I arrived by train from Daegu and walked to my hotel in a lively part of town — Texas Street. About 200 metres on was a market where fish swam in tanks, vegetables and fruit were on display and snack foods tempted.

As I walked back to my hotel, I spotted a couple of men playing Go and this for me was the highlight because some years back I had read a compelling book called, The Girl who played Go, (See my readandwriteblog on wordpress) and here they were playing this very game.