Seoul shopping

There are two major shopping areas in Seoul. Namdaemun market is a more traditional Asian market of twisting lanes selling everything you could think of. Dongdaemun 'market' is actually a series of modern high rise buildings specialising in clothes - each building holds about 2,000 privately run shops.

Department stores like this one at Dongdaemun can take an entire weekend to traverse. This one is called 'hello a-pm', another quirky Konglish name

There is usually some form of entertainment to bring in the teenagers at Dongdaemun. This is a live national telecast of a video game tournament - they take computer games very seriously over here!

Mel at a nearby waterfeature

Bring your sunglasses...