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princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

Are there many things in Bupyeong? How far is it from Seoul?

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Yes, many things. not far.

Use that Incheon link I gave you when you asked about Yeonsu-gu, it has maps and and many many things.

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject:

Bulsajo, please describe those many, many things.

Thank you.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

They're thingy, although they can be thingish from time to time.
There is lots of truthiness in Pupyong (and I'll be spelling it that way until somebody gets around to taking Peking Duck off the menus of Chinese food restaurants around the world).

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

princess, I hoped that was of value to you.

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

Think twice before you live outside of Seoul. "In Seoul" and
"outside of Seoul" are like two different countries. Seoul
is an interesting place with variety and venues for most
tastes. Outside of Seoul you will find a homogenous Korean
culture. I don't mean this in a bad way, but you will never
find things like: brown bread, good beer, bars with good
tunes, English book stores etc.

Remember "Cohiba's Rule". If FFF = Fun For Foreigners then:

Where FFF in Seoul = 100, then FFF decreases at
1/distance. So 2km from Seoul FFF=1/2(100)=50;
10km from Seoul FFF=1/10(100)=10. This rule is
a rule for nightlife, food and foreign products only.
Nature etc. is on a different scale altogether.

This means you will be wasting a lot of time commuting
to Seoul. This is especially a drag if you have been
boozing on a Friday night and there are no buses or
trains.

I, unfortunately, live in Inchon where the FFF factor
is almost in the negative range. I know!

blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

Its not TOO bad. The Goose Goose is the expat hangout.

When people say its not far from Seoul its not technically true, you can get an express train into Singil or Guro but then you always have a load of train hopping to get to your final destination.

Cohiba's equations should be stickied Smile

Col.Brandon · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Location: Seoul

Not many whities in that neck of the woods. I visited there weekly for several months - I think I saw two the whole time.

travel zen · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Location: Good old Toronto, Canada

My 'Traditional' girlfriend lives there. Stay Away. Evil or Very Mad