Shamanist Rituals
During my stay in Seoul – particularly after Peder left and while Eli was off at class – I often spent the days working, researching backpacks, planning for China, or taking care of random personal business. Evenings were then spent socializing, exploring our surrounding areas, eating, or on nightlife. It was a drastically different experience from my last visit to Korea, during which I was either attending tourist destinations or spending time with my ex-girlfriend and her family.
There were, however, three particularly memorable touristic outings during this visit. The first was to Dongdaemun, mentioned in the previous post. The next was to a holy Shamanist mountain called Inwangsan.
After staying up a bit too late chatting amongst ourselves at Eli’s place, Peder and I got a late start for the day. This turned out to be a very good thing.
We boarded the metro to DongMinimum… Dongmingnumnmn… Dongnimmum station and started off on foot, following the instructions in the Lonely Planet precisely.
We got lost. We ended up on the wrong side of the Seoul fortress wall. But do you think a little fortress wall stopped us?
Think again!
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