Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon

This is the northern gate of the fortress which was built in the eighteenth century. The king at that time wanted to move the capital from Seoul to Suwon. The whole place was pretty much destroyed during the Korean war like the rest of Korea. It was reconstructed in the 70's.

Bunk Chicken

There's a chicken place really close to my apartment. I always go by there, so I checked it out. It was totally worthless, and I will never go there again. Pure crap. I ate about half of the chicken and drank the soda. Everything else went in the trash.





There was a small container of pickled turnips, one of canned corn, a shredded cabbage with mayo and ketchup salad, some garlic bread with sprinkled sugar and some other crap. The fries were those frozen kind you can buy at the grocery store.



Next time I'll go to Kyochon. It's one of the best here in Korea. There's a reason they are number one and have franchises in New York and LA. Here's their link: http://kyochon.com/2009usa/index.asp

Pictures of breakfast cereal in Korea.

Koreans like cereals with almonds. You can get this one almost everywhere.



This one's pretty good, too. It has pumpkin seeds.



This is your standard box of fibrous flakes. Another one that can be found at most stores. I do almost all my shopping at Lotte Mart, so I pick up the first three boxes there.



The Tesco cereals all come from Homeplus. That's my favorite store because they have frozen mangos and blueberries. They also sell tortillas and have the best selection of import beers of any of the grocery stores in Korea.







This last one can be bought at Emart for about 5 dollars a box. What a bargain considering the weight and premium ingredients. Oats are a specialty product here that can only be found at foreign markets, so I use this stuff when I make oatmeal cookies.

I'm considering a Costco membership. I've shopped there several times with friends, but I've been too cheap to spend 50 bucks on the annual membership. I may give in one of these days.

Farting around Po-il Danji

This is a bunch of electrical equipment. These pictures didn't comeout as I hoped. Oh well, here they are anyway.




Stockyard of Korea Electical Co in Po-il Dong





This is a shipping container converted into a police substation.