>Born in Seoul >Adopted to America less than a year old

Perhaps check out some temples and go to the border of DPRK

/trv/ needs more SK threads

Why are so many Koreans adopted by Americans? Is Korea in fact a third world country or something?

Install KakaoTalk, too.
If you are worried about being alone... I cannot relate to that, there are always people chatting to me, esp. in Asia.
But you can always tentatively plan things like a cooking class or dance class to be around people, and then maybe cancel it later.

consider going to a
sauna,
lotte amusement park
shooting range
animal cafe (cats,dogs)

Being born in the South you are legally required to serve in army.
Enjoy being pressganged for conscription.

I'm at LAX right now waiting for my flight to Korea. I'm gonna be there for a month, so maybe we could work something out?

I'm in a similar situation. I was born in Seoul but raised in America but I do visit every couple years and have a lot of family there. Last summer was the first time I went as an "adult" and I had fun using tinder. Go to hongdae for partying, tons of cool museums/palaces if you're into that, and dongdaemun/edae for shopping.

>>1214772
OP probably has an American citizenship bc he got adopted. Then you don't have to serve. Duh.

>>1214619
I'm going to check out a temple or two but that's not really my thing. The DPRK is something I just want to stay away from lol.

>>1214659
Will do.
Are the tours worth it? I was thinking about booking a food tour for the first day I'm there.

>>1214770
oohh korean hotbath/sauna is something i've been meaning to look into.
lotte looks expensive/crammed from all the clips and info i've looked into.
shooting range?
yes @ animal cafe.

>>1214772
I have a US citizenship. Korea doesn't have an "abduct former Korean national borns" program lol.

>>1214800
Yeah sure! Where in Seoul are you? My hostel is in Itaewon. I was torn between Itaewon and Hongdae/That university area(?)

>>1214802
correct.

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Thanks for the responses anons

>>1214658
Used to be one of the poorest in the world after Korean war. After that they suffered through dictatorships, on North Korea level. So people still needed to give away their kids until the 80s

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Seoul is a really great city. A lot of things to do. I really liked their military museum (also it's free!). Even if you're not that much into history and weapons it's pretty cool.
I also recommend that you check out couchsurfing and post your trip there. I meet up with some university students that were practicing English, had picnic with a young married couple that showed random people around a few times per month, went to a hot pot night.

seoul is an architectural eyesore, the streets smell like garbage, and is sort of an overall shithole. the food is also pretty shitty. there are much more interesting megacities in asia.

>>1214857
Are you in the ROK family registry? Did you formally renounce your ROK citizenship?

>>1214857
>Itaewon
This is a shithole, but might be your best bet for english speaking bars and clubs. I recommend Hongdae, Sinchon or any major university area to meet people.

You can head into any smaller bar or restaurant and people are usually friendly to foreigners. If you are asian looking and can't speak the language you can expect a bit of racism, just deal with it.

Personally I had friends in the universities so I just crashed their sports clubs. I joined a badminton club and the gym society. Was great way to meet friends. Your stay might b ea bit short to do it but it's an alternative to drinking and eating every night.

Other than that, a week isn't particularly long if you already have some tinder dates lined up.

sauce, lived there a year. living in china now.

>>1214618
Are you hot/tall? I have a Canadian friend that will probably put our for you

>>1214868
I was planning on checking out the museum for an afternoon.

Idk about the couch surfing. Seems like a longshot.

>>1215141
gtfo

>>1215149
No and yes. I was adopted at 5 months old.

>>1215436
I'm short and average. I'm not looking for that in Korea. I just want to meet people and experience the area without being on my own the entire time [I figure locals are better at showing me around anyways]

When in March are you coming to Seoul?

If the timing's right, I can show you around on a weekend.

I'm a Korean guy who spent some time abroad in Canada for a few years.

if you have no connnection to korean culture, just go to tokyo. same megacity feel, but objectively better than seoul. you can stay in tokyo for a month and not run of things to do, whereas one day in seoul and you've seen everything there is to see. japan offers literally everything korea offers to travelers except the japanese version is much better.

>>1215777

lol shut up

>>1215777
Why do you post this in every thread?

