We visited Namdaemun Market, next. I'd never seen a place like there. It was so crowded, chaotic and muggy. There was everything there. I don't have suitable words for describing the area now. Just imagine what I want to write. While we were walking in the market, we were frequently spoken to like this, "We have perfect fake stuff. Come into the shop!" We didn't accept their offer, it must have been an illegal business, but we enjoyed seeing various shops. I'll show three pictures here.
The first picture shows a stall on the street. I really love these kinds of stalls. I wanted to get something and have a canned beer with them, but remembering the words of our guide, I barely held back to stretch my arm. Eri was attracted by the stall in the second picture and bought something. She is twenty something, but looked like a little kid before this stall. We strayed into a sea food area. The last picture shows the exit of the market. This market wasn't connected to any seaport, but the fish looked fresh. The kinds of fish were just the same as Japan. However, thinking of the pollution of the yellow sea, off the coast of China and South Korea, I didn't feel like eating them. Actually, we didn't eat shore fish during our stay.
(Vocabulary)
chaotic 混沌とした
muggy 蒸し蒸しする
shore fish 近海魚
We went to this market too. I remember eating delicious pineapple on a stick. It was so good I think I bought it from the guy two times, once going into the market, and once going out!
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 14, 2009 at 10:14 PM