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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: help! getting to hongdae from dogok/kangnam |
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so i will be shipping off to korea ion dec 26th, my school is going to be in dogok-dong. i had planned to party up in hongdae, where i hear all the good underground music is...
but alas! all the propaganda i received from my korean students here in california was false. i've heard this commute takes over an hour, the trains stop at midnight, and a cab is gonna run me $40-50 to get home.
is this true? am i stuck in boring kangnam on weekend nights?!?
and to think people complain about transportation in southern california! at least the car is an OPTION! |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:58 am Post subject: Re: help! getting to hongdae from dogok/kangnam |
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| alphakennyone wrote: |
so i will be shipping off to korea ion dec 26th, my school is going to be in dogok-dong. i had planned to party up in hongdae, where i hear all the good underground music is...
but alas! all the propaganda i received from my korean students here in california was false. i've heard this commute takes over an hour, the trains stop at midnight, and a cab is gonna run me $40-50 to get home.
is this true? am i stuck in boring kangnam on weekend nights?!?
and to think people complain about transportation in southern california! at least the car is an OPTION! |
All true except the Kangnam is boring part.. Kangnam is a popular place for Koreans.. (not as much with foreigners as HongDae and Itaewon seem to be the places).. anyhow, Kangnam wouldn't exactly be boring.
Also.. I don't recall ever going from Kangnam to HongDae in taxi.. but kinda thinking it might be more around $25-35.. just as an estimate.
However.. this being said.. you can do what most foreigners do.. stay out all night and take the subway back in the morning.. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:47 am Post subject: Re: help! getting to hongdae from dogok/kangnam |
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| If you're looking for underground music, you really don't have much choice. I doubt a taxi ride would be more than 20 000 or 25 000 maximum. And staying out all night is a good idea. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:50 am Post subject: Re: help! getting to hongdae from dogok/kangnam |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| If you're looking for underground music, you really don't have much choice. I doubt a taxi ride would be more than 20 000 or 25 000 maximum. And staying out all night is a good idea. |
Actually thats a better quote.
Bought a computer monitor the other day near Gangnam and it cost me 15,000 won ($15) to get back to HongDae.. daytime though.. so night time probably is around 20-25. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: help! getting to hongdae from dogok/kangnam |
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| Do they charge more for taxis at night or something? Remember there'll be less traffic in the middle of the night, so the taxi will zip all the way there without stopping once, even for lights. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| they charge quite a bit more if you try getting a taxi from right outside "Stompers". Flag them down 200 yards up the road though and you'll be on the normal metered rate |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, they charge a lot more. I live even further from hongdae than kangnam and a taxi in the middle of the night is about 20,000. share it with a friend or two and it's totally managable. stay out until 6 and you can jump back on the subway. the subway sucks though. there's just no good route from kangnam to hongdae so it takes about an hour. and kangnam's not totally boring. who are you getting info from? |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Swiss James wrote: |
| they charge quite a bit more if you try getting a taxi from right outside "Stompers". Flag them down 200 yards up the road though and you'll be on the normal metered rate |
is that true??? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
| Swiss James wrote: |
| they charge quite a bit more if you try getting a taxi from right outside "Stompers". Flag them down 200 yards up the road though and you'll be on the normal metered rate |
is that true??? |
Sounds like a good idea too. I wouldn't want some club trash getting into my taxi either.
And read the first post: this person is looking for good underground music. There really is no place outside of Hongdae I'm aware of for that. If you know of any in Gangnam, I'll be pretty surprised. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| yep it's true, I suppose it's a special service for super-stupid GIs . |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| alright, well, thanks for the info all. 20,000 won for a cab doesn't sound like it will kill me to do once a week or so. hopefully i'll find another teacher at my hagwon with similar interests to me or i'll just take that long, long subway ride home at 6 am. |
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