Uijeongbu

Today we took about an hour long metro ride to Uijeongbu where Paul's dad was stationed during the Korean War. We're sure it is quite different now; it's essentially part of Seoul with high-rises and an overload of coffee shops and fast food restaurants.

A few more photos can be viewed at the link below.
https://picasaweb.google.com/coffren19/UijeongboAndBuddhistTemple?authuser=0&feat=directlink


Yesterday we visited the largest Buddhist Temple in Seoul and an ice skating rink inside the Lotte World Mall. I didn't realize that the temple would be having services - there were a lot of people there, so we didn't go inside, just took a few snaps from the exterior.  


After that, we cooled down in the huge Lotte mall complex.  It includes a theme park, indoor skating rink, and department store.  Jeanette made Paul take a photo of the rink - in one photo you may be able to see a "hot air" balloon in the upper-right hand corner above the skating rink. People pay to ride in them :) 


Yikes!  We have only a few more days until we head off to Tashkent.