Dong Dae Mun

On Sunday, me and a couple of girls went to Seoul to meet up with a friend. This area was a welcome relief to my psyche...it was kind of a university area, so there were lots of neat shops, brick walkways, and trees. It looked much like any western university town, and didn't have as much neon. There were also tons of western restaurants, for example, the Starbucks where we met with said friend, and we ate at a Subway.


Then we went to this crazy/neato market/shopping area called Dong Dae Mun. The sidewalks were crammed with vendors selling everything from clothing to little fried doughnuts (yum!). Inside this big shopping complex called "Doota," it was the same. The passageways are very narrow because of all the vendors' stalls spilling out into the hall.

Oh yes, also inside Doota, a store just for us Western girls...where clothing is sure to fit (haha!):

Below is actually a market on the way out of the subway. You can see how narrow the hallways are. Often times people will have set up their little station in the more central area of the underground and will be calling out to passersby on a little microphone.