Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Street squatting


In a previous post, I marveled over the prevalence of squatting among Koreans.  It seems like anywhere you go, from the bus stop to the peaks of Mount Seorak, you'll find locals young and old resting on their haunches for seemingly excruciating amounts of time.  I thought I had seen it all until I noticed a particularly dangerous display of this cultural phenomenon on my way to work a couple weeks ago.  Does this woman have a death wish, or what?!  Unfortunately, my video doesn't actually do this death-defying act justice.  By the time I wrestled my camera from my bag, the traffic light was changing from green to yellow and the cars were slowing in speed and frequency, but you get the picture.

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