CAPTURING EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
New month, new country, new stories. #156 countries.
Follow on Instagram: @robertmichaelpoole
PROFILE, TWITTER, CONTACT, 日本語

Open Skies is the monthly in-flight magazine for Emirates airlines. At 96, 425 copies Open Skies has the highest audited circulation of any independent magazine in the Middle East and was one of the most awarded magazines of 2012. Open Skies is intelligent, creative and a collectible in-flight magazine that focuses on people and stories as much as destinations.

Travel 2012 December

Just Where is Gangnam and What Exactly is Gangnam Style?

by Robert Michael Poole

A Tour of Seoul's Most Famous (and Most Infamous) Neighbourhood.

Until just a few decades ago, the 794AD Bongeun Temple, focal point of Korean zen from 1551 until 1936, stood gracefully and isolated on the banks of the Han, south of the river, Gang Nam. Entombed inside this outpost of the ancient city of Seoul, time worn woodblock carvings of the Buddhist Flower Garland Sutra describe the interdependency of all phenomena in a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms.