S. Korea | Streets of Dongdaemun, Seoul [Pt. 1]

Continuing this post from this post, I'm bringing you guys the street of Dongdaemun. Somewhere I never see anyone posted any pictures of it before. To those who have been to Dongdaemun, they probably walked the same path ⎯ or maybe not. Didn't know it has a pretty river to take pictures at. I know I seldom post about my trip to Seoul back in 2016, trust me when I said there were a lot of pictures to choose from and that part alone was hard enough for me let alone to edit them all. It takes a long time, only a pro could do something like that. So, without further babbling here is the post about my short out and about in Dongdaemun.

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We stopped for a minute because the camera suddenly stopped functioning. After me and Adam did something to it that I didn't even know what it was, it started working again. And I was thankful that the camera stopped working because otherwise I would't notice the lovely Heunginjimun Gate (Dongdaemun Gate) that was just right in front of us. It's so beautiful and I wish we had more time to explore it but we didn't.

A quick fact about Heunginjimun Gate :
Heunginjimun Gate, is now the oldest main gate remaining in Seoul after Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun Gate) was destroyed by a fire on February 10. 2008.

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On our way to DDP, we passed by a craft market in front of JW Marriott Hotel. We didn't stop though we want to. It was a bit crowded so we couldn't really sandwiched between people so we just head straight to our main destination although I get a few glimpse of all the stuff that was on sale. I did record a video of the craft market but since I don't have a youtube channel (yet), I did not make any effort to compiled the entire clip into one proper video/vlog. I guess all those videos is for my eyes only. Although I would love to share it with everyone.

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The craft market was super small. Only a few booths of handmade home & living items that was spotted. Then I found this cute coffee van by Volkswagen. I love how they decorated the van into something cute and unique. Especially the roof. I've seen it before but I haven't seen it up close. I queued for one of the coffee but then I cancelled, I don't even know why. Maybe because I remembered that I can't handle coffee on an empty stomach. Yes, I only had cereal that day. So, don't want to risk spending hours in the bathroom because of a bit of caffeine.

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Then we found this river (?) along the way to DDP. I thought it would be a nice place for  photos so me and bestie went to the river while Ashley & Adam waited for us by the bridge. I love taking other people's photo, so I made my bestie my personal subject that afternoon. I walked a totally different path from her to get candid shot. I love how it turns out especially the lighting. The weather was really great that day, sunny but cold and breezy.

I wish I have someone who would take photos of me like I take photos of my friends. That would be nice for once in a while.

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So that was Dongdaemun Streets part 1. I will continue part 2 as soon as possible, and currently editing all the photos along with other photos for other blog posts as well. It was kind of hectic but at least I got to get my thoughts out of my mind for a bit. Staying at home is really boring so I want to give full commitment on my blog as much as I can. I hope the post is not too draggy, long and boring.
Thank you so much for reading and much love, T.

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