Full Circle
Day 51: Seoul

From the top of Insam Hill, where the cable car stops, I take a last look at 'free' Korea. Below me the new high rises of Seoul sweep across the landscape, like a steadily advancing army. Having taken the smaller hills in their stride, they gather in serried ranks at the foot of the steeper, less accessible cliffs, until, invigorated by property demand and new technology, they can storm the next mountain. And so on, and so on. Seoul, it seems, will never end.
In the face of this voracious display of power and industry, North Korea, I can't help thinking, doesn't stand a chance.
Choose another day from Full Circle
PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Full Circle
- Day: 51
- Country/sea: South Korea
- Place: Seoul
- Book page no: 77
Bookmarks will keep your place in one or more series. But you'll need to register and/or log in.
RELATED LINKS
- Miscellaneous
- Day 8
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Day 117
- Pole to Pole
- Day 95: Dibrugah
- Himalaya