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[mack the knife]

A lot of job posts these days claim that you will be working in "Scenic this place" or "Beautiful that place". Ignore them. Ignore them hard.

If you are coming to Asia to teach in a place of scenic wonder and beauty, basically any other country is better than Korea. Southern China has more beautiful mountains, southeast Asia has more beautiful beaches, Japan has more scenic, well, everything.

Don't be fooled into thinking that you'll be able to hit the surf after a hard day of teaching kindergarten kids. You'll be fighting the 10,000 other people who were thinking the same thing.

Being totally surrounded by mountains would be a good thing if the view wasn't obstructed by all the Soviet-communist-era-looking apartments.

Did I mention that living far away from an international airport will most likely be a huge pain in your ass?

Don't be a sucker.

[mrd]

Thanks for the heads-up, but "Beauty" is a little too subjective to use blanket statements that Korea is an un-beautiful country. Japan has a more beautiful everything? In Japan, every single mountain has a radio tower on it. In Korea, this isn't the case. I live next to a mountain and thus have a beautiful view. If you think Korea is so ugly why are you here?

Perhaps you're a little bitter becuase you were promised a beautiful spot but it ended up being anything but? I don't think anyone here is that naive. I live an hour and a half from Incheon - but I don't make weekly plans to go world traveling so its a non-issue for me. Why would it be an issue for anyone, except those who didn't do their research when accepting a job then being placed in the country side? Really, sounds like you're just complaining instead of warning.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I have a lovely view from my school, but I could have just as well ended up at sh*tholeville, one town over, which is as ugly as they come.

Like with a lot of things, there's really no way to know until you check it out for yourself.

[Bibbitybop]

This is why you should come to Korea and see your school, and your apartment, before you sign that dotted line.

[migooknom]

maybe its because I'm from the suburbs, but I like looking outside and seeing the big buildings and bright flashy lights.

[poet13]

I ride my bicycle all over my province. Mountains, rice paddies, little rustic villages. To me it's beautiful. To another, anything less than an all-neon world is ugly.
Being lied to is another thing. Being offered beach biew and looking at the back of a factory is not cool, but other than that, each to his or her own.

[oneofthesarahs]

Here's the view from my apartment. I think it's pretty darn scenic. But beauty is subjective.



C'mon, Korea is pretty!

[Zoidberg]

[Junior]

There are some scenic points, few and far between. To see them involves laborious travel. And they have to be explored on a weekday. Even then you may find them crowded with noisy soju-swilling people.

[Novernae]

[mack the knife]

[ella]

Amazing, oneofthesarahs! Where is that?

[ajgeddes]

[PimpofKorea]

I don't know about any of you mammajammas...but I came strictly for the 홍어 man that stuff makes me do cartwheels down the stairs..,,it tastes so goshdarn good.

[chris_J2]

Strongly disagree about Korea being ugly, unless you're in Ulsan.

http://www.trekearth.com/members/ChrisJ/photos/Asia/South_Korea/

The Aeryongpo Dam turnoff at Yeongpungri is like a 10 minute bus ride & then a 15 minute walk from my town. Hardly an ordeal.

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/South_Korea/photo512413.htm