Real Sightseeing

I enjoy going to very tourist-y place where "foreigners" go. More interesting is seeing a typical day for people who live here. Today, I took the chance to do just that. Woke up early (I can never sleep in, there's so much I want to do) and went out on the truck with my uncle. He is in charge of delivering Kimchi (a quintessential food in Korean diet) to all the schools in the area. Since the kitchen ladies have to prepare lunch for thousands of kids, deliveries must be made before at least 10. So I rode along at 6:30. I did not help with the actual work since I needed to be cleared for safety inspections to handle food and other logistical hurdles. Instead I just took pictures.


Loading up before the delivery.


On our way to the schools. The rice fields in rural areas are right beside the roads. It's amazing what they can/have to do in order to develop places for people to live and work while still maintaining agriculture.


Front of the school. Schools are divided as follows: Elementary - Grades 1 to 6; Middle School - Grades 7 to 9; and High School - Grades 10 to 12. Each school whether rural or urban hosts a lot of kids.


Very typical rural area. There are many remnants of houses that still exist for decades. The space utilization is so essential.


We took a walk on the fences around the practice fields of the Korean national soccer team. They have a game tomorrow against Iran so we tried to catch them practicing but were unsuccessful.


Unity tower. It's the most north you can go to the border. You can see into North Korea.


La Provence again in the day light. Took a walk around the whole place while my uncle was doing business.