Sunday, April 15, 2007

Old houses: Waycross and Daegu

My mom has purchased another house in Waycross, GA. No, she is not moving. No, I am not movin' on up out of the ghetto. But this house was absurdly inexpensive ($14,000 - and yes, you're reading that correctly), and while it certainly needs work, she feels that she can fix it up and sell it at a profit. I'll probable be helping with this housing project when I get home, although she and her friend Bruce have already started.

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It's really cute, isn't it? To see interior shots,
click here.

Meanwhile, here in Korea... We didn't make it back to Gyeong Ju for the Soju and Rice Cake festival. Samson had to go to a meeting yesterday, meaning that Gwen (or god forbid, I) would have to drive in one of Korea's worst annual traffic jams. After spending so much time in Gyeong Ju traffic jams last (non-festival) weekend, we wimped out.

Because the day was so nice, I figured that if I wasn't going to any festivals, I should at least spend some time outdoors (glad I did; today is rather overcast). I wandered around some of the back alleys of Banyawol (my area of East Daegu) and found a couple of abandoned and decaying traditional old Korean houses to photograph.

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Alleyway


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Abandoned house - initial view


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Abandoned house; modern highrises in the background.


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Interior. I love this shot. (See it large
here)

To view the complete set of decaying Banyawol photos, click here

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nothing says "EXTRAVAGANZA" quite like 'Rice Cake Festival'. However the 'Douglas County Lactose Fair' would indeed have something to say about that!!

--Milquetoast