Good News Everybody!

We had a great walk with Jack this past Saturday, down at Peace Park and in Hadang. The weather was perfect and the weekend crowd was a little thinner than usual. We enjoyed pizza in a cup, while Jack was gang-petted by a bunch of little kids. I saw my first dancing-girl grand-opening- a sight I had heard about many times, but always seemed to miss. There was even a guy holding the two purses of his pair of female companions.

Scroll past the pictures for the good news...






...and now for the good news: WE'RE HAVING A BOY! Rachel visited the OB/GYN last week and had her monthly ultra-sound. Everything is progressing well, the baby is twitching and sucking its thumb and we couldn't be happier. Now all we need is a name... what do you think about "Herschel"?

The Dragon

Rachel and I took a walk with Angela, the Canadian, to a Buddhist temple in Mokpo. We hiked up and down the mountain for an hour and a half to get there, but it was worth the trouble as you can see from the pictures.

(I'll post a few more pictures of the temple as soon as Rachel dumps them from the digital camera.)

Spring Walking

Today we walked the dog around the neighborhood, making friends and eating meat-on-a-stick. It was lunchtime, so there were hundreds of school-children out and about. Most smiled at the dog, a few were scared, a few said "Hello." One said, "I want sex." What the hell are they teaching these kids?

Oh yeah. We also watched a few minutes of a track meet at Yudal Stadium. Neat-o.

New Pictures! (And Video)

Rachel and I went for a nice long walk yesterday. The weather has finally turned, here in Mokpo, and it looks like Spring has arrived. As always, Rachel took all the pictures, except the one where you can see her. Click each one for the large version.
Also: check out the video of a recent taxi ride through Mokpo at the bottom of this post.




















This bit of video was actually taken with the digital camera, so the quality is not Cinemascope... but it does give a sense of the harrowing fun that is riding in Korean taxis.