More Beach and Rocks at Munam

 

Nikon F6, Kodak Gold 200 Film

I posted a similar photograph not long ago that I made with a Nikon D850 digital camera. To me, the scene looks 'drawn' on film and 'reproduced' on digital.

Sokcho Market

 

Clothes Store, Hairdresser's, and Jewellry Shop

What to do while waiting for a bus home? Take my phone out of my pocket and make the gritty look grittier.

Hipstamatic on iPhone 6s Plus

Hidden Harbour

 I'm not sure harbour is the proper term for this space between rocks that can't be seen from the shore. Cove, perhaps? I don't know who built this metal wharf or why. 

Beach and Rocks at Munam

 

This is the view from a small bridge for two lanes of traffic and pedestrians across a small river rather grandly called Great Munam Bridge. There is an older and larger bridge that carries four lanes of highway traffic over the same river close by called simply Munam Bridge. I guess the council thought it was great they had a new bridge. 

Reminiscence Pork Cutlet

I like to walk along the coast from Baekdo Harbour to Cheonhak Pavilion. At the end of my route is a Chinese restaurant called Agyeong that I sometimes eat at if I arrive near midday.
There was a new item on the menu the last time I was there. A bright yellow sign on the wall announced the restaurant was now serving 'Reminiscence Pork Cutlet'. (It sounds less awkward in Korean, and I was tempted to translate the word as 'Good old days'). I have good memories of eating pork cutlets in restaurants with friends in years past so I ordered that.

From Top Left: consommé, pickled daikon radish, rawa onion, black soybean paste for the onion, macaroni salad, fruit cocktail, cabbage salad with mayonnaise sauce, rice ball covered in dried laver, pork cutlet and brown sauce

The man and woman who own the restaurant must have very recently added the cutlet to the menu because the woman served me and then hovered a bit. She asked me if it was any good and did I need more sauce. "Very delicious," I told her. "And there's enough sauce." She immediately went into the kitchen and reported my positive remarks to her husband the cook.
I wasn't lying about the food. The cutlets were a decent thickness and the panko breading was crispy. The sauce was flavourful without being too strong and the side dishes were the ones I remember from when I arrived in Korea many years ago. I plan to order it again the next time I'm in the restaurant.

Sokcho Joyang Archaeological Site

In 1990, a team of archaeologists were doing a pre-construction dig on a hill in a new residential area where they discovered the remains of seven bronze age dugout houses and two dolmens. They also found some pottery and a bronze axe from the same era. Evidence suggests that people were living on the hill in the 8th century BCE.

Sokcho Joyang Neighbourhood Prehistoric Archaeological Site. Archaeological Site No. 376

The city or the state registered the hill as an historical site and park before developers could bury it forever under apartment buildings. In 2014 the city was convinced to relax the height restrictions on buildings surrounding the hill but I guess high-rises won't appear until the lower residential and commercial buildings in the neighbourhood are torn down for redevelopment.

Five of the seven houses were reconstructed and the pottery and axe moved to the Sokcho Museum. I couldn't see the dolmen in the park. I may have just missed them or they've also been moved to the museum. I should go to the museum soon to have a look.

I visited this site once last year but I didn't get any good photos because it was a very bright day and the contrast was too high. Also, I wasn't sure how to photograph the houses. But on my return trip I had better weather, I avoided getting the sky in the photos as much as possible to avoid the bad contrast, and I decided to go for form rather than content. The results were much better.

My favourite composition of the day

Pits were dug about 40-60 centimetres deep and covered with fine clay. Then the structures were built over that.

I was trying to create interesting design rather than documenting the site.

Ah, the sky! It wasn't that late in the morning, but the contrast was already quite high. But it worked in this photo to separate the roof from the ground and walls.

I made these photos with a digital camera, but I actually went the day before with a film camera when the weather was wetter. I don't know what the pictures are like because I haven't got the film developed yet. Probably not as good because I had cheap film in the camera and I wasn't as sure what to photograph. I'll share later if there is anything good. I guess I will visit this place again, possibly in winter when it looks different. In the meantime, I'm happy with the pictures I've shared in this post.

View From a Convenience Store Table

 

Wherever you are, there's a picture.