>>1215777
Do you really think a Korean guy would be welcome in Japan?

Have you considered visiting your biological family?

>>1215691
March 22-28

>>1215935
No record/idea where they are. My understanding is my biological father disappeared/left my biological mother and she couldn't afford to support me. They could both be dead for all I know.

Where can I find a store that sells pornography in Seoul?

sk general?

>>1217145
You can't

It's illegal

>>1217238
This is why Japan is better

i can't fathom why anyone who go to a place that's just as shitty and dirty as china but more expensive and with even less culture and no worthwhile sightseeing. Just go to actual china or japan for fucks sakes.

>be Korean
>Get poisoned

>>1217266
But Japanese porn is censored.

It's still communist horseshit.

tfw regretting going to Korea instead of staying in Japan a few more days

>>1217422
At least Japan has porn. Korea blocks porn sites.

>>1217275
Yes but then you have to be surrounded by chinese people. It's just a deal breaker, quite honestly.

>>1217570
Why would you go to Korea to watch pirn?

>>1214618
At least go to North Korea if you have to go to Korea anyway. It's an unique experience that you can have nowhere on earth. Also it's only a matter of time before the North Korean government collapses so this is basically a once in a lifetime chance to see a "real dictatorship" in your life.

For example the biggest regret my father had was not visiting east-germany when he had the chance to go and experience the Stasi life before the Berlin wall fell.

Visit all the palaces and temples (경복궁 etc)
Go to the big parks
Go to a cat cafe

Honestly i was for 5 months in Korea and haven't been bored a single day. Practice a bit of korean and people will love your effort

>>1218118
If he's born in Seoul he won't be allowed to go to DPRK. Anyone who is suspected of having Korean ancestry won't be given a visa.

I prefer Busan to Seoul. Jeju is nice but it might be too cold for the beach now. Go to Jinhae near Busan during the cherry blossom bloom, it's beautiful.

>>1214658
>Why are so many Koreans adopted by Americans?
The whole Korea thing changed the stance of adoption in US. Used to be taboo as fuck to adopt a kid before adopted koreans became a thing.

>>1218821

Seconding this. Busan is my favorite by far.

I don't know how you could manage to get bored in korea in a week. I was there for 5 weeks for a study abroad and didn't even get through half of my list of things to do.

>>1214658
Korea used to be third world till the miracle on the River Han, but they still had dictators, and the lives of the poor still sucked so they've been giving away kids for a long time

>>1214658
Bloodlines are really important, adopting a kid unrelated to you is very unpopular there.

>>1219405
I have a tons of things written down, I'm sure I'm way over estimating how quickly these things will happen.

>>1214772
I think you're confused with Israel anon. I might also be wrong though

>>1214658
In addition, to what has already been said, until the collapse of the USSR and the famine in the 90s, North Korea was by all accounts doing better than South Korea.

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>>1219727
>bloodlines are really important
>everyone has the same fucking last name

Can anyone recommend some weird music venues? I'm an exchange student at Yonsei but I've been having a helluva hard time finding noise/experimental/outsider/extreme stuff, like basically nothing at all even in hongdae

A Korean woman who I met last year has invited me to visit her in Seoul. I know next to nothing about South Korea. Do you recommend I go? I've never been in Asia.

>>1220866
Of course. Getting to see a new country is always fantastic, and it seems like you have a place to stay for your visit. Seems much cheaper than a trip to most major Asian cities would be, and who would be a better tour guide than a local?

>>1221056
Fuck yean dude. Do it. Live it up in Hongdae and Gangnam. If you have a chance visit Busan too.

You can learn how to read korean in less than a day. Srs. It'll be useful.

>>1221063
Meant for>>1220866

>>1217275
Seoul is more modern and full of life than almost every city in the world.

You would know that if you had spent any time there.

Is it possible to do a day trip to Busan from Seoul?

>>1221063
>Hongdae, Gangnam, Busan
What can I do in these places?

Also, tips for day trips from Seoul?

>>1221266
I think the ktx can get you there in like 2 hours but its pricey

>>1221833
Go check out the DMZ, that's what I'm going to do when I'm there. It's not far from Seoul, but book in advance (month minimal)

Yo gunna be in korea for all of april if anyone wants to meet up.

