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Crockpot2001
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 Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:20 am Post subject: Worst travel days over chuseok? |
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| I'm wanting to go visit a friend in Suwon this holiday. He's off for 5 days. Any idea what days the larger majority of folks will be off? I have to drive as I'm taking my bike and he's not anywhere near a subway route. I really want to avoid the normal crush of holiday traffic. I have to drive as I'm taking my bike and he's not anywhere near a subway route. |
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Where are you going from? And when are you days off? |
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Crockpot2001
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| Well, uh, I don't work. I'm always off. I'm coming from Incheon, Songdo to be specific. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| going to suwon should be fine, anywhere out of gyenggido (sp) the worst days will be Friday Saturday and Sunday |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Then head off on Thursday afternoon (assuming he has Thursday off?) and return monday. |
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yeremy
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Worst Chuseok Travel Days |
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I'm going to assume that you're talking about going by motorcycle to visit your friend in Suwon. The worst traffic during Chuseok is going to be on the major toll highways from Seoul to Busan and most places in between. You cannot ride your motorcycle on those toll roads, so you're going to have to ride on the local roads. They should be in much better shape. Most people when they drive home for the holidays here leave early in the am and drive until late at night. If you're worried about that, try leaving after dinner or later. Be careful and don't drink and then ride your bike. There will be plenty of sobriety checkpoints during the Chuseok commute.
Chuseok is on a Saturday this year, so I would imagine that Wednesday and Thursday going to one's hometown and Sunday will probably be a miserable day to be on one of the major highways returning home with a million plus other equally unfortunate people. |
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definitely maybe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| blackjack wrote: |
| going to suwon should be fine, anywhere out of gyenggido (sp) the worst days will be Friday Saturday and Sunday |
gyeonggi-do will be far from fine. you need to head through gyeonggi-do to get literally anywhere outside of seoul. heading from incheon to suwon will be a bit easier, but there is plenty of potential for awful traffic. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
| blackjack wrote: |
| going to suwon should be fine, anywhere out of gyenggido (sp) the worst days will be Friday Saturday and Sunday |
gyeonggi-do will be far from fine. you need to head through gyeonggi-do to get literally anywhere outside of seoul. heading from incheon to suwon will be a bit easier, but there is plenty of potential for awful traffic. |
Sorry that's kinda what I meant. The worst traffic extends in a ring from outer gyeonggi do |
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