Much later start today (sound of music was on tv and i just couldn’t help myself!). Spent the whole day walking around the National Museum of Korea. I must say that it leaves the Brissie museum for dead, not that, that says much.. The museum is huge and i managed to only get through half of it before i was well and truly over hearing my audio commentary.

The musuem is really worth while to see how people lived thousands of years ago on the Korean peninsula. Unfortuantely I chose to start at the Paleolithic period and i soon got bored of seeing arrow heads and pottery fragmants  (Bookie you will be happy to hear that I’ve taken a couple of snaps of some of the pottery for you)

Those of you who know me well, know that I really struggle to say no when people start talking to me/ selling to me… I swear that I walk around with a sign on my head that reads “I’m a sucker and a pushover. Come talk to me cause I can’t refuse you”. I had this really old dude (probably >80yrs old) bail me up in the museum today and babble to me in his ‘k-nglish’ for at least 15mins. I got his whole life story, he sang a song to me, danced for me, quoted Shakespeare at me…. No matter what I said I just couldn’t get away.. I was standing there thinking “won’t someone come and save me.. pls!!” The guy was harmless enough just plain annoying.. Finally, he realised that his family had all deserted him and he got quite distressed and left quickly… YEAH!!!

Not long after I decided that I had it with the museum (by now it was really filling up and it was getting difficult to even see the exhibits!!) I was tired and really over random Korean’s deciding to test out their English on me so came back to my room for a brief rest before dinner.

Tomorrow is my last day here in Korea and I haven’t been able to see everything I wanted to but it has definately quenched my Korean thirst. I worked out what the smell is (thanks to my old korean dude).. It is a combination of Kimchi and dried fish smell.. It pervades everything.. I worked it out whilst walking back from the museum to the subway– out in the open with no-one around you can’t smell the smell… as soon as you come near other korean’s or their eating areas you can smell it! Its not that unpleasant but is certainly unique and probably one I won’t miss!

I’m returning to the DMZ tomorrow before heading off to Beijing tomorrow night.