Seoul Grand Park

This weekend we made a bit of an 'unauthorized' trip up to Seoul to get out of the area, as well as visit the Zoo at Seoul Grand Park.  Getting to Seoul involves about an hour or so of riding trains, and lots of stops.  For the price, one really can't complain.  I spent about 4000 won in travel costs on bus and trains.  That's less that $4!

The entrance to Seoul Grand Park

The zoo was gigantic, with tons of animals.  Unlike most American zoos, this place had lots of each type.  I counted 10 lions in one section alone! Where do you see that in the U.S.?

This orangutan loved the attention! He was posing on the glass for everyone!

One of the coolest exhibits in the zoo was the lemurs.  They have a walled in section where they can freely explore, while visitors walk through.  There's no separation between you and the animals, and they just play around with each other, while offering up close photo opportunities.  

This is from about 4 feet away!

After a long day of walking, we decided to take the sky tram down to give our feet a rest.  The sun was mostly down, but it gave spectacular views from the air. Even for not liking heights, it was a fun ride, and a well needed break from walking.

Christmas also came early on Friday.  We finally received our containers we shipped from NY with our personal items.  What a relief! Finally have more clothing options, my humidor, and other useful items that I no longer need to buy.

Finally, I had a follow up with the doc about my shoulder.  The X-rays show that I have a bone chip on my femur in the shoulder joint.  But given my past shoulder injuries, neither she, nor the orthopedics in Yongsan, can determine if it's new, or from previous dislocation/injury.  I don't remember any mention of a bone chip before my last surgery (they couldn't even find the tear until they scoped it), but maybe it is old.  I have gunnery coming up this week, so when I return here, I'll be heading to Yongsan to pay the orthopedics a visit.  Oh yeah.  And I'll also get to go back to physical therapy.  Super excited about that :(