The Infinite Loop: Notes from Korean Expressways

Driving in Korea is supposed to be insane, and maybe it is, but I love it anyway. There’s something about the stereo up, the windows down, the blue skies, mountains in the distance rising into the sky. It’s like some mad dream world. I sometimes have to pinch myself as to where I am in the universe when I’m going across the Han River in the evening as the setting sun bleeds red and the river glows a faded blue like a Taeguk come to life. With the Seoul skyline now infinitely familiar to me painting outlines of the buildings, and the omnipresence of the Namsan and Lotte Towers, I’m in a place that has decided beauty and chaos don’t have to take turns. People will say that driving in Seoul is an outrageous thing, or at least a form of masochism considering the cheapness and efficiency of the public transport system here. And they may be right at times. But rather than having a country built for public transport (Singapore) or one built for driving (the United States), South Korea does both. And when it’s pouring down with rain or the humidity has risen to such a level I canWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times