Look up...waaaaaaaay up.

This morning I saw a regular occurrence in Korea: the garbage man. Well, the garbage men aren't all that special here, but the recyclers are. They gather together and stack about 10m high bags and bags of PET (poly-ethylene-terephthalate) aka plastic bottles. I sometimes see them on the 팔팔/pal-pal (or '88', the highway constructed along the south side of the Han River to connect Kimpo Airport to the Olympic Park/Venues) with massive loads on them...no idea how/if they get under bridges or through tunnels.


Just 30-40 more bags to go, then we can hit the highway!

This week we're going to lunch at the 한국산업은행/han-gook-san-eup-eun-haeng (Korea Development Bank or KDB: review here). It's a nice place with lots of art displays and in the basement a wicked deal on grub. It's 3,000 or 3,500 won usually (sometimes 5,000, or 4.5USD) and it's basically Korean cafeteria food, but it's quite tasty and you get as many side dishes and kimchi and rice as you like. It's also in an architectural-type building with high ceilings, waterfalls for walls and a sort of minimalist feel (as you can tell, I didn't take many art classes in my day). So, if you're in Yeouido around lunch time on a weekday and want a good, cheap meal (and some art) this is a good spot. It's across the (Yeouido) park from the core, just 10 minutes from the Yeouido Station (line 5).


A pretty good lunch special here.