School Staff field trip - Nami Island

After my first week of real work since... well I can't remember, its been quite a while - we took a drive out of the city to Nami Island, as the sign says a "gracefully leaf-shaped island floating in the middle of the Han River". It was about 5 times the size of Princes island park, with awful music blaring from speakers nailed to the trees for which this fallen leaf is known for. Its hard to appreciate the nature of this place when its planted in straight rows, surrounded by turbid waters (which will some day soon find its way downstream into Seoul's water system, something a few people I asked decided was just not possible) and crawling with couples with tripods and matching outfits. Nice to get out of the city though. People in Seoul seem to have the impression that if everyone's not doing it, it's probably not worth doing. Well at least I've got my next door mountain and climbing wall! The changing leaves on the row-planted trees did make for some interesting shots. Any experience can at very least be a valuable perspective-building occasion, and thats precisely what this field trip amounted to for me.