Tag: nature
Igidae, Busan
With the big C bearing down on us, I’m learning to reappreciate the outdoors, above all those patches with social distancing built in. Several days back, a friend invited me to hike Igidae, a coastal mountain trail running from Dongseangmal Observatory to Oryukdo, north to south. We flipped it, meeting in Kyungsung and bussing it…
The Oncheoncheon, Busan
Busan is a bustling port city where certain times and places remind you just how many bodies call it home. Word on the street though often remarks on a kind of looseness in the air. The ocean helps. Escapes like the Oncheoncheon too. Not quite from beginning to end, but as far as I could…
Bukhansan
After supporting the demands of the 12th largest economy, Koreans look to the weekend to recharge, or gallop. There are choices – wining, dining, singing and supra malls – but a purer escape is enjoyed by millions each year. It promotes itself just by being. Bukhansan National Park is a shared distraction, overlapping both Seoul…
Darth by the Sea
Crushing the Rebellion is a dark enterprise but just as much exhausting I suspect. Incompetent generals, poor throne-room lighting and regular humiliation at the hands of heroes with names like “Luke” and “Han.” Come on. Even a Sith Lord needs to take five. On this occasion, it’s via Maritime serenity along the Nova Scotian coastline….
Leaves
Colors that might be, might have been.
Hands
The life beneath the skin.
Colin Moore 