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[lllllllllllllll]

im going

didn't see you thur

anyone know where i can find frye boots in korea? looking for women's owen tall boots in particular

worst case scenario - endlessdotcom or amazon are my only choices

[billsayers]

I will visit Korea for business next Friday. Thinking about staying an extra couple of nights and leaving on Sunday.

I guess I could stay with family in Seoul but kinda want to be on my own too. Any good hotel recommendations aside from Park Hyatt or Ritz...don't really want to drop $600 for two nights.

[mrchariybrown]

if you want to stay in itaewon, the hamilton.

if you want to stay in gangnam, best western.

both are fairly cheap. < $150 a night and are good location-wise

[JDM]

or a love motel, if you can get past the idea of staying in a love motel

some are dope

[billsayers]

Been to plenty of Love Motels in Seoul...Sinsa, Sinchon, Jamsil. I agree some are nice but I don't like the idea of staying at one by myself.

Also, thanks for the hotel suggestions...I hate Itaewon with a passion so The Hamilton is out. Will check out Best Western availability.

[greasypeanut]

should just kick it a jjimjilbang, super cheap and you get to sleep in the same room with a lotta women!

[billsayers]

Decided not to stay the extra couple of days. Basically flying in at 5:45 AM on Friday and leaving at 8:00 PM the same day.

Will be in the air for 24 hours within a 38-hour span...working life sucks.

Also, would have never stayed at a jimjilbang...come on man, that response was not worth the time for you to type and for me to reply.

[lllllllllllllll]

for less than $15 a night, it's not bad...

[Guest umhaha84]

renaissance hotel at yuksam can be booked around $100 from priceline.com nameyourownprice shitt

[dismalfuture]

can stay at the Ritz for 100 and Park Hyatt on off-days for 230 as well. If you get on the internet, hotels here are not that expensive for what they are. They just want you to believe they're busy and booked out - the big hotels are just used as love motels for old rich dudes buying each other hookers anyway. There are far more hotel rooms than there are tourists for this place.

[ruach]

Always so impressed by protest banners in Korea.

[ke1]

Does anyone here know how Chung-ju is? My friend and I picked to live there for one of those 6-month teaching positions. I know it's more country-side, but is it too much country?

We could've been posted anywhere but my friend suggested chungju because:

1. it's in the middle of all the big cities (seoul, busan, etc.)

2. just the right amount of country/city so that it's not hectic 24/7 on the weekdays, or too boring.

Should I petition for another city?

[Guest umhaha84]

sung-nam????

it's right below seoul.

[greasypeanut]

u say in the middle of the seoul and busan like they're close. lol. i suggest newhere within gyeonggi-do. pref suwon if u dont wanna live in seoul. not living in a populated area is gonna get old REALLY fast.

[ke1]

I was under the impression they were 1-2 hours away, or at least that's what my friend told me. The thing is we're trying to experience what every big city has to offer, and I'd rather take 5 or 6 1-2 hour bus rides, rather than a 4 hour one just to get to busan.

Mainly I just want to know, is chungju so unpopulated, that I would get that bored of it (as opposed to seoul). Half of the reason I'm going is to have a time of introspection and whatnot, so if it's bearable, I wouldn't mind.

I haven't been to Korea since I was , so excuse my ignorance. Just looking for some useful advice.

[Guest umhaha84]

you got it wrong bro,stay somewhere near seoul or pusan otherwise it's gonna get old REAL fast.

btw it's only about 2 hour KTX ride (about $40 each way) from Seoul to Pusan

[ke1]

Ah christ.... the thing is, during the weekdays I'll be busy teaching, working out, kicking it with a friend. Drinking and getting fucked up is only for the weekends.

The only reason I'm so persistent is that my friend keeps reassuring me, but you guys make it out like it's hell.

[mrchariybrown]

The only reason I'm so persistent is that my friend keeps reassuring me, but you guys make it out like it's hell.

it will be.

hell, that is.

[greasypeanut]

+10000

but wait, are u korean? and speak korean? it might not be so bad. but for us non korean speaking folks, u begin to feel really isolated real fast

[ke1]

20 year old Korean who grew up in the states. Speak Konglish at home to my mom, and I can barely order food at restaurants.

My friend is teaching with me, and we'll most likely be living very close to one another, if not in the same apartment.

[dismalfuture]

lol, I live in the middle of the shittiest part of Seoul, and it's not hectic enough for me, weekday or weekend. Seoul is dead after midnight, I'd imagine anyplace else would literally be pitch dark and lights out by then. There is literally nothing going off in Korea on Sunday through Thursday, every dance floor is empty, every bar is empty, most 'cool' kids are at home saving money for the weekend, because all the girls have to work M-F and don't go out.

If you want to sit on a mountaintop and otherwise spend the rest of a year being accosted by Korean hicks, then living in Chungju would probably do well. If you want to be accosted by Korean hicks less often and not sit on top of a mountain, you should move to Seoul.

[thomas_highstreet]

sinchon always bumpin'

[mrchariybrown]

lol, I live in the middle of the shittiest part of Seoul

did you forget the existence of local great white whale habitat we like to call haebangchon?

[ke1]

So, I just had a video interview for a final review. Doesn't look like I'll be able to transfer to a less hellish and hick-like location after all.

This fucking sucks. We'll do it live! Fuck it!

[mrchariybrown]

may god be with you.

[thomas_highstreet]

you will have fun anyway. koreas cheap and youll save even more being in the sticks.. can stil come to seoul on the weekends anyway, or hang out by the biggest university in your city and chat up the local uni beezies.

[Liam123]

Hi folks.

Me and two friends are going to study in Seoul in the fall. We are just staying for 6 months. What are the opportunities to rent a apartment for foreigners? Is there someone you can talk to, such broker, etc. We really don't want to live on campus, seems to be very strict.

Grateful for any response!

[ubiquitous]

hey guys just figured I'd throw this out there. Does anyone have recommendations for good recruiting programs for teaching? My university career center has a shitload of stuff posted but they don't filter them and don't have reviews of the services. I've started researching but there are...needless to say a lot of them so if anyone has experience with a particularly good one that'd be cool hah

[ke1]

I don't know if this is what you're specifically looking for, but TaLK is a legitimate program that I'll be attending this spring.

www.talk.go.kr if you need more info.