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dtowler · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

It'll be my first time teaching in Korea, so bassically i'm just wondering what people think of Daejeon. I know it depends on the teacher, so for me I'd be looking for decent nightlife and maybe some nice touristy" attractions to see on weekends. Anybody have any experience working or even visiting the city? thanks in advance!!

Derek

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

Nope, I think you will be the first foreign teacher to ever go to Daejeon.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

That's not true!

There was that other guy who went and was eaten, remember?

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

Oh yea, good call caniif, forgot all about him.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

But before he was eaten he'd posted saying he thought it was a pretty good place to live except for the natives with bones in their noses banging on drums all night. Clean air (when they weren't burning victims), open spaces (for hunting victims), reasonable night-life (except for the natives licking their chops when they looked at him), central location, so good for travel anywhere (guess he should have travelled more and stayed home less).

The other good news: Daejon has just started a campaign to put indoor plumbing in all homes...so no more trekking out to the backyard in the middle of the night. What with its new subway and indoor plumbing make Daejon one of the nicer cities in Korea. Now if they can just break the habit of eating foreigners.

dtowler · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

ahah alright thanks... anybody else?

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

All I'll say to the OP is you better be strong of limb and quick of feet, and...umm..(help!)

Zoidberg · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

This board has become a delightfully helpful place of late. Wink

crazykiwi · Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Location: new zealand via daejeon

i actually only lost my arms and legs in the aforementioned struggle with the natives of daejeon. it was due to countless peircings in my face they decided to fore go my head, so im still alive and meterphorically still kickin it here in daejeon!

Anyway op, daejeon. a smallish city in relation to others in korea, huge compared to my native land. compared to to seoulthe night clubs blow chunks, but on the plus side, if you feel the need to dance your night away it is only a 45 minute train ride away. there are bars here to satisfy your drinking needs, weather you noisy, quiet or rambunctious they are here. sports teams are also about, ultimate frisebee, soccer, all the martial arts and of course tiddly winks on thursday nights. parks are aplenty, mountains to hike, beaches an hour away and foriegn restaurants are everywhere now if you feel the need for some steak or the like. the community is quite large but it still feels a bit strange seein a whitey or blacky on the street, and freindly enough to give those fellas a gday. anyway, if you need specifics give me a PM, and ill explain the places to avoid, so as you wont get eaten or maimed. in saying that, if you do come here and are eaten or partially so, there are plenty of freinds to be made who'll help you to write inane comments on a discussion forum such as this. thanks min suk, you are a star!

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I'll actually give a serious answer. Daejeon is about two hours away from Seoul by train, so you'll have to spend a lot of time travelling if you want to go anywhere interesting.

diver · Joined: 16 Jun 2003

diver · Joined: 16 Jun 2003

seoulsucker · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

One of my best friends from home has lived in Daejeon for quite some time, and I go down there a few times a year to hang out. The foreigner community seems a bit more tightly-knit, and the bar scene is decent. The downtown area sports quite a few foreigner-friendly places, but it's really nothing compared to Seoul.

2 hours by train, 50 minutes by KTX.

out of context · Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Location: Daejeon

That's 2 hours to Seoul by the sloooooooooooooow train. The bus is faster: 1 hr. 45 mins. The subway's open now, but while it's nice and clean and modern and all, it's still a long way from being convenient for any practical purposes besides commuting between the two downtowns.

I'm not an expect on nightlife; it seems very low key, but there's certainly no shortage of places to drink. I don't really see the tourist attractions much, but there are plenty of mountains and temples, a few historical sites and museums, a zoo that I've never been to, and parks where you can see strings of decapitated heads of foreigners who have been killed and eaten, as well as old men urinating off in the corners.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

There's a pretty good waegugin gogi restaurant, so I'm told, but I've never been. Strangely enough, they keep their shoes ON there.