Thursday, September 23, 2010

Changdeokgung Palace

I was told to go to this palace on Chuseok day.  They said there would be festivities going on but I didn't find anything.  The palace was still a neat place to look at.  This palace was built in 1405 but burned down in 1592 and then rebuilt in 1610 and was the main palace for 270 years.

One of the entrances into the palace.



Since it was Chuseok day some kids were wearing their Hanbok's and these girls looked really cute with their umbrellas.

If you can read this it tells about the palace.



A device similar to the sundial that was also used for telling time.


There is a secret garden that goes on forever and has beautiful views.  It was a very peaceful place.





The other entrance.




A wishing well type place where you threw your coin onto the thing in the middle.




There was a long line for this food stand so I decided to try what they had.

This lady had small waffle like things where she put in some batter, then some read bean paste type thing, I think, and then more batter and baked it.



This is what you got and they were really good.  6 of them for $1.



Coex Mall and Aquarium

So it decided to pour rain AGAIN so I decided to go somewhere inside and I was told about this mall that has an aquarium in it.  Very cool place and it was huge.  Here are some pics from the aquarium.  I now realize I took none of the mall.
Lion fish.

American Bullfrog

They had very cool setups.

They turned everything into a fishtank including a toilet, soda machine and more.  I have some pictures later.


Fire hydrant fish tank.

Got to love the crazy mirrors.

They had these doctor fish and you put your hand in here and these little fish suck your fingers.

Cute.

A tv of a fish tank in a fish tank that has cool eel things.



Pirahana


Fire eels

Yes, a 2 headed turtle!

Massive electric eels.


Leafy Seadragon


Seals that I think were sleeping.

Sounds yummy!






This fish looked drunk!

I don't remember the name of this thing, but it was neat looking.