brainless idiots everywhere

Litter left on a subway ventilator, Daegu, South Korea. Disposable cups discarded by brainless idiots are the main culprit of street garbage.

Who's ultimately to blame for problems with single-use cups?

after one-year hiatus

It feels as if autumn is growing deeper. Returned to Jeokjung-Chogye 적중-초계 Basin once again after one-year hiatus. The area seemed unchanged recently. However, the road running southward over the southern pass around the basin is under construction, and it has been widened and straightened.

It was a beautiful day for cycling. Began heading uphill to cross the mountain pass in the southern part of the basin, with the winding road leading to the pass.  Nabuti-Jae 나부티재 hill pass, located between Gungryu 궁류 and Bongsu 봉수 areas, awaiting ahead. Took a picture of inner basin from the winding uphill road heading south.

Gungryu is a typical country village along with peaceful landscape. Back in 1982, however, a tragic massacre took place in that remote mountain village. A drunken policeman killed about 62 villagers before committing suicide with a grenade. He carried out the worst recorded shooting rampage in history until 2011, when Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway.

On the way back, the autumn rural landscape was peaceful and the riverside cycling trail also felt calm and quiet just as it was one year ago.

R.I.P.

A renown ski climber, Hilaree Nelson, fell from the summit of Mt. Manaslu, one of the tallest mountains on 26 September. Her body was located two days later and then flown to Kathmandu. She got traditional Nepalese funeral and buried in Nepal.

Foggy memory of the past

Geumho 금호 bus station used to be crowded with villagers and townsmen until 80s. Last weekend, it was really quiet and only the blurry memory reminded someone of something they've forgotten. Everything has been changed except the the location, so it was hard to trace back to the past to find out what it looked like.

Geumho railway station had been also busy with commuters and villagers until 80s. It was closed in 2007 due to a lack of passengers. Amid a jumble of faded memories, Geumho still remained as a warm-hearted village where a youth often took a walk in the snow-covered fields around the town during tough times.