Friday, May 11, 2012

Dongdaemun

I'll shut up and let Robert Koehler, in his useful but lightly edited "Seoul" do the talking: 

Twenty-six shopping malls, 30,000 specialty shops and 50,000 manufacturers. All within a 10-block radius. Welcome to Dongdaemun Market.










6 comments:

  1. Ohhhhhhhh look at the glasses.

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  2. I keep seeing parallels to Istanbul. Lots of guys with hand trucks and lots of shops that sell only one thing. There's a store below me that sells just industrial marine batteries. Down the street, a shop is stocked only with hats that have tinted brims. And there's a healthy bullhorn culture here. I don't know what everyone is shouting about, but it can sound like the muezzin's call to prayers.

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  3. What is the fried treat on a stick?

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  4. It's potato pieces with a surprise hot dog in the middle!

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  5. Shut up!!! That's awesome! Bring one home please.

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  6. I'd never get it past the airport beagle. Hell he'd probably smell it on my breath two weeks later and send me to the "green line."

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