
Noodle stalls at Gwangjang market
Noodle stall where we stopped for breakfast
Apparently the Korean morning news programs
Mmmmm breakfast
Korea 096
In Changdeokgung palace
Touring Changdeokgung's Secret Garden
Jen in the Secret Garden
Library in the distance
Pagoda in Changdeokgung Secret Garden
Island of foliage in Buyongji Pond
Jake with the library
Secret Garden
Pavilion
Roof of Yeonghwadang, a pleasure pavilion for the
Ceiling of Yeonghwadang
Part of the roof structure of Yeonghwadang
Buyongji Pond area
Buyeongjeong pavilion
Jake with entrance to the Royal Library
Entrance to the Royal Library
Must remove shoes to enter
After taking pictures of Yeonghwadang
Enjoying the tour
Shoes on
Secret Garden pavilion
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Korea 122
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The gate of perpetual youth
Aeyeonji Pond
Aeyeonji Pond pavilion
Jake on tour
Aeyeonji Pond pavilion
Trees with crutches
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Yonkyongdang House in the Secret Garden
Sacred rock outside of Yonkyongdang House
Yonkyongdang House window
Yonkyongdang House
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View from Yonkyongdang House
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Jeondeokjeong pavilion
roof of Jeondeokjeong pavilion
roof of Jeondeokjeong pavilion
ceiling of Jeondeokjeong pavilion
recently painted
pavilions are repainted every 10 years
Jeondeokjeong pavilion
Jeondeokjeong pavilion
Jeondeokjeong pavilion
Jen & Jake with Jeondeokjeong pavilion
The garden that was extremely private space for
Jen enjoying the Secret Garden
There are over 26,000 specimens of a hundred
750-year-old incense tree
Guardian figures on the roof
Changdeokgung main gate
Jen exploring
View of Injeongjeon (the royal audience chamber)
Haetae, mythical fire-eating beasts that supposedly
Taking photos with Injeongjeon
Haetae, mythical fire-eating beasts that supposedly
Taking photos with Injeongjeon
Wide view of View of Injeongjeon
Injeongjeon
Entrance to Injeongjeon
The royal audience chamber
Jen & Jake with Injeongjeon
Posing at Injeongjeon entrance
Rank stones: markers to place civil and military
Rank stones
Injeongjeon
School children at the palace
Jake tweeting
Jake Facebooking
Guardian animals
Where did Jake go?
Peekaboo
Lion guardian
Roar
Jake imagines what it would be like to be king
Jake strikes a regal pose
Vigilant guardians
Throne
Under cover
Tired of having his picture taken
Fabulous colors
colorful beams
roof line
beam flower
Jen couldn't stop looking up
Spectacular
Wish we could make our cedar shake roof look like
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Peacock
Ceiling pattern
Ceiling pattern close-up
The style is: "Dancheong."
It is a decorative coloring found in Korean traditional
Roof guardians
The history of dancheong can be traced to the colorful
Red was used on building parts exposed to sunlight
Buddhism brought Chinese to Korea
Jake lingers
Door handle
Courtyard
Jen steps up
Fancy lock
Door with breasts
Great outfit!
Matching packs
Practicing English
They were really proficient!
Stone wall
stonewalling
cool building
Seoul has a lot of really unique architecture
Grafitti
Beverages
Looking over the wall
Gyeongbok Palace
Gyeongbok Palace with business men
Gyeongbok Palace through arch
colorful bus stop
Rock pile outside of National Folk Museum
To ward of evil spirits
Ooga-booga
Jangseung carved faces that were placed at village
Korean vampire?
volcanic stone sculptures
used as worship pieces in Korean folklore
Example of tradition Korean architecture
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Inspiration: Palsangjeon Hall at Beopjusa Temple
A 5-story wooden pagoda built in 553 AD
Astrology statute
Jen with her year
More serious please
Oink
Small man in Korean Folk museum
Exit sign (actually not sure what this said but I liked the
Traditional Korean dress
Gyeongbokgung Palace guards
Gyeongbokgung Palace guard
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Is that beard real?
Very serious
Changing of the guard about to begin
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Lined up
Ready to make the switch
Get out of the way, tourist
Ok, maybe a little smile
The other palace guard
Couldn't get him to crack a smile
statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Plaza
King Sejong was the fourth king of the Joseon Kingdom
Jake slapping high-5 with Sejong
Accomplishments: reinforced Korean
Also used the creation of Hangul and the
Admiral Yi Sun-shin statue in Gwanghwamun Square
a Korean naval commander famed for his victories
Jongno Tower
Looks ready for blast-off
Street scene
Seoul loves signs
Seafood market from above
Noryangjin Fish Market
Conch meat(?)
Octopus
See seafood galore
Market goes on forever
Shrimp of all types
and sizes (about a 1,000 won to the dollar)
Mussles on steroids
Lots of things we'd never seen before
More wandering
Spice market
Not sure what most of this was but it smelled nice
End of the market
Dried fish
Bulk spices
A little chili powder?
This smelled a bit fishy
Where some of that chili powder went
Rice, a Korean staple
In the subway station
Seoul's subway was superb
Jen & Jake subway pose
Jen & Jake subway pose II
Janganpyeong antique market
Time for lunch at Gwangjang market
Suit fabric
Dumpling soup
Mmm good
Cheap too
Chili sauce
A bad place to leave your money
Jen explores Gwangjang market
Device for making mung bean pancake batter
Bukchon: neighborhood we stayed in
Great roof
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