Seoul's "Amazing Race"

The Seoul tourism desk here on post provided a fun and challenging opportunity this past four day weekend to get out see more of Seoul using 'urban orienteering'. It sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I talked the hubs into it, found a baby-sitter for the kiddos, and off we went! We were provided with a pre-paid transportation card (good for subway, buses, & taxis, though we were not allowed to use taxis for this) and full page photo hints (including a picture of the nearest subway stop) with a direction, azimuth, and distance.

Example of a clue sheet.

It really wasn't that challenging to find the objects, and when in doubt it was very easy to flash the picture around to people and they were very obliging. We didn't win, and that was okay; I didn't intend to. The prizes were various nights stay at the hotel on post, and what would I do with that anyway? I live here! We did have a lot of fun together, and that was what I intended, though I was exhausted by the end of it! 

Getting some directions.

Lunch! I can read something about vegetables and toast.
We just got the stuff on a stick.

One of our objectives; self-portrait.

The guy who took this for us actually took several pictures; he was trying to be artistic I think!