I've had some requests for pictures around my neighborhood, so here they are! There is a cute little surprise at the end!
This is my building. My apartment is the second from the left on the top floor.
This is my street. My building is on the left, with the yellow banner on the side. At the end of the road is the Samsung factory. That factory is the reason that my town exists at all. Apparently, 20,000 people will work there when it's completed. That's four times the size of Prosser. Blows my mind.
This is the neighborhood market where I buy most of my groceries. They don't have much in the way of Western food, so I go to HomePlus (like Korean Target) for that.
This path goes from where I live to a much more urban part of Dongtan. My new friends live this way.
This is where I catch the bus to Seoul. The stop is only 5 minutes from my place. It's a 40 minute ride to Gangnam Station. The bus comes every 15 minutes and costs less than $2. It's super convenient.
This is the more urban part of Dongtan.
Again in the urban part of Dongtan.
I think this is an advertisement for a motel, but I just thought it was strange.
Rotary!! This park is about 15 minutes walk from where I live, on the other side of town. There is a Central Park that is much closer to my house, but this park is much more my style.
I like that even though I'm in the woods, there is this creepy reminder that I'm in Korea.
There are some sweet boardwalks through this cute marsh. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't great on Sunday. I went back today and it was sunnier, but I didn't bring my camera.
This is at the top of the hill, along with some exercise equipment. No Korean park is complete without exercise equipment.
The path down in a different direction.
Looking back up at the top.
The only creature I saw besides magpies. He was REAL interested in Toby. (More on Toby in a minute.)
I have no idea what this is about.
I found a part of Dongtan I'd never been to before. On the right is the Dongtan Multicultural Center.
There were a lot of sweet statues, this one was one of my favorites.
I like the reflection in this one.
Check out the melodica on the end!!
This thing was like eight feet tall!! So cute!
Back in the urban part of Dongtan.
This tent is really common here. You can get Korean street food just about anywhere and it's cheap!!
The tanks outside of a seafood restaurant in Dongtan.
A bar that I clearly need to start hanging out at.
In the background is Metapolis, the third tallest residential structure in the world. I walk through it everyday to get to work.
This is Toby. I am watching him for a friend for the weekend. He is really, really cute. He loves to snuggle and go for walks, so we have lots in common.
