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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-10 15:59:57
November 15 2009 22:34 GMT
#1
OK here we go, I finally took the time to do a blog I wanted to do since I returned from Korea over a month ago.

On the 21st of September I took off on a plane for a 2 week trip to Korea.
I'm half Korean, half German (can't speak korean though )and the purpose of the trip was to visit family and obviously to enjoy this beautiful country.
(A little warning right from the start: this blog will not be about progaming at all.)

The plan was to stay in Seoul for a little while and then to go to Gyeongsan, which is the place where my family lives, and from there to rent a car, and just drive north along the east coast (we eventually got to the north korean border), always close to the sea.
Then before October the third we would return to Gyeongsang, to celebrate Chuseok, a big national holiday, which some like to call the Korean Thanksgiving.
I'm pretty proud of the pictures I've taken, especially since I pretty much learned how to photograph with my camera on this very trip.
If you like the pics you can put in some nice music and watch them all in a very nice full screen slideshow here
(button at the top right) - thx to Artosis for recommending me the site.

However, I put in the effort and also put most of the ones I uploaded into this blog (I do have about 700 more on my hard drive) , so
here we go, lets start with Seoul:

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View of Seoul out of the Hotel we stayed in

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The Hotel room - this is how you sleep true korean style

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Now that's an awesome chair

Pictures from Insadong:
On a rainy day
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On a sunny day
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On the way to the tower, from which you can see all of Seoul, there was a little show:
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From the Tower:
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The entrance of the love hotel my brother and I stayed at our 2nd visit :D


Pictures from Gyeongsan, including some family pics :
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The Market
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Grandma
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Counting the number of grandchildren that she still need to get married (turned out to be eleven )

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Taekwondo Kid

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My uncle playing Baduk (/Go) against my brother

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After the loss


Now lets get to the actual road trip:
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monks on their way to the monastery
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A long way ahead
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Angry wall is angry!

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In korea dogs are a bit more careful..

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Inside a cave
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Spring
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Catwalk
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Always lots of water at every temple

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Samcheok by night

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A monk's house

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"Whatcha lookin' at, foo' ?!"
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There's a hole in my stomach
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Near the North Korean border

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North Korea! Doesn't look so bad from here ^^

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Walk with me

Pictures taken on the great Seoraksan:
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At the summit of Seoraksan resides its king on his throne
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tricky, huh?!
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The Orange...
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Spider attack!
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3 more pictures from Gyeongsang:
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Go-Stop - the Poker game Koreans like to play
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Cheosuk
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weeeee ok that took a long time to post, I hope you enjoy it.
Here are some bonus pics from firms you surely know and then just more pics of my grandmother cause shes so beautiful
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this:
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tastes about the same as this:
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not just a giant in starcraft...

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STX bigger than CJ??? That can't be right

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My Dad and his alter ego
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Grandma with her son in law
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The queen of Korea
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And that's me, hi TL.
Thx for looking at my pics, I hope you enjoyed them



edit: somebody PMed me asking for a .zip file of the pictures, so I uploaded a package of jpgs I had exported on my harddrive to megaupload, it's not exactly the same selection of pictures as in this blog, may have some more of my brothers and me but most are the same

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600 mb though, so I still suggest you manually download them on my smugmug site http://ghostkey.smugmug.com if you like some of them.


*****
beep boop
Amnesia
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3818 Posts
November 15 2009 22:36 GMT
#2
Wow you take REALLY nice pictures. Thank you so much for this. I want to go back to Korea soon.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 15 2009 22:37 GMT
#3
Niiice pictures. What kind of camera do you use?
Texas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Germany2388 Posts
November 15 2009 22:41 GMT
#4
ye, what camera do u own?
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
November 15 2009 22:42 GMT
#5
thanks
an EOS 400 D I bought from my brother
beep boop
SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
November 15 2009 22:47 GMT
#6
Wow, you look way more korean than german.
Usually when theres a caucasian dad the baby looks more white but damn if you didnt say you were half german i wouldve thought u were full korean.


anyways...
nice pics! definately gonna save them for myself if u dont mind =)
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
November 15 2009 22:49 GMT
#7
Nice jacket/jean combo in the last pic. What brand of jacket is that?

yeah nice pics btw.
PewptyPewptyPewpty
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States26 Posts
November 15 2009 22:49 GMT
#8
Great pictures!
I like things that are good and dislike things that are bad.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
November 15 2009 22:50 GMT
#9
Did you buy a seperate lens? Cuz those are close to pro quality.

Also, looks like you had a great time, I loved the temple pictures.
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
November 15 2009 22:51 GMT
#10
Those are some very nice pictures. Great photography!
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
November 15 2009 22:51 GMT
#11
These pictures are great - what kind of camera do you have?
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
November 15 2009 22:52 GMT
#12
damn, there are some awesome pictures there dude...
some that are good enough for excellent wallpapers too; would you by any chance have the original pics downloadable somewhere?
| MLIA | the weather sucks dick here
POSER
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Germany71 Posts
November 15 2009 22:55 GMT
#13
Sehr schöne Bilder, du hast wirklich Talent!

i hope you enjoyed your trip as much as i enjoyed this blog ^^
do you play Go too? (not a challenge, i suck at go ^^)
Sharp-eYe
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada642 Posts
November 15 2009 23:00 GMT
#14
wow.....
Are you truly so blinded by your vaunted religion, that you can't see the fall ahead of you? - Zeratul III AKA WikidSik ingame (anygame)
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-15 23:05:43
November 15 2009 23:02 GMT
#15
On November 16 2009 07:47 SanguineToss wrote:
Wow, you look way more korean than german.
Usually when theres a caucasian dad the baby looks more white but damn if you didnt say you were half german i wouldve thought u were full korean.


anyways...
nice pics! definately gonna save them for myself if u dont mind =)


ha funny you mention that, my relatives always say I look the least korean out of me and my brothers.
No I don't mind at all



On November 16 2009 07:49 resonance wrote:
Nice jacket/jean combo in the last pic. What brand of jacket is that?

yeah nice pics btw.


German brand by the name gipsy

On November 16 2009 07:50 meeple wrote:
Did you buy a seperate lens? Cuz those are close to pro quality.

Also, looks like you had a great time, I loved the temple pictures.


No I used the pretty bad 50mm lens u get with the camera.
I bought a nice sigma lens after the trip.

On November 16 2009 07:52 blue_arrow wrote:
damn, there are some awesome pictures there dude...
some that are good enough for excellent wallpapers too; would you by any chance have the original pics downloadable somewhere?


http://ghostkey.smugmug.com/
You can download them in different sizes there

On November 16 2009 07:51 Kennigit wrote:
These pictures are great - what kind of camera do you have?


look up man


thanks for all the kinds words
beep boop
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
November 15 2009 23:04 GMT
#16
@Poser
no my brother tried to teach me a little bit during the trip but god that game seems so difficult
beep boop
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 15 2009 23:05 GMT
#17
awesome pictures. looks like you had a great time. im hoping to visit korea next summer
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
November 15 2009 23:11 GMT
#18
Needs more 7mk pics imo
HEY MEYT
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9950 Posts
November 15 2009 23:23 GMT
#19
really nice pictures dude
Moderatorsometimes I get intimidated by the size of my right testicle
SilverskY
Profile Joined September 2008
Korea (South)3086 Posts
November 15 2009 23:29 GMT
#20
I miss Korea...

Great pics dude!
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