Restless Peregrine

per·e·grine (pr-grn, -grn) adj. Foreign; alien. Roving or wandering; migratory; tending to travel and change settlements frequently.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Falling!


The mascot of the Korean national park service
is a pair of accident-prone Moon Bears (so-called
because of the white crest on its chest...also
known as Asiatic Black Bears). These two
delightful creatures can be seen variously being
struck by lightening, drowning, drawing on national
monuments... you name it, they've done it! But
what is it that they shouldn't be doing on this
particular sign, you ask?

In Korean, the sign is more specific...it says
'Falling danger'. I guess whoever translated it
wanted to keep it more to the point. You can
see this same tendency to abbreviate in earlier
postings...my favourite being 'Watch Crash!'

To be fair though, it IS a long way down.
Geoje Dongbaek Island, South Korea, March 19, 2011.