when i look back at my photographs from Seoul, the ones i feel the most attached to are the night shots. nothing brings a metropolitan city to life quite like the darkness of the night and the beacons of light that illuminate it. i admit that i'm a romantic for the city lights, though i'm not quite the nightcrawler i make myself out to be. what i find most enchanting about cities at night is to prowl the streets in search of the cacophony of incoming headlights, neonlights, streetlamps, window lights, or even the lights of some dingy bar or club.
much as i love the night walks in Seoul, the cold was something i'd never expected. to a certain point the cold nights in the street were bearable, but when the wind blew it hits you so hard you might as well have been in your skivvies prancing in the cold, cold street! especially at close to midnight when temperatures start dropping below zero degrees - it makes snuggling up under a warm blanket in the guesthouse a more appealing proposition rather than getting lost in the streets of Seoul.
with all that being said, there's always this one wistful sentiment i tend to have after a holiday - about how i wish i had taken more pictures! though that feeling will probably linger on until i return (if i return) to Seoul, i'll always have these photographs i've taken within those five nights in Seoul - and that makes me appreciate them a lot more.
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