Like the Vélib' program in France and other major cities throughout Europe and the rest of the world, Seoul also has a citywide bicycle sharing system. The only difference, however, is that it doesn't work for foreigners. There are many stations conveniently located around the city, but we could never get them to work. At the kiosks, we would fill in all of our information, and as soon as we typed in our passport numbers 'ERROR' would flash on the screen and it would revert back to the home menu. As you can imagine, it was terribly frustrating.
Still determined to rent bikes, we headed to Yeouido/Han River Park to find a rental place manned by a person instead of a computer, where we knew we'd be able to rent without fear of getting an 'ERROR' screen.
On the way, we passed a TV or film crew shooting a scene on the street. We watched for a little bit, but as we are only able to recognize three Korean celebrities (Rain (K-pop), Park Ji Sung (soccer) and Kim Yu Na (figure skating)), and they didn't seem to be part of this shoot, it didn't hold our interest very long.
Choosing her cruiser
Holding the camera upside down over his shoulder, Andrew was able to get a few decent shots. Granted, 90% of them were just of the sky or the ground, but that's the glory of digital photography, it doesn't matter!
Attempting to pass the two person bicycle
Seconds before collision!
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