Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Different facets of Seoul

The past few days have been occupied with looking after Stephen and Seb, who came over from Cambridge to set up a piece of equipment in Suwon, south of Seoul. Unfortunately, Stephen immediately fell ill and has spent almost all his time in the top hospital in Seoul (owned by Samsung, of course). The doctors think he has typhoid. So Seb and I have been visiting him, getting to know a Korean hospital quite well. There seem to a great many people wandering about the place, wheeling along their drip stands like a pet.

I helped to show Seb around Seoul at the weekend. We had a good night out with a couple from Suwon and a few random others on Saturday (including an American, two Germans, two Koreans and an Englishman). We played darts against the bar staff at a pub in Sinsa, and lost. The bar staff were joining in with our party - drinking behind the bar is clearly encouraged here! Below is a picture of us at dinner in a jazz bar/restaurant.



On Sunday night, we missed the last train home and didn't have any cash for a taxi. In our search for a late night cash machine (most stop working at 11.30), we strayed into the red light district, with the ladies of the night on display in neon-lit rooms lining the street. Apparently, these streets used to be quite common, but are rarer these days. Shortly after, we found a cash machine and we escaped!

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