Last weekend we hiked Namsan Mountain to see Seoul Tower with some of the models from Spencer's agency. I made it my goal to hike Namsan everyday for the rest of the summer. Today was my first day. It's not a long hike, but it's straight up. Apparently they don't believe in switchbacks or gradual ascent in Korea. It's just up. Fastest point from point A to point B? A straight line. Koreans really have that principle down.
Getting all the way up to Seoul Tower is tiring especially in the humidity, but the view at the top will take your breath away. Namsan is the geographical center of Seoul. You can walk around the top of the mountain and in every direction you look the city seems to go on for miles. Seoul is surprisingly big! And even crazier is how tall everything is. Usually cities that are so big geographically are relatively flat. Not the case here. Everywhere you go you're surrounded by skyscrapers.
At the top there's a railing that is covered in heart shaped locks. People have written names and notes on the locks and hooked them onto the railings all the way around the top of the mountain. It's insane how many locks there are. You can buy the locks up there but they're like $15. Definitely not worth it...we'll probably go get a cheapo lock from the dollar store here and take it up to leave our mark on Seoul.
