so much history surrounds you, @slowwalker, that pieces of ancient pottery that would be treasured in North America are discarded on an excavation site and people turn the tombs of early BaekJae Dynasty into a park site. Such irony here.

I've noticed before in your photos that there is a traditional separation of the sexes in Korea. I'm thinking back to your post on a traditional house with a shrine and the ‘Ahn Chae’ where the lady of the house lived. Perhaps this could account in part for what you observe regarding the solitary men, although I suspect by nature women tend to be more social.

Your photos were tiny pictures, glimpses into day to day life around Seoul and they highlight how people enjoy the outdoors and relaxing.

Without family life, solitude and loneliness would seem to be the destiny of the male, @slowwalker :)