Thursday, July 22, 2010

Newfound Gap, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Gatlinburg TN




From the family trove of Kodak slides. My father on his honeymoon. The punch-holes are from the original slide processing. Click on the image, both to enjoy what a rustically handsome fellow he was, and to dig all the now-classic cars.

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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Korea Trip 2009

On the observation roof at Imjingak, at the border with North Korea.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Korea Trip, 2009

Jeju Island, Seogwipo shore, down the stairs from the beach condo we stayed at. Note the creek flowing into the ocean.


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Jeju Island, Seogwipo shore. Taken during a very hazy summer day.


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Friday, August 07, 2009

Korea Trip, 2009

Seoul, folk village. This woman and these musicians were re-enacting a traditional funeral chant. We were in the area for a good forty-five minutes, and she didn't let up once. I went in the little courtyard to watch a couple of times, but the view was blocked by the video crew. These were the only decent shots I got.


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Korea Trip, 2009

Seoul, Lotte World amusement park. There was this very interesting folk museum upstairs. Here are the kids using oldtimey laundry paddles, and listening to a narration from a mannequin.


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Korea Trip, 2009

Seoul, Lotte World Amusement park. Yes, those are Korean performers dressed like Scottish Highlanders, playing bagpipes. There were lots of foreign dancers representing different areas of the world; I'm sorry I didn't get a few snaps of them.

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Korea Trip 2009

Lotte World indoor amusement park. This place was huge, and indoors! The photos were shot from the balloon ride, which circles the perimeter up near the ceiling.


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These are views of the northeast corner of Seoul, with the Han River in the foreground, taken from our room in the Sheraton Walker Hill hotel. It was very hazy--I don't know how much of that was due to the rainy season, and how much to pollution. I was told that it's much clearer in autumn.


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