>>1222629
What city?

I'm travelling between Tongyeong and Busan.

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Seoul is REALLY boring city.
A huge pile of shit.

>>1222883
true story. fuck korea. the best travel advice in the world for anyone that wants to go to south korea is: go to Japan instead.

>>1214857
Itaewon is def a shithole.

Lotteworld was fun and cute and I think I paid lke $30 to get in on a student ticket that came with a free beer. They also had a 'korean cultural' museum.

Go to gyeongbok for sure. Eat some Sinseons Seollangtang. Get Samgyepsal, maybe some spicy chicken hot pot. I enjoyed it. Visit Hongdae for sure. I went to Dragon Hill jimjilbang, was nice. Try to visit Dongdaemun for shopping/browsing. Also advise trying to pick up a 4D film if you've never done that.

Also Korea's public transit is about 100% better than Tokyo/Japan's. It was nice. I did prefer Japan to Korea myself, but I lived in Korea for 6 months. It's clear that OP wants to explore his heritage so I hope it's a fulfilling trip for you, anon.

>>1222809
gimpo, its west of seoul

>>1222883
its for images like this that i want to go so bad

>>1222961
>heritage
What heritage lol? Korea used to be a part of China for all of its history before Japan took over and pulled them out of the Stone Age (a feat for which the Koreans have still not given thanks). If you want culture and heritage, go to the original, not a shitty copy.

>>1223043
totally agree with this. although it is fun to go see the monument to the comfort women even if it is fake news.

>>1223043
It's big enough of a feat to keep a language alive during hundreds of years of oppression, even if the current version is full of foreign words. Just stay in China and Japan, and shut your mouth.

>>1223043
This is like the 'America doesn't have a culture' meme. Just because a country is part of or influenced by another region or is like something you know, doesn't mean it doesn't have a culture. Even different regions of the same country are different.

>>1223085
>the current version is full of foreign words
There's this wave going around where Koreans are going out of their way to use specific Korean words, and avoiding the Japanese versions as much as possible.

Vegetables
>Japanese: yasai
>Japanese-Korean: yache
>Korean: choiso

Fish cakes
>J: oden
>J-K: odeng
>K: eomuk

Lipstick
>J: kuchibeni
>J-K: guchibeni
>K: lipstick

These Japanese-inspired words have been admittedly ingrained into the Korean language for many years, so much so that many Koreans over the age of 30 are comfortable with it. But there's this fringe group that's trying to revolutionize the Korean language. They want to make it their own again, not some Japanese bastard child.
>you can even see reality TV shows where celebrities use Japanese-based words, and the subtitles/captions will show the Korean version

>>1220162
nah the chinese characters are different. there are different clans of each last name.

most people have a family tree book or at least a relative of them has one

>>1215141
This, Korea is only good for its comfort women.

>>1223186
My friend who taught English in Korea said the kids refused to say they went to karaoke, even the Americanized pronunciation. They all said they went to the singing box

>>1223186
I love how you and Koreans both count English as more Korean than Japanese. lol

But I see what you mean. And it's also a reason why I think it's real hard work to keep a language alive.

All I'm hearing is that koreas only good for eating drinking and fucking, which you can do pretty much in any country that's not Muslim.

Get over it. There's absolutely nothing special about South Korea as a travel destination and 95% of people who have been to both prefer Japan for a fucking reason. It's because Japan is incredible to travel in and south Korea is smelly, dirty, and gray. All of which would be forgivable if it wasn't so fucking boring with so little to do and see.

>>1223607
I think I've seen this post before. Oh yeah, I saw it here: >>1223022

I don't give a shit that you dislike Korea. But goddammit, get some new material.

>>1223737
Basement-dwelling autistic NEET virgins have a lot of time on their hands.

>>1223739
If they have a lot of time on their hands, then they can use that time to come up with something new.

>>1223737
lol are you a butthurt trans korean?

>>1223186
This post makes me happy.

>>1223737
He does it every thread. He's got some slight mental illness. He didn't even visit Korea and he's saying the same stuff every time. Fascinating man in such a weird way.

