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dee · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Birmingham

I just arrived in Ansan yesterday. This is my first time in Korea so if there's anyone close by (or close-ish) that would like to meet up some time then please feel free to pm me and we can sort something out.

Mr Crowley · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: Suwon

What part of Ansan are you living in? I am in Gojan dong, right next to Homever.

dee · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Birmingham

I know this is really lame but I'm not actually sure what the name of my town is. Here's the last past of my school's addrss:
Chojidong Danwongu Ansanshi Kyunggido.

I know I'm very close to a train station - which is possibly Gojan, I saw it walking around last night but didn't think to write the name down.

Mr Crowley · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: Suwon

You live very close to me. Can you see Homever from your place?

dee · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Birmingham

is that a store or something? I'm about two blocks from a small river/stream that runs under the train line.

vercs · Joined: 20 Jun 2006

Theres a hoarde of recovering alcoholics who meet at Beerplus in Handaeup (sp) every Wed and Fri for shits and giggles over many a jug. Always welcome.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

BeerPlus, is that for wholesale consumption! Although, if it's K-beer....forget it! Crying or Very sad

mumblebee · Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Location: Andong

There is a Yahoo group for foreigners in Ansan, I think it's called "Waeguks in Ansan", check it out.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

If you a girl there the Ladies' Lunch. And there's also a gathering

dee · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Birmingham

thanks very much everyone, I'll keep all this in mind. Perhaps after my visa run and first week at school is over with I'll pop by and have a beer with you (even if it is K'beer, which I just tried tonight and don't mind at all!).

Oh, and I'm just a little bit more clued up as to where I am now. I live very close to Choji Do Primary School, not far from Homever.

Thanks for all your replies, nice to know there's a little community of you close by.

ekim · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Location: Ansan, Korea

way_guks_in_ansan i think... i know it's spelled "way"

luvnpeas · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject:

I'm about two blocks from the 2001 Outlet store. I could definitely go for a beer.

I was just reading this article about beer, and noticed that Ansan supposedly has two microbreweries. I've never seen either one. Has anybody heard of Jung-ang Micro Brewery or German Brauhaus ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_cuisine#Alcoholic_beverages

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

To the OP, you are lucky because you are close to one of Korea's hidden gems, the maze of streets opposite Ansan station that contain a number of SE Asian and Indian eateries and supermarkets. Plenty of people to meet and talk to there as well, mostly factory workers in the area from those countries.

ekim · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Location: Ansan, Korea

I heard about the Ansan "Chinatown" from a Chinese MSN friend who used to live in Korea and started going there sometime a year ago. I couldn't believe my luck to live in Ansan with all that good food and foreign beer. I told a lot of people about it but everytime my coworker and I went we were the only non-Russian whities there. I moved away and started coming back on Friday night recently and two weeks ago must've seen like 15~20 English teachers strolling about. That's great and there're lots of new restaurants, too, but I'm just wondering what happened? When did everyone start catching on?

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

Fellow Ansanian (Ansaner? Ansanite?) here. Although I am more of a homebody nowadays, my arm has been known to be twisted ever-so-slightly to have a few beers. Barely a twist, really. More of a nudge...

And come spring/early summer, it'll be BBQ time, a very good time to know Hanson.