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Boudicca
Joined: 12 Dec 2004
Location: Victoria BC
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 Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: Yeonsu-gu Incheon |
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| Has anyone lived in the district of Yeonsu-gu in Incheon? What is it like? It is apparently very difficult to find anything on a particular area in a city of 2.5 million...Thanks so much! |
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trigger123
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
Location: TALKING TO STRANGERS, IN A BETTER PLACE
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Boudicca wrote
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| Has anyone lived in the district of Yeonsu-gu in Incheon? |
yep, me.
not a bad little place, small but has good links on the subway to bupyeong, and therefore onto the rest of the network. there's some decent mountains to walk up nearby, and you have a large park, recreational area, sports field and badminton courts near to E mart. There's also a Lotte Mart in Yeon Su too. Plus the usual assortment of Mcdonalds, Paris Baguette etc dotted on street corners in the 'hood. watch out for the clubs in the area, they are truly terrible and a full of drunk ajosshi's and horny ajumma's... but maybe you're into that sort of thing...?
there's a few hagwons in the area, and therefore a few westerners should you want to meet other people out here teaching like you. there are some dodgy hagwons there though, so post which one you have an offer from.
other stuff... you are close to the sea at wolmido which has an amusement park (of sorts) and a big boating lake. there's also songdo nearby too; another 'resort' in the making.
the area is supposedly being earmarked for major development as a new city is being built on reclaimed mudflats a few miles away. and they were bulding a new subway stop there too.
hope this helps,
pm if you need more. particularly about the hagwons, i'd hate to see someone go to some of the crappy schools in the area
good luck! |
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Boudicca
Joined: 12 Dec 2004
Location: Victoria BC
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Muchas gracias for the info...I am going to be teaching at the Incheon SLP....I have already signed the contact and am heading out within the next two weeks so I have my fingers crossed that it's not one of the sketchy ones which you mentioned! |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It's definitely the better part of Incheon. |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: |
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I lived there during the employment period in my Korean adventure I like to call: The Days Of Getting It Up The Arse Without Lube
If you meet Mr. Justin Kim of Day By Day English hagwon, get my $3000 from him please. Then kick him in the nuts for me.
Overall, it's a nicely laid out area. It's everything trigger123 said it was. The air was relatively clean as well. I was in Yeonsu Dong and there was a great park near my apartment. It has everything you need, really.
Well, except for the super sexiness of Seoul. |
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Kill_creek
Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: Yeon Su |
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Yeon Su is great. I lived in a few areas of Incheon- Yeon Su was the best. It has lots of parks, it's near the ocean (sort of) and songdo beach resort is near by.
The area itself is Hagwon city... there is a huge foreign population there, although everyone hibernates for the winter. Spring is amazing, roses and cherry blossoms.
I really enjoyed myself there. |
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