I dont know why i have interests in Prisons, War Memorial, those painful pasts.
But anyway lets not delve any deeper about it and enjoy the photos instead hahaha. Woke up late and had my favourite kimbab as my brunch :D
Today i went to Seodaemun with George. Previously Yinghui went and she said she didnt enjoy herself as it was too scary for her. At that time when she went, it was raining with strong gusts of wind and super chilly.
Luckily when i went, the weather was good. I reached the place first and woah-ing at the Prison.
enter the Prison
looks ummm...gloomy, trapped.
The Central Building for Prison Guards
We first went to the exhibition hall where they were screening a movie, unfortunately it was in korean and i didnt understand so we left shortly to visit other exhibits instead.
At the basement 1 level, we saw how the prisoners were tortured. there were many wax figures. I am a bit scared of wax figures as they look so real but arent real. I always have the imagination that suddenly they will move and scare me. So i kept a distance from it. As i saw the wax figures faces contorted in pain, i was like,' ouch here ouch there' as i walked through the exhibit.
There were all sorts of tortures, like the narrow room where the prisoner is forced into the lifesized wooden box, but one cannot lean or move without geting pierced by the sharp short spears inside. Those water dunking tortues, ouch ouch.
The dark room torture where they are kept in total darkness in a small room. Gloomy atmosphere.
Next i went to the Prison Buildings to see how the prisoners were locked. so gloomy.
Its kind of scary with the Officer staring down at the prisoners. Every cell locked, no freedom.
Then we went to explore the Engineering Building whereby the prisoners were exploited, luckily the screening room in that building had English so i was able to understand the video.
Then we passed by the lepers building.
and we saw a frozen pond, it was said that the prisoners wash their clothes at the pond
We also passed by the Execution Building. I tried to take photos but somehow i couldnt get clear pics. Kept getting blobs and bubbles in it, i heard from my Sec History Teacher that its energy bubble emitted by spirits. So I had a bad feeling that maybe there indeed, might be spirits there so i didnt dare to take anymore. Being superstitious.
the tree where the prisoners grabbed onto and wailed on their resentment of the unachieved independence before they were executed in the execution house
we went to this prison building where it is constructed only for the female prisoners.
monument
We stayed at the prison till the closing time.
me helping to close the door :P kidding, the door doesnt even open in that way
Ratings:5/5
Review: i enjoyed it alot, i find it very interesting . Maybe cos i just like to visit museums and prisons. Its really cruel the way the Japanese tortured the prisoners in the past.
Directions: Dongnimmun exit 5. When you walk out of the exit, you will see a hill on your left. The Prison is on top of the hill. There are directions everywhere.
After that we went to myeongdong, George left early as he had another appointment.
after the shopping at myeongdong, aching arms from carrying many bags of cosmetics. spent a bomb. now im broke. T_T
Here are some more random shots of the Prison:
the frozen water
i cant remember what this is, dono if its the fitness corner or what
can you find me?