>>1222961
Thank you

>>1223043
Do you cry yourself to sleep every night


Thanks to the rest of the anons. Glad this is still going. And for troll-anon for bumping this for me since I don't post very often.

One week count down!

>>1224732
>cough

So... What actually is there to do except sight seeing? I come to Korea every summer since my family is Korean, and is there anything to do rather than looking at historical monuments and palaces? (I've done these as a child)

Most other things look like you need friends or other people with you... and I don't have many. If so, where do I meet people?

>>1225103
I go out clubbing and hit up pubs by myself and talk to people 80% of the time. That's how I make new friends or pick up qts.

If you lack confidence and charm for that try facebook interest groups, they're boundless.

I have 5 days in Seoul and i made a list of the places to visit but i don't know in which order i should visit them, since most of are close to each other. For Friday i'm thinking about

Samsung Museum of Art
Itaewon in general
Yongsan Park
National Museum of Korea
War Memorial of Korea

Anything else should i do while i'm that area ?

>>1221266
Busan is great famalam. Stayed there for three months and the only reason why i'm in Seoul now is because my visa is expiring soon and i feel obliged to visit Seoul while i'm in Korea.

You should spend a week minimum, KTX costs around 70.000w ($65 roughly). I took an express bus from Busan to Seoul for 34000w that took 5hr to get here

recommendations for places other than seoul, busan and jeju?

>>1225114
Tongyeong Islands if you like nature,
Cherry Blossom Festival in Jinhae

The only things I thought were memorable about Korea were how much trash there were on the streets compared to Japan and just how smelly it was.

>>1225126
Thanks! the cheery blossom festival looks great

>>1215832
Guessing he got rejected by a korean girl or didn't get laid as easily as he thought he would in Korea.

>>1216748
Do you ever think of living in Korea?

>>1223607
This seems to be my experience. Drinking is cheap, food is good quality, and girls like the white devil. Then again, I am an uncultured American soldier who was not impressed by Korean history, which just seems to be a long list of being occupied and fucked by outsides and bitching about having no natural resources.

>>1225104
Where do you find people that speak English? I only found them in Itaewon and Gangnam. I'm in Uijeonbu now and wonder if there's a method to finding English speakers.

>>1226101
I'm in Busan. I go to Thursday Party or any of the clubs in Seomyeon. In Seoul most big hubs lile you mentioned speak perfect English for the most part.

Tbh I speak korean to make them laugh first and usually if they want to speak English with you they'll approach first in my experience. If they don't speak English it doesn't even matter just do fun shit and speak bits of Korean.

If you're going lookin for booty go alone or with one friend. Even better if he's korean. Perfect wingman and translator. The girls will be less nervous about their English level too when there is some one to bridge the language gap.

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Guys will there really be a war? I booked my tickets to SK a week ago

>>1226099
japan is objectively superior.

I'm trying to check out south Korea as a possible place to visit, any blogs i should look into?

>>1226260
http://us.jnto.go.jp/top/index.php

>>1214857
Hongdae so much fun, hold this L for choosing to stay in Itaewon

>>1226217
They've been at war for 70 years now

>>1225103
>>1225106
>>1226101
>>1226217

Will you anons be in Seoul from 21-27?

My email is [email protected] if you email me there I'll send my real email.

>>1226278
I leave tomorrow! Ahhh

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I just found out the girl I like is seeing someone.

Are 10 days in a hostel in seoul at the end of june the right cure? Or would I just end up being bored and miserable?

>>1226667
Come to busan for a few days at least too. KTX is less than 3 hours.

>>1226763
>busan
I totally could: what is there to do there?

>>1226775
Seomyeon
Gwangan
Haeundae
Nampo/Jagalchi

Those are the main areas. Shopping(street shopping in Nampo), beaches, cafes, plenty of pretty girls showing dem legs, clubs, pubs, good food.

I recommend learning Hanguel before coming. It helps so much.

>>1226775
>>1226883
Also if you're interested there are pretty temples and the old governor's building during ww2 if you like history. They have english audio files available.

>>1226278
I leave in one hour. At Incheon now
Fuck, I had the best 3 months of my life in Busan. I don't know why but I didn't really enjoy the 6 days I spent in Seoul.

