Smoggy day here in Daejeon – I haven’t checked to see if it is yellow dust or just good old smog. This is mainly because I don’t want to know. But I can barely even see the northern mountains, which is never a good sign.

Makes me glad I took my hill-hopping expedition yesterday when it was much more clear. I walked up behind BPU and caught a trail that runs up into the hills that separate BPU from a more prestigious college on the other side. A brief walk up past terraced gardens and then up to a low saddle intersected by a ridge trail that I followed both ways. To the right is a hillside cemetery. Although calling it that is a bit wrong, since it is really just a collection of mounds and tombs scattered on the hillsides. I’m not sure how the ownership of these funeral mounds goes? I have read, on other blogs, that redevelopment sometimes forces ‘owners’ to move them, but that’s about as much as I know.

One bad thing about BPU is that its Language Institute structure effectively walls of Korean and White employees, so I don’t yet have someone local to ask these questions of. The English instructors, meanwhile, could really care less and when I ask questions like this they look at me like I am mildly retarded (yeah, I know). In any case, I came down the hill sort of hot and definitely dusty.

Anyway, the tombs, some lovely flowers (this photo does not do justice as I had my white balance all messed up) and the path surely taken.

Today’s walk will be less strenuous - flat and towards the old market. I’m going to try to find the DICC because I hear there are some interesting web-based publication opportunities associated with it. But first, off to the PC Bang to post this tripe.