76) Two Pictures

These two pictures came from areas 30 seconds away from my front door. The flowers are cherry blossoms (I am pretty sure). Last night I went to Yeouido (an island in Seoul) to check out the cherry blossom festival. I didn’t bring my camera, so I will have to go back. But in the mean time I thought I would practice on the tree by my house.

The second is heading down the street from my apartment. The area I live in is full of “love motels”. Because so many people live with their parents until they get married, they need a place to get away and get busy sometimes! Or the other use for these motels is prostitution. They have these little cards every where in this area with a picture of a scantily clad lady and phone number on it… you can guess what that is for. I have also heard that some gambling goes on in these places.

After about two minutes a guy from the hotel I was shooting in front of came out and shoed me a way- I would guess he was nervous I may be taking pictures of “his clients”. They are pretty secretive at these places, for instance they have these low curtain type things hanging down in front of the parking areas so you cannot see peoples heads, and they cover the license plates of the parked cars!