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One day @Incheon Airport...
Went to airport to pick up my friend. Arrived earlier and walked around the place and took some photos.
Wonderful place~!
Incheon Airport in Seoul, Korea is beautiful. It was early morning when we arrived and there was about 3 or 4 hours of layover until our next flight. Watched a cool breakdancing competition on the sweet widescreen high definition TVs scattered throughout the airport.
Incheon. We spent a night there on our way to Vietnam via Korean Air. We booked a hotel near the airport but in an actual neighborhood so that we could take in some of the local colour. This shot was taken as we walked to dinner.
Following the stunning success of the North Korean invasion of South Korea in the summer of 1950, United Nations forces were trapped in the southeast corner of the peninsula in an area known as the Pusan Perimeter. With the bulk of the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) engaged around Pusan, UN Supreme Commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur began advocating for a daring amphibious strike on the peninsula's west coast at Inchon. This he argued would catch the NKPA off guard, while landing UN troops close to the capital at Seoul and placing them in a position to cut the North Korean's supply lines.
Many were initially skeptical of MacArthur's plan as Inchon's harbor possessed a narrow approach channel, strong current, and wildly fluctuating tides. Also, the harbor was surrounded by easily defended seawalls. In presenting his plan, Operation Chromite, MacArthur cited these factors as reasons the NKPA would not anticipate an attack at Inchon. After finally winning approval from Washington, MacArthur selected the US Marines to lead the attack. Ravaged by post-World War II cutbacks, the Marines consolidated all available manpower and reactivated aging equipment to prepare for the landings.
Red peppers strewn on the sidewalk to dry. In New York, these would have been trampled within 5 minutes. Here, the peppers sun themselves undisturbed.
From the Incheon Chinatown website:
A Peru is a building that plays a role as a psychological support for Chinese people. It is usually located at the entrance to Chinatown.
The Peru in Incheon was contributed by Weihai City in the Shandong Province of China as part of a committed sisterhood relationship with the Jung-gu district.
The Peru in Incheon was built by the Chinese government at a cost of about 200,000 dollars. It was the first time that the Chinese government contributed a Peru to another country.
We took the Oriental Pearl II ferry from Dandong in China to Incheon near Seoul, South Korea. It was a 16 hour journey, we were the only westerners on board, and we shared our four berth compartment with a Korean lady, her four-year old daughter and her mother, as well as two Chinese gentlemen. It was cramped but fun, we laughed a lot, shared our food and watched hours of Korean soaps on TV.