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toomuchtime
Joined: 11 May 2003
Location: the only country with four distinct seasons
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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:13 am Post subject: What to take when leaving Korea? |
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Hey there.
So many people post questions about what to bring from home to Korea, but what about the reverse?
My family and I are heading back to the good ol' C to the A to the Nada soon, and I wonder what some of you might recommend we take with us.
I'm thinking of a crate of Man Touch to share with friends at the gym back home for one thing.
Any suggestions? |
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redlightorchestra
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| makkoli, lots and lots of makkoli. If you can't drink it all, when i get back I'll help you. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:26 am Post subject: |
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cans of bondeggi
the best gag gifts, trust me, people love to get them! |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: |
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I brought back a ton of jade, onyx, tiger eye, carnelion bracelets. Buddhist prayer rings...really cool...they are rings inside rings(they turn)
Laquer boxes, wall hanging pics, those cool bookmarks, a whole host of buddhist items that are unique to Korea....gave most of them away and sold some.
If I ever return I will probably send back tons of the stuff and sell it(made a nice profit)  |
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canuck in Ansan
Joined: 27 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Those rings sound cool, where do you get them? I don't think I've ever seen any (although I havent known to look for them) |
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anyway
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I take back some of the green seaweed sheets used for the kimbop. I tell my friends it's Korean toilet paper. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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That seaweed sheet stuff is the 'gim', brainiac. The white stuff inside is the 'bap'. 
I'm sorry, but you lived here for more than a couple weeks? How does this info escape you?  |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Why would you take back something easily available in any city with a sizeable Asian population? Most of my "take-home" purchases run to art and crafts. |
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pet lover
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: not in Seoul
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
That seaweed sheet stuff is the 'gim', brainiac. The white stuff inside is the 'bap'.
I'm sorry, but you lived here for more than a couple weeks? How does this info escape you? |
Considering how many different types of "gim" there are, I'd say "anyway" did a fair job of explaining exactly what kind he/she meant. And did it without being rude or condescending. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
cans of bondeggi
the best gag gifts, trust me, people love to get them! |
You got it first Van, that's what I always bring for my enemies back home. |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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a wife (to be), various traditional musical instruments, many cd's....
i arrived in korea with a suitcase and a guitar. i left with 2 suitcases, 3 large musical instrument cases (one was the same guitar), and 10 large boxes which i posted - each weighed between 15 and 20kg. all arrived safely after 2 months. |
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cornie_man
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Sparkling in Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| The clap. Oh no wait, that's Thailand. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| pet lover wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
That seaweed sheet stuff is the 'gim', brainiac. The white stuff inside is the 'bap'.
I'm sorry, but you lived here for more than a couple weeks? How does this info escape you? |
Considering how many different types of "gim" there are, I'd say "anyway" did a fair job of explaining exactly what kind he/she meant. And did it without being rude or condescending. |
You're right. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: They'll never know |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| Why would you take back something easily available in any city with a sizeable Asian population? Most of my "take-home" purchases run to art and crafts. |
Remember that episode of ER where the doctor bought some jewelry from a street vendor and told everyone she bought it in Africa?
When my mother lived in Dallas she still had me bring her stuff from the Mexican bakery in Kansas City. When I visited her in Ark City, KS she told me about a new Mexican bakery that was written up in the paper. We went to it together. She has never been back since.
I guess you have to buy it in Korea if your family is picking you at the airport and will notice if you sneak off to the local korean grocery. However if you can buy it in the states will they ever even know there is a Korean grocery in their home town?
When I go to Korea I'm going to miss the Mexican bakery.
-Jeff |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: What else? |
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| Chocolate kimchi. |
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