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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Location: somewhere i have never travelled
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 Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: One-day Trips by Subway |
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I live in Ansan, and haven't left in six months except for day trips to central Seoul.
Are there any good day trips to places on the subway line? I notice my own subway line (#4, light blue) goes out to the coast (Oido)--has anybody visited there? I've never been farther north than Insa-dong.... Mountains? Hiking? DMZ?
Eventually I need to check out south South Korea, but I'd like to see what's different and convenient around here too. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| The trip to Incheon is good. There is a commuter rail line from Seoul Station to Dorasan, which will be the rail link to NK. It is the northern most rail line in SK. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| dulouz wrote: |
| The trip to Incheon is good. |
Oido is less than 10km from the southern end of the Incheon line. It'd take about 2 hours by subway. There's probably a bus that'd be much quicker. From Oido Station you can go a couple kms north and see Sorea, a bustling little seafood market. A couple kms southwest is a nice little park with a small mountain that has a Buddhist temple.
Mt. Inwangsan is pretty cool. I was up there last weekend.
http://english.tour2korea.com/ is a pretty good site. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:36 am Post subject: |
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If you go to Namhansanseong station in Seongnam, you can hike around Namhansanseong. http://wiki.galbijim.com/Namhansanseong It's a fortress that's on a small mountain, and there are something like 9 different temples inside the wall. I went on a weekend, and there were a lot of hikers at the entrance, but once I got to the main gate---a big photo-op place---and started following along the wall I didn't see many people, making for a nice, quiet hike. It's a big park, though, so you won't have time to do it all, and it might be a good idea to bring water and a snack (though it's not a tough walk).
You can also get to Cheonan via subway. It's on the southern end of the subway, in a different province altogether. There are some decent museums and temples in the area, from what I understand, which you'd need to use the bus for. It's probably a little better as a two-day trip, though. I was only there for a few hours, so I don't know too much. You can poke around here for more info:
* http://www.cheonan.go.kr
* http://www.cheonan.blogspot.com
That's all I can think of at the moment. If you want info about the southern part of the country later, let me know, as I live down there. |
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seoul_nhl
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| Seodaemun prison is a decent Korean tourist attraction, especially the morbid wax museum in the basement. Seodaemun Station |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| Most places in Korea are a "day trip" away if you want to leave early and come back late. Why are you limiting yourself to places on the subway???????? |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: |
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True, and most places in Seoul can turn into a day trip if you use the subway, especially from Gyeonggi-do. I love subways, too, so I can empathize . . . OP, if you want some bus info, post where you want to go and someone can help.
And if you're interested in seeing more than one place in a day, the subway website has some recommended subway tours: http://www.smrt.co.kr/english_smrt/index.jsp (Click on "City Tour" on the left side). |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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when the weather gets warmer, Chiaksan national park is an easy day trip from Seoul. Get the bus to Wonju from the Express Bus terminal. There's one every 15 mins or so. This'll get you to Wonju in just under two hours if my memory serves me. Then get a taxi out to the mountain. Best route up (i.e. easiest) is via the temple Kukhyangsa so get the taxi there. The walk up is quite steep and takes about two hours. YOu'll hit a ridge and you can turn left there. This is the best part. For about two more hours you walk along this ridge which is relatively flat, lined with flowers and has great views. Then, when you can see the peak of Chiaksan but just before it, turn left down to Ipseoksa and Seokkyeongsa temples. This will bring you out at the bottom again. Taxi back to bus back to Seoul.
We left on a 6am bus and were back just after 7pm last June. Great day out.
REad the blog post and see the pics if you want. |
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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| seoul_nhl wrote: |
| Seodaemun prison is a decent Korean tourist attraction, especially the morbid wax museum in the basement. Seodaemun Station |
I went to this yesterday. It is worth the trip. The wax evil Japanese torturing the wax patriotic Koreans was thought-provoking.
I'm tempted to say it is perfectly natural for a small country like Korea to be nationalistic, but nationalism doesn't seem to be restricted by size (look at the US).
Virtually all countries have atrocities in their past (Korea seems to be an exception). Japan should apologize for the occupation and "comfort women"; the US should apologize for nuking Japanese civilians, and so on. At what point does it become ridiculous to insist that a nation apologize for past injustice? Should all European countries appologize to Native Americans? Should northern Germans and Danes apologize to the Celts?
In the museum, I kept thinking the Koreans really need to get over the whole Japanese thing. Then I kept thinking there are many living Koreans who lived these events, and want remembrance. I went with my co-teacher, who told me her grandfather is missing part of a finger from the wars.
Part of the reason the country seems so obsessive over its relations with Japan and China is that these two countries constitute 95% of Korea's international history.
I do think it was absurd that so much hostility was directed at Preseident Roh for suggesting the East/Japan Sea be renamed the Sea of Friendship.
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mindmetoo
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| Incheon's China town is pretty nice. |
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Trumpcard
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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went to incheon's china town today thendecided to go to wolmido. popped into the tourist info office next to the station asked them how i get to wolmido, they said it wads a 20min walk but better to take the bus. they told me to cross to the opp side of the road for the bus, which i did. after a few mins of fumbling around with my map, i realised i shouldnt have crossed over as they said as i was heading away from the port!, thought what the hell and stayed on the bus and it took me back to Bupyeong. long bus journey but the beer in goose goose was tasty, will attempt wolmido on thursday maybe.
inwangsan is next to dongnimun station which is about 3 stops from jonggak. awesome mountain to hike, fantastic views looking back towards seoul tower |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| I like your avatar op. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| luvnpeas wrote: |
| seoul_nhl wrote: |
| Seodaemun prison is a decent Korean tourist attraction, especially the morbid wax museum in the basement. Seodaemun Station |
I went to this yesterday. It is worth the trip. The wax evil Japanese torturing the wax patriotic Koreans was thought-provoking.
I'm tempted to say it is perfectly natural for a small country like Korea to be nationalistic, but nationalism doesn't seem to be restricted by size (look at the US).
Virtually all countries have atrocities in their past (Korea seems to be an exception). Japan should apologize for the occupation and "comfort women"; the US should apologize for nuking Japanese civilians, and so on. At what point does it become ridiculous to insist that a nation apologize for past injustice? Should all European countries appologize to Native Americans? Should northern Germans and Danes apologize to the Celts?
In the museum, I kept thinking the Koreans really need to get over the whole Japanese thing. Then I kept thinking there are many living Koreans who lived these events, and want remembrance. I went with my co-teacher, who told me her grandfather is missing part of a finger from the wars.
Part of the reason the country seems so obsessive over its relations with Japan and China is that these two countries constitute 95% of Korea's international history.
I do think it was absurd that so much hostility was directed at Preseident Roh for suggesting the East/Japan Sea be renamed the Sea of Friendship.
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That place is really interesting and I agree those wax works were super realistic.
When I went there there were lots of Koreans loudly chatting away and it is near a busy road, but it still seemed eerily silent. Definately worth a trip.
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