Namsan Tower

Seoul Tower is one of the citys most famous landmarks. It is in the city centre and gives the highest viewpoint, standing at 360 meters above sea level.

Dawn and I visited on Sunday, with hundreds of others. We queued for the bus, that was packed in the typical Asian style. Then we queued for the ticket and queued for the lift. But that was nothing like the queue to get out! There are no stairs! I can't imagine what the health and safety standards back home would do with that! And the queue was quite a peculiar shape, weaving in and out and round and round. It took people a good 15 minutes to work out where it began so they could get in line.

Anyway the view from the top was impressive. I never realised how many mountains there were around Seoul. It seems the city just keeps rolling through them, city after city after city. You can just about make out where I live in the picture taken from the top of the tower. Just look for the mountain in background on the left hand side!!! That's right by my apartment. Actually you might need a magnify glass.