Seoul Tower

Seoul Tower---> This Way

Mal and I decide to get back on our exploring kick and do something cultural this weekend. We opt to hike up to Seoul Tower. You can see Seoul Tower from everywhere in the city. It is located at the peak of a gorgeous mountain in central Seoul.

Some of the many stairs

And more stairs...

Mal amidst the last bout of stairs

The walk up to the base of the tower is absolutely amazing--although I will say that the climb was a bit more than I expected. I'd say we climbed some 1000 steps on Saturday. Perhaps 10,000? Well anyway, at least it's good for the glutes right?!

View from somewhere along the trek up

Finally we reach the base of the tower and we pay the $6 to ride the elevator up the tower to the observation deck. We walk around looking at the views for about 5 minutes. And done.

Seoul Tower

Holler Chi Town

Comparison of some of the world's towers

View from the observation deck

And down the elevator and to Cold Stone Creamery we go. This makes me oh so happy. Thank you Cold Stone, for opening a store in Korea

There's a whole little world at Seoul Tower that you would never know existed unless you hiked this mountain. Restaurants, shops, a Teddy Bear museum, you know, the usual. There's even a martial arts show going on while we walk out of the tower. Mal finds this hilarious.
We opt for the cable car ride back down the mountain. We had our fair share of stairs for one day.