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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| captain kirk wrote: |
| There's also Wonju. The problem both with these places, mountain cities, IMO, is that the people seem to be 'locked in' by the mountains. It's so winding, difficult, takes so long to drive out anywhere. Conservative ways. |
Not really. Pretty quick, easy drive from Wonju to Seoul. 90 minutes to Dong Seoul station regardless of traffic. 90 minutes to 3 hours to cental bus station, depending on traffic. Gangneung and Chuncheon are now accessible by express freeways as well, so pretty easy to reach them now too.
My first year was in Wonju, and it was a year well-spent. On the flipside, I think it would have been a lot harder on me had I done my first year in the Seoul area, followed by Wonju. But I'm a city person by nature... |
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cheem
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd ask yourself about this Waldon idea you're cooking up a place for. Are you sure it's not more like a hankering to be Robinson Crusoe/Christopher Columbus/Marco Polo? Sounds kinda kooky. |
Walden is a bit of a misnomer. Walden was afterall just a pond out in the sticks. Relative to Seoul though, I think any Korean city with a population < 300K qualifies as a Walden.
Yeah it's kooky but as I mentioned I won't be working, just eating ice cream and mingling with the locals. Not that that's normal; I'm just saying I won't be stick there for a year or anything. I'll have to return to Seoul after 2-3 months to resume my "affairs". I'm intrigued by the socialogical aspect of small town life moreso than the geographical. This hamlet could be in the middle of a gaseous swamp for all I care. Unlike a lot of foreigners here, I really enjoy chatting up the locals and do so at every opportunity.
This is lame, but I'm also interested to observe the local women's reaction to foreigners. The Charisma Man factor in Seoul is okay; pretty good in fact. But the difference between Seoul and Busan (a 3rd the size) was, shall I say, tangible.  I'm a bit curious if I can stretch this further in a Korean hamlet. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Googoo cones are pretty much everywhere, aren't they? (BTW, your love of Googoo cones is somewhat frightening.)
Why don't you just take a road trip and then stay when you find what you're looking for. I think some place like Jindo sounds about right... forget 300,000 -- those places have hagwons and a ton of foreigners. Go somewhere that's not even a city (��) at all.... Have fun. |
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cheem
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| casey's moon wrote: |
| (BTW, your love of Googoo cones is somewhat frightening.) |
What's so frightening about loving GooGoo Cones? They're good! Cannibalism. Now there's something that's frightening.
I do plan a roadtrip around the peninsula, but for later. I need a place to glide into before Seoul seduces me. |
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