Silent Seoul

It's amazing how the turn of a corner or a few steps off the beaten path or a particular time or day can give way to a world apart from the hustle and bustle of the big city.




Seoul's main corporate business district on Yeouido Island,
known as the "Manhattan" of Seoul.
Sunday afternoon.



Yeouido Park's Ecological Forest

Man praying in Buddhist Temple at entrance to Bukhansan National Park.
Just outside the temple gates, scores of hikers stream by on
their way to the mountains.