>>1222629
I'm trveling alone to Seoul 5th of april, we can meet up if you want

It's incredible how deluded Koreaboos are about their shitty, worthless country.

>>1227590
:)

>>1227590
It's incredible how resilient shitposters are.

>>1227757
But everything he's saying is true. I have never met a traveler who's been to both countries that preferred South Korea. In fact I've never encountered a serious traveler who thought South Korea was all that interesting. I've found Japan to be UNIVERSALLY acclaimed as a destination by travelers that's been there.

>>1228066
You think a complete stranger on the internet is telling the truth because you have anecdotal evidence to back it up. Are you trying to get me to take you seriously?

Okay. I've been to South Korea and Japan. Hell, I've been to Japan more than South Korea. I don't particularly care for either of them, and I wouldn't recommend either. I think Hong Kong & Macau are way better. Add that to your data.

>>1228066
I've been to both and prefer Korea's food and nightlife. Japan was better during the day though. You're really close minded though, I'd work on that.

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Dutch exchange student here in Seoul. Will be here until 25 August.

A few things worth sharing;

Kakaomaps (daummaps) or naver maps (korean only unlike kakaomaps) works better than google maps.

naver translate (papagoo on android) works better than google translate for translating stuff.

Get a T-Money card, saves you a lot of time.

If you are for longer than a week in Seoul I recommend climbing the bukhansan mountain. If not tackling one of the many Seoultrail courses.

>>1228066
I actually do prefer Korea over Japan, been in both few times.

>>1228140
I've also been to both extensively for business and personal travel. Everything he's saying about Korea vs. Japan rings true. Japan is just a straight up cleaner, more pleasant, more rewarding place to visit. The countryside and national parks in Japan blow the dull, crappy scenery in Korea out of the water too.

>>1228140
>anecdotal evidence

What do you think human experiences are? Show some statistics and studies concerning Seoul vs Tokyo to everyone if you're gonna rag on anecdotal evidence.

>>1228140
>>1228394
Btfo. Get over it. Japan is OBJECTIVELY superior in every catagory, not just as a travel destination and always will be.

>>1214618
instead of tinder try hellotalk app. it's a language exchange app that's free for downloading. it's supposed to be used for education purposes but there are many university students which mingle on there and are generally easy to ask out. I managed to meet 2 local girls using it

when I visited sk as a student in 2015 I found tinder to be pretty ineffective for meeting girls. most of them swipe and reply twice before ignoring you.

>>1228765
Tinder works just fine in Korea. Busan and Seoul at least.

Were you not trying to organize a meeting soon after chatting? Most of my day time dates are filled with exclusively tinder, night time is pub and clubs girls.

>>1228449
Objectively and subjectively are different words man i think you got them mixed up. Also you use the same vocabulary in every single thread you shitpost in. I'd recommend broadening your English language abilities.

>>1228870
Probably because I was in gwangju I was only in Seoul for about 3 days

>>1229005
Ah yeah that'll do it. I live in Tongyeong. But bus up to Busan every weekend. I boost and match tinder while there. Then organize dates for the following week, or same day stuff.

I will say that even though girls that are dtf do exist on korean tinder, a lot are expecting standard korean dating protocol.

Best girls I've met were in person at the Thursday Party places or clubs without a cover charge. Dudes are so thirsty at standard clubs it makes the whole environment different.

Anyone have more insight on visiting Korea vs Japan? I'm just assuming that one anon is right and probably gonna just go to Japan. But if anyone has anything more to say. Planning to book tickets to one of the two in a little while.

>>1229027
It could be that I'm Australian Asian and white washed af with a shitty tinder picture

>>1223554

Sing box sounds 1000x cooler than karaoke.

>>1214618
>>1214618
OP here. Thank you all for posting/your help/general contributions. I had maybe the best week of my life in Seoul. It was amazing. I was terrified of being in a foreign country alone and unable to communicate the language but I was able to get by in solo travels but also met a ton of people/made friends. Mostly from the hostel but also just out and about.

I stayed a GGuesthouse (not guesthome). It's a hostel I highly recommend and would go to again. It is maybe 200 feet from the subway, and within a two minute walk