Fall's On It's Way Out

So fall in Korea was undoubtedly one of the best examples of the season I've ever seen, and this post will just be a dump of most of the pictures I have left from those outings and hikes. Winter snuck up all of a sudden here, and one day I just walked out the door of my building on the way to work and found we'd had an inch or two of snow during the night. Absolutely nothing considerable, but I've been told that even a light dusting can get a Korean to consider it an unnecessary hazard to come to work and call a snow day. On the other hand, the drivers here don't seem to consider a layer of wet snow on the road to be a cause for changing up their driving methods, and the concept of inertia is lost on them so they take corners as tightly and quickly as ever. On a side note, if there's one definitive thing that I've learned about Korean people in my short time being here it's that they have zero grasp on the importance of avoiding contradictions. They abide by socially established rules and norms like any other group of people, maybe even more so, but to the extent that they cease to think about the meaning or purpose of what they're doing. It's rude to blow your nose in public? Alright, I can agree that that's something best left for the bathroom or in private somewhere. They will however, on a disturbingly regular and casual basis, clear every ounce of phlegm from their throat and spit it on the ground anywhere, anytime. It's undoubtedly a hundred times worse than blowing your nose. They're also germaphobic to the extent that it's not at all unusual to see a few people in every crowd wearing a surgical mask, or how they worry for your health if you so much as sneeze more than once or go outside for two minutes without bundling up.  On the other hand, the concept of covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough is non-existent, and nobody bats an eye if one a crowded bus one person starts hacking away into people's faces. Is it very cold inside? Well let's turn on the heating then. Let's also open all the windows because we need fresh air, right? So the heating is on full blast all day, but you'll be wearing a winter jacket and gloves anyway. Anyways, Koreans can be strange, but endearingly so. Let's look at some pictures of nice leaves. This was a great, mellow walking day, though it rained for most of it. What a rainy day lacks in even lighting however, it makes up for with glossy textures.

Korean children have quality camouflage skills 

This is one of my favourite shots so far in Korea