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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:15 am Post subject: Is It Gonna Be Hell In Seoul Tomorrow Night? |
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Getting home after midnight I mean.
I contacted the tourist hotline today. They told me that the subways will stay open a WHOLE EXTRA HOUR tomorrow! Wow! That's so generous!  Now instead of 11:15 pm or 11:30 pm, the last train will be at 12:15 / 12:30 am. You'll have to wrap up your partying pretty fast after the New Year rings in.
Anyone here last year go out on New Years Eve? Was it hell getting home? Hard to get a taxi. Subways so crowded that you can't breathe? I am wondering if it's worth going out at all?  |
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dimnd
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Western USA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: going out tomorrow |
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lots of times in the states..hated trucking around in the snow and driving with all the drunks on the road and police were very diligent...
stayed home..made fondu and had champagne and music in front of the fireplace..ever so cozy ....  |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Korea - the land of "reliable" information.
The Tourist Office KTO, today told me that tomorrow night's (New Years Eve) last subway trains will finish at 12:30 am.
I just took a look at the Seoul City website and it says 2:00 am.
I wonder if that will be all subway lines or just the ones in the city center?  |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
I wonder if that will be all subway lines or just the ones in the city center? |
Last New Year's Eve, I was in Bundang for training. The yellow line out to Bundang was NOT running past midnight. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| You'd think in a city the size of Seoul, they could run the subways all night New Years Eve to curb drunk driving, but NO! |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: |
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You'd think in a city the size of Seoul, they could run the subways all night New Years Eve to curb drunk driving, but NO!
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Public drinking and drunk driving must be legal in Korea. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| i'm sure it will be hell for you. there will probably be people talking on mobile phones, drinking starbucks coffee, and wearing clothes with labels on them. you'd probably be better off staying home. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:30 am Post subject: |
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The last New Years in NZ that I had in Queenstown brawls broke out from seeminlgy nowhere in the main drag.And in the pubs....and outside again.
A friend had a concert at that time in Invercargill and someones ear was bitten off at the bar.
New Year here?Tame and lame....that's fine.I've had enough death this month. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
Korea - the land of "reliable" information.
The Tourist Office KTO, today told me that tomorrow night's (New Years Eve) last subway trains will finish at 12:30 am.
I just took a look at the Seoul City website and it says 2:00 am.
I wonder if that will be all subway lines or just the ones in the city center? |
The correct information is that the subways will close a t 12:30am for foreigners and 2:00am for normal people. 
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| Is It Gonna Be Hell In Seoul Tomorrow Night? |
If the Satanists have anything to say about it, yes. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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It's not as big a deal here as in the West. Korea is.....different.
Christmas and New Year's are imported traditions and don't resonate with a lot of people the way that Chusok and Solnal do. Even the Christians are Koreans first. |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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koreans don't really give a crap about new years .... except the chinese one or sollal.
there are taxis in seoul and pretty cheap ... certain crowded areas can be difficult around the time the subway closes but if you wait until 2am or so it shouldn't be a problem. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard the taxi situation is a nightmare in the busiest areas |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard the taxi situation is a nightmare in the busiest areas |
Call one about 30 minutes before your ready to go home as it may take that long for the taxi to show up. Sure, you'll have to pay KW 1,000 more, but at least you won't have to stand out in the cold hoping to get a cab that will take you where you want to go; the hotspots tonight will be full of people trying to get taxis, so the driver can choose which fare to take.
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three-legged dog
Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Another Dev thread started just to paint a nasty image of Korea...
At least spice it up, jesus. |
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