Today was a pretty relaxed day. Woke up, had some food, went to the bank and shopping with my host mom, then got to walk around the town. I was blending in like a chameleon until I busted out my camera to take pictures around town. So two things I noticed today...
1. Gochang is still pretty rural. There are some high rise apartment, but most buildings are pretty close to the ground. There are still some old school style Korean houses here. The traffic here is also horrendous, because most streets are very narrow and don't have signals.
2. Gochang doesn't have beautiful people. We are the gritty, surviving, tooth and nail kind of Koreans. A lot of the older people are very tan (i.e. they work hard outside) and roll through the streets with confidence. There are a lot of 'studier' people instead of the typical thin beauties. Not many girls wearing heels either. It was interesting to contrast Seoul and Gochang as two cities in the same small country. I only saw 1 kpop poster in town. Seriously. This place goes HARD.
(I may be bias because this is my hometown, but it really is my honest opinion)
Also, there is no basketball court.
I took some pictures around town and will continue to do so for a while.
The view outside my homestay.
My homestay apartment. I live on the first floor.
Coming down the street from my homestay.
One of the town's main roads, really narrow right?
Me and Sonia's type of Noraebang
We have PIZZA
The bus depot
The screen of the bus depot... We go hard
A family photo advertisement in front of a studio. Hardcore.
To my knowledge, this is the biggest and wildest intersection in town.
I saw this and thought BURRITOS!!! But then Mexican... chicken? Es Pollo?
Every town has a stream; this one is mine.
On the other side of the stream, run down housing and run down trucks.
Our ART MUSEUM. Going to check it out tomorrow/
OUR FORTRESS. I think I'll try to run this every weekend. Apparently its about 6 km all the way around, uphill both ways.
The lining in town for the decorative trees. Fun Korean style.
The government building in town. Apparently my great aunt works here?
MY PRESCHOOL. Destiny has led me here. Apparently the principal still lives around the area and owns the coffee shop next door. This will probably be my post up HQ in Gochang.
The gateway in. You gotta keep the children inside.
The school in front of the preschool. I think its both elementary and middle. My mom went here like 40 years ago.
Kids playing soccer without a care in the world. Some of these little kids had serious skills. Others were fat and slow.
Dad and daughters at one of those public outdoor fitness places. Adorbs.
Um... No idea, but the guy at the door gave me a weird look after I snapped this photo.
Cool compare/contrast with the high tech Math Lav next to the old house. Old man in the background.
Chicken in front of a restaurant. Probably really fresh food, but it smelled AWFUL outside.
Go left to my grandma's house
The sign says: Please take a rest as you go. These two old men were posting up and talking about their weekend plans. I was thinking about posting up next to them, but I had to go back for dinner.
My apartment's name is also my cousin's name. Interesting...
1. Gochang is still pretty rural. There are some high rise apartment, but most buildings are pretty close to the ground. There are still some old school style Korean houses here. The traffic here is also horrendous, because most streets are very narrow and don't have signals.
2. Gochang doesn't have beautiful people. We are the gritty, surviving, tooth and nail kind of Koreans. A lot of the older people are very tan (i.e. they work hard outside) and roll through the streets with confidence. There are a lot of 'studier' people instead of the typical thin beauties. Not many girls wearing heels either. It was interesting to contrast Seoul and Gochang as two cities in the same small country. I only saw 1 kpop poster in town. Seriously. This place goes HARD.
(I may be bias because this is my hometown, but it really is my honest opinion)
Also, there is no basketball court.
I took some pictures around town and will continue to do so for a while.
The view outside my homestay.
My homestay apartment. I live on the first floor.
Coming down the street from my homestay.
One of the town's main roads, really narrow right?
Me and Sonia's type of Noraebang
We have PIZZA
The bus depot
The screen of the bus depot... We go hard
A family photo advertisement in front of a studio. Hardcore.
To my knowledge, this is the biggest and wildest intersection in town.
I saw this and thought BURRITOS!!! But then Mexican... chicken? Es Pollo?
Every town has a stream; this one is mine.
On the other side of the stream, run down housing and run down trucks.
Our ART MUSEUM. Going to check it out tomorrow/
OUR FORTRESS. I think I'll try to run this every weekend. Apparently its about 6 km all the way around, uphill both ways.
The lining in town for the decorative trees. Fun Korean style.
The government building in town. Apparently my great aunt works here?
MY PRESCHOOL. Destiny has led me here. Apparently the principal still lives around the area and owns the coffee shop next door. This will probably be my post up HQ in Gochang.
The gateway in. You gotta keep the children inside.
The school in front of the preschool. I think its both elementary and middle. My mom went here like 40 years ago.
Kids playing soccer without a care in the world. Some of these little kids had serious skills. Others were fat and slow.
Dad and daughters at one of those public outdoor fitness places. Adorbs.
Um... No idea, but the guy at the door gave me a weird look after I snapped this photo.
Cool compare/contrast with the high tech Math Lav next to the old house. Old man in the background.
Chicken in front of a restaurant. Probably really fresh food, but it smelled AWFUL outside.
Go left to my grandma's house
The sign says: Please take a rest as you go. These two old men were posting up and talking about their weekend plans. I was thinking about posting up next to them, but I had to go back for dinner.
My apartment's name is also my cousin's name. Interesting...
Update: The Cha-Cha-Cha Noraebang is owned by a friend of my dad. Of course this would be true.
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