Exploring China Town: (Part 10)

 

This is the last entry (for the mean time:-) of our trip to China Town. This stairs led us to the Freedom Park (see my other entries about it). 

Blue Sky combined with a bright day in the midst of stifling hot summer afternoon seemed to be a perfect formula to enjoy China Town. 

The contrasting color and the different facades of buildings we rarely see back in Seoul are some of the reasons as to why we loved taking a stroll along this town. 

The house number @ one of the streets in China Town.

I like the efforts put into this plate. Yes..each house/building has one of these posted on their gate or walls. 

We would not be lost so long as we got the map with us. Or..just remember where to begin with as we ventured into the China Town. Or just remember the shape and color of the building since most of the characters are written in Chinese.^^ Sure..the names of the streets are in Hangeul, though. But, still... 

Eyra was buying ice cream.... 

This is a name plate posted on the street waste/garbage pot.^^ 

Not sure what that was but...it just looked cool that I simply clicked my camera. 

Bye-Bye China Town. Now we were going to Wolmido and we would take a 90-minute cruise ship which many cited as one of the must-do lists in Incheon.

Exploring Freedom Park @ Incheon (part 5)

 

A far-out look into the the faraway Incheon park seen from above the Freedom Park. 

This is the Gen. MacArthur square @ Freedom Park. We did not go near the statue. Simply scanned through the park. Had it not been so hot, we'd definitely gone inside. 

As a token of memory, let's take a snap shot here..with the Incheon port beyond. Strange as it may seem, but it pretty much reminded me of what Busan was all about. 

An anchor--which to my guess--symbolized the docking or the landing of general MacArthur who led the UN-dispatched marines to 'save' Korea during Korean War.  

Now back into the shades..we were descending the park and returning to China Town to explore more... 

Hmm...they seemed to enjoy the stroll along the park. 

Just look at how bright they were.

Summer apparently never dampens our spirit of taking a walk exploring Korea.

Right, girls?

Exploring The Freedom Park (자유공원) @ Incheon (part 4)

A tropical park in Incheon. Well, sort of. But..it does resemble some parks back home. I guess summer does bring the best in nature as well.  

Benches lined up under the trees...along its sides.

This tempted me to take a nap on one of them.:)-:}

An Incheon city mascot tugged on the branch of a tree. 

We spared some time to have lunch while literally cooling ourselves down. 

The heat may suffocate us unless we sprayed some 'spray' on our face. No..not mine..but the kids simply loved spraying it on theirs. They kinda felt the briskly and prickly sensation that came out of it. 

Freya did it. 

So did Eyra. 

The 1st panoramic view of the park. Looks cool in reality. The camera did not do any justice....^^ 

The 2nd panoramic view of the park. The sun shone in through the trees... 

The 3rd panoramic view of the park. Kimbab+fruits+iced tea in the park...

Exploring China Town: Freedom Park (Jayu gongwon 자유공원) (part 3)

Let's take a peep into Freedom Park. I am not sure as to why it is called so. But its name must've derived from the fact that this used to be very spot where Gen. Macarthur initiated his role in freeing Korea during the Korean War. Or...I could be mistaken it for the fact that this park (which is located on mount Eungbongsan) is also an important location during Japanese colonialism. Anyhow...let's enjoy the park.

I took the picture of the Incheon port before going up the hill. 

But..before ascending into the hill (yes..I am sure it is just a hill *not a mountain*), I spotted an ajeossi who was selling Korean traditional cake. It cost only a Dollar for one piece. I did not buy it, though. He must've been so proud of preserving the traditional 'legacy'. Salute to you, ajeossi. Wait..he looks more like a harabeoji to me. 

okay..now let's start going up... 

The Park consists of trees with many benches where people could just relax and enjoy the day..especially in summer like this. And...as you'll see (in my other entry)..the park with the statue of Gen. MacArthur is also visible.Anyway... 

I was absorbed into what this harabeoji was doing. Apparently he was selling some calligraphy in Chinese characters. I do not quite make out what he was making but it seemed to me that he did draw some attention from passers by. 

See? 

And..the funny thing was that..most of them were also harabeoji. I guess it might've been due to the fact that Chinese characters appeal elderly more than to the youngsters these days. I could be wrong, though. Or it just happened on that particular day. 

Continuing our tour..we walked up the hill in the shades. Gosh..I love it. The fact that we came to this kind of place was a bliss in itself. Well, it's not that different from what we have back home in some parts of Indonesia. Yes...green trees with canopies... 

But..the heat...gosh...

Luckily, Mama prepared some right-onto-your-face kind of spray to tush away the heat...^^ 

The stairs leading to another entrance of the China Town.  

We did not descend the stairs, instead we went up straight to another section in the park..and let's see what came up next...