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sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Remote??? What is remote? This is a tiny country with 46 million people (give or take). The closest you'll get to remote is going hiking in the mountains to visit other temples.

Good luck finding a horse.

You tell people you dont want their opinion, but knowledge from experience right? Well perhaps you should do the same. If there are people living in Korea, a country you have never been to, and they say you dont need a car then I would guess they might know what they are talking about.

If you ask for help dont be surprised when people actually offer advice.

Scott in HK · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

Container shipping is probably not an option...I shipped my stuff from HK and it cost me over $4K Can....and we had to pay duty on the big ticket items when they got here...you could try to get part of a container...I know people did that when leaving HK but they had to wait until the container filled before it was shipped...

You might look into getting your stuff sent over with an airline...if you know someone in the airline industry...my friend did this with her stuff to HK from Can and it was peanuts...but you must have the connections first...and you have to get your stuff out the airport as soon as possible as the storage fees are quite high...

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

OP, if you're interested in horseback riding and living someplace remote, Cheju Island will likely be your best bet. Either a motorbike or a car would be useful if you were living there.

Good luck to you.

YoungLi · Joined: 06 Sep 2005

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Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

If you want a car, ask your boss/co-workers/students if they know a trustworthy used-car salesman. Once you get a quote, post it here and we'll tell you if it's a fair price.

If you are partial to some of the smaller medium-sized dogs, you might want to get a pure-bred Chindo dog (you might want to check if you can take it out of the country first, as I've heard they are protected eventhough they aren't really rare anymore). In terms of character, they are very much like labrador retrievers. Koreans like to say they are very loyal and obedient, but I also find them to be very friendly and playful. Again, ask your boss and co-workers for help. Also, be careful when buying a dog in Korea because there are lots of puppy-mills in business.

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

Yes don't. If you consider the effort that you have to put in on a daily basis just to fit in. Well, if you put that effort in at home, you would succeed at what you do back home.

Yes, they give you money. They suck the soul from your toes, drink your blood and grind your bones to make their bread. Laughing

It is an experience, just not the only one available. Look around first, I like this countryand its people, but it is not the only one.

ambvalent · Joined: 25 Feb 2005

Without trying to figure out the OP's strange responses in regards to requested advice, I'd like to point out something I've been tossing about in my head about independence since I came to Korea 2 months ago. Rather than being: "I like to drive my own car", independence means "I'm strong enough to get things done in a situation I wasn't necessarily born to be in, when nothing is working that day". If you think you're independent, I would ask myself why. (I'm discovering I was wrong about myself on this one).

That's advice I assembled from people like yata, mindmetoo, and a zillion others when I was doing my research phase of coming to korea. Actually, the best advice I read here was "Don't bring anything and redefine your needs"...I can't remember who said it but it was awesome Smile

(but i still brought my computer, damnit)

Anyway, listening to the negative and positive sides of things here really helped me prepare for being the foreigner. And sweet jesus, life is good.

As far as this:

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

YoungLi · Joined: 06 Sep 2005

I still don't have answers to my six questions. I never said I was looking for "advice." However, I would like some advice on this one issue. I spent a while writing a response for this forum and when I clicked preview it jumped to login. I hit back and the response wasn't there. Embarassed

So I don't trust that this response will be there now. Confused

pdxsteve · Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Location: Bundang

According to http://www.customs.go.kr/, it's going to cost you anywhere from $2000 to $5000 to bring a foreign car into Korea, consisting of duty fees and taxes, inspection fees and safety tests. You have to have the car's undercarriage thoroughly steam cleaned to remove any "foreign soil", and you can't have any personal belongings in the car during shipment.

YoungLi · Joined: 06 Sep 2005

pdxsteve.... thank you very much for your reply; it's exactly the type of reply I was hoping to get from this forum! I'm glad you posted the website. However, it left me feeling like I need lawyer to look it over and explain it to me in laymens details Shocked

. Now, I'm concerned about shipping my belongings in light of the high duties and taxes involved. Please correct me if I'm wrong but it sounds to me that you can only bring over $400.00 USD worth of personal goods without taxation and there has to be some sort of proof that you will be in South Korea for two years. I can imagine customs going over every article of my clothes, books, shoes, pictures etc. and assessing a value added tax (vat) accordingly. How can they assess the value of such personal items? Someone please tell me your personal experiences with customs as you arrived. Did they look at your jewlery? If so, what happened? What exactly goes on at the airport and customs when you first arrive with your stuff?

peppermint · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject:

Customs here are pretty laid back, except when it comes to mail. I've never once declared anything at the airport.