Brandon and I live in a smaller city surrounded by rice fields. Although Korea is known to be 70% mountainous, these two hikers are placed right in the middle of Pyeongtaek (평택), a city known for its rice. Now why’s that such a bad thing? Well, to grow rice you need a bunch of flat fields, which is exactly what 평택 means.
Korean: 평
Korean Pronuncitation: P-yeong
English Meaning: Plain
Korean: 택
Korean Pronuncitation: taek
English Meaning: Field
Needless to say, there’s not a mountain in sight.
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| Brandon and me with the rice fields right outside our apartment (September 2010). |
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