Jump Musical Performance

Seoul - One of Korea's top dance performance act in Seoul - The 'Jump".   It tells about a family of martial art exponents fending off robbers with many comical antics and the show was very entertaining,   The whole performance is non-verbal with many interactions from the audience.

What's Cooking @ NANTA Musical Performance

Seoul - Since I read and saw on youtube about NANTA, I always yearn to watch their performance.  It was so cool watching on youtube or TV but on stage it was fantastic.   I booked the 8pm performance with Young Jin and Kiwon @ Myeongdong NANTA Theatre.   After dinner, we got there early to change our e-tickets to actual entrance tickets.

In NANTA, knives and other kitchen utensils are transformed into musical instruments in the hands of the performers.  They started on 10th October 1997 and have reached an audience of over 9m in 289 cities.

Stage before the performance

The performers were so engaging and at times invite attendees to participate in their performances.  Most of the time, the participants were made fun of but in good spirits.  Garbage were thrown at the audience with great laughter, then came balls and lots of them.

Gyeongdong Market

Seoul - Met with Chae, a good friend for many years and we took the subway to Gyeongdong Market.  It took us about 45 minutes to reach the Gyeongdong market.  This market is one of the largest herbal medicine and ginseng markets of South Korea.

We reach around 9:45am and the stores were just opening but you can feel the hustle and buzzing of this marketplace.   Rows and rows of traditional and ginseng for sale.

Chae walking ahead

small fishes

There were many shops selling this small fish which I was told was used for medicinal purposes.

another store selling mushrooms

Ginseng shop

I bought 8 stalks of Ginseng for 9,000 won which would have cost me 3 times at departmental store.  Furthermore, the Ginseng looks so much fresher.

stalks of garlic