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a week before i start work - what can i do ????

 
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ed1980



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:53 am    Post subject: a week before i start work - what can i do ???? Reply with quote

got 1 more week to kill before i start my new job..

i have spent the last week just looking around seoul's main shopping areas but the days are starting to drag - any suggestions?

what would you love to do but cant as you are working ??


ta
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ratslash



Joined: 08 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

climb a mountain. lots around seoul. go and chill out on an island near incheon. lots and lots out there. go to a sauna for a ridicoulously long amount of time. learn more korean. start a hobby. and other such stuff!
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to Korea.

Check out some local Korean basketball games. Korean basketball ain't that bad. Search the web for locations and schedules.

Try Itaewon.

If you're American, you can take the USO DMZ Tour on Saturdays.
Leave's the USO office (Samgakji Station, exit 10) at 7am. Call in advance - 02 795-3063. 48,000 won.

Try Lotteworld - Chamshil & Seoulland amusement parks. 20-30,000 per day.


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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthews_world wrote:


If you're American, you can take the USO DMZ Tour on Saturdays.
Leave's the USO office (Samgakji Station, exit 10) at 7am. Call in advance - 02 795-3063. 48,000 won.


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that's not true you don't need to be american to take the tour

Check out the palaces, go to some markets, maybe head away for a day or two.

clg
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LEAVE SEOUL-THERE'S MORE TO KOREA

Actually, you're fresh, so it's just a recommendation...There's a bazillion little things to do, and, more importantly, a trizalizatillion different restaurants at which to eat.
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazylemongirl wrote:
matthews_world wrote:


If you're American, you can take the USO DMZ Tour on Saturdays.
Leave's the USO office (Samgakji Station, exit 10) at 7am. Call in advance - 02 795-3063. 48,000 won.


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that's not true you don't need to be american to take the tour

Check out the palaces, go to some markets, maybe head away for a day or two.

clg


Stand corrected. Wasn't sure. Thanks.



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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:52 am    Post subject: Re: a week before i start work - what can i do ???? Reply with quote

ed1980 wrote:
got 1 more week to kill before i start my new job..

i have spent the last week just looking around seoul's main shopping areas but the days are starting to drag - any suggestions?

what would you love to do but cant as you are working ??


ta

I'd go down to the travel agency tomorrow morning (or the airport) and get the first airplane out of here for one week. Vacation and time off is few and far between. Everything in Korea you can see on the weekends. Having a week off to see another country is always difficult to do in life.
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ed1980



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:49 am    Post subject: . Reply with quote

cheers but not quite in price range tiger beer
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could go bird-watching if you don't mind the cold. The interesting migrants and winter visitors should be around now.
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Juggertha



Joined: 27 May 2003
Location: Anyang, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

take the time.. get to know your neighborhood. loose the jet lag. ejoy.. cuz you'll be busy soon enough.
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gi66y



Joined: 15 Aug 2003

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go down to your local PC bang and spend 48 hours straight playing Starcraft or whatever game is popular these days. That's what the koreans seem to like to do in Korea.... Very Happy

Seriously though, hop on a train and head south. Bus and train tickets are cheap. That and you can generally find a Yogwan for 20-30,000 a night...cheap way to see the country.
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Starperson



Joined: 23 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go to the national parks! Climb the mountains. Don't carry anything except a water bottle and a hat.
See the temples. Pretend that you're a skilled photographer and see if you can take some good shots.
Go to the museums.
Watch reruns of the Survivor finale. (Lill should have voted off Sandra).
Go to the bookstores. Get a novel and spend all day in your room reading it until you feel like crap.
Plan what you're going to do on Christmas day.


Hmmm...
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mogikilla



Joined: 14 May 2003
Location: Seoul...sometimes US...othertimes

PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:21 pm    Post subject: go boarding!!!! Reply with quote

if i had the time AND the money at the same time (rarely does THAT happen), i'd hit the slopes! quick! while everyone else is still working! because the only time i will have time is lunar new year's, but rumor has it it'll be crowded... but people in the know, please tell us who haven't been, where are the best places to go? thanks!
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