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mezdupa
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:10 pm Post subject: Lost in Mokpo... |
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Mad Irish woman lost in Mokpo! Just arrived here 2 days ago and any advice where to go is in serious demand please! I am the first native English teacher that my institute has ever had, and marvellous that my new work colleagues are, they all have their own personal lives.
Thanks to anyone that responds in advance!
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| get yourself down to hadang and hang out on the esplanade right on the water.. plenty of restaurants and bars around there and it is not too bad on the eye either |
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mezdupa
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| wylde wrote: |
| get yourself down to hadang and hang out on the esplanade right on the water.. plenty of restaurants and bars around there and it is not too bad on the eye either |
Thanks!
I'm by Sang Dong: Near lotto marte! |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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gwangjung is what you say to the taxi driver..
i can't remember but.. i think it's lotte mart that is right next to the water down there.. it could be sang dong..
anyways.. nice joint down there.. probably my favorite place in korea..
there are quite a few foreigners down there too.. a lot work in the shipyards and there are also a few miners.. generally they all kinda hang together on friday and saturday nights..
in hadang.. there is a bar called 'new york bar'.. generally you'll find foreigners there on the fridays and saturdays also a beer joint called jokky jokky..
being that it is a pretty small place the other foreigners are more than friendly enough and will invite you to hang with them.. maybe i'm just a cool customer and they wanted to hang with me  ... not sure
if you are an early bird.. there are always some old drunk koreans outside the train station at 6am that you can drink with.. i did and they are champs..
any other questions, fire away.. |
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Hardy Boy
Joined: 03 Jul 2004
Location: I live in a shoe. Made in B.C., Northern Vancouver Island
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| that thread is a year old... |
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discostar23
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
Location: getting the hell out of dodge
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Come to Gwangju Its only an hour away by bus...much bigger and better |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| discostar23 wrote: |
| Come to Gwangju Its only an hour away by bus...much bigger and better |
people keep saying this.. i'm a gwangju boy through and through.. however, mokpo is a great place.. there is no need to go anywhere.. like any place it is good to have a trip now and then, but, mokpo is just too fine..
i forgot to mention before that it is the gateway too the islands.. there are heaps of islands you can take a ferry to and it costs peanuts.. jeju is there also..
chill out and hang in mokpo.. it's a great place, it has everything gwangju has just on a smaller scale.. i had a ball down there and if my current situation were different, i'd be back down there in a flash.. |
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quercus
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject: mokpo |
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hello,
i used to live in mokpo. its quite a nice place. there used to bea ton of irish girls that livd there. they all worked for one of those big chain schools in hadang. where do you live in mokpo?
i lived in hadang. last time i was there was at christmas. i think the wa bar is the place to meet people. teachers and lots of boys from teh ship yards. its quite nice. also maybe jokki jokki.
as for other things to do- wolchusan park is only an hour or so away and is quite nice for hiking and temples, etc. take a bus from the bus station behind emart.
there are ferries out to the islands that are quite nice with little villages and stuff. hongdo is beautiful. i havent been, but seen pictures.
there is kwangju if you like the big citything.
if you go to the bridge from hadang to the shipyards you can see some canoes on the hadang side on teh left. there is a korean canoeing club a friend of mine went to.
texas moon bar downtown. if you get off at the bus station (big intercity station) its back the roads across the street in teh shopping district on the side of yudalsan. the same street the buddhist store is on, maybe if you went around asking for "Bucha store theycould point you in the direction, then walk back down 20 meters.
cant remember anything else. the waterfront in hadang is nice, used to have fires on the rocks below the walk and chill.
had a motorcycle (be careful, i didnt and it hurt) but touring around the countryside on it or a scooter have been my favorite times in korea so far.
good luck, mokpo is awesome. wish i was still there.
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: |
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quercus, did I see the word "canoe" in yr post or doth mine eyes deceiveth me. Can you please, please expand on that. Anything that comes to mind!
Anything, even freudian slips. Were they racing canoes? Also known as kayaks. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:00 am Post subject: Re: mokpo |
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| quercus wrote: |
hello,
i used to live in mokpo. its quite a nice place. there used to bea ton of irish girls that livd there. they all worked for one of those big chain schools in hadang. where do you live in mokpo? |
do you like things being mentioned twice? you seem to have a reading problem.. did you read any other posts before your 'helpful' advice? it seems not. btw, the school is ecc and claire and shelly are the ton of irish gals you are talking about
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| i lived in hadang. last time i was there was at christmas. i think the wa bar is the place to meet people. teachers and lots of boys from teh ship yards. its quite nice. also maybe jokki jokki. |
do you like things being mentioned twice? jokki jokki is a good place but the wa bar? where is that? on the water? that place is dead. the xx bar in hadang is one of the nicest bars i've seen in korea.. not many foreigners though.
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| as for other things to do- wolchusan park is only an hour or so away and is quite nice for hiking and temples, etc. take a bus from the bus station behind emart. |
good advice
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| there are ferries out to the islands that are quite nice with little villages and stuff. hongdo is beautiful. i havent been, but seen pictures. |
do you like things being mentioned twice?
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| there is kwangju if you like the big citything. |
do you like things being mentioned twice?
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| if you go to the bridge from hadang to the shipyards you can see some canoes on the hadang side on teh left. there is a korean canoeing club a friend of mine went to. |
good advice
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| texas moon bar downtown. if you get off at the bus station (big intercity station) its back the roads across the street in teh shopping district on the side of yudalsan. the same street the buddhist store is on, maybe if you went around asking for "Bucha store theycould point you in the direction, then walk back down 20 meters. |
i've been to the texas moon.. not a foreign hangout
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| cant remember anything else. the waterfront in hadang is nice, used to have fires on the rocks below the walk and chill. |
do you like things being mentioned twice?
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had a motorcycle (be careful, i didnt and it hurt) but touring around the countryside on it or a scooter have been my favorite times in korea so far.
good luck, mokpo is awesome. wish i was still there.
andy |
i suggest you do some reading up on the thread before posting
the gal already told you where she was..
most of your points were already suggested and it was that obvious that i just had to comment..
i appreciate your efforts trying to help this gal but reading is a good skill we should all learn.
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:41 am Post subject: |
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quercus, I know of a way you can rehabilitate yourself. If you can, if you can pm me with the eaddress of the friend who saw or knew of the canoe club.
If you can do this, I'll vouchsafe that yr reading skills are up to par |
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osangrl
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Location: osan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| How did ur weekend go OP? |
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mezdupa
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks! |
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