Nampo-dong

A very busy intersection

A few weeks ago we went on another random adventure to an area we had heard of.  This time we went to Nampo-dong and explored around. This trip was more successful than our last one to Daejo. We got out of the subway station and headed to the tourist information centre. Here we found some pamphlets and brochures, mostly in Korean with a few English pamphlets in the mix.  Of course the English translation on some brochures left a bit to be desired, but we had a good laugh over them.

Walking around Nampo, where there really isn't much room for driving

Nampo is a very busy area, with an underground mall connecting Nampo station to Jagalchi station, so we wandered that area, checked out Lotte "Department Store" which is basically a mall with different designers and sections, and then wandered the street level market.

Outside the fish market

We also wen to Jagalchi Fresh Fish Market.  This is a huge, multi-level fish market with the fresh off the boat fish on the lower level and dried products and a few restaurants on the second floor. We were amazed to see all the varieties of fish available for purchase.  Ladies were showing off their octopuses and skinning live eels right in front of us.  The eels being skinned was fascinating as they would put a small nail in the head, make a small cut into the skin and pull the skin off, remove the nail and the eel would continue squirming.  There were even bags full of squirming skinned eels you could buy. Unfortunately we didn't buy anything because we had no idea how to cook it.  We will definitely return one day and bring our fresh fish to the restaurant so someone else can cook our purchase for us.

Fish being unloaded from a truck to the market

We had a lot of fun wandering the market but wish we knew more Korean so we could find out how much something cost and understand what number we are told for the price. We didn't buy anything at the market or the mall, but enjoyed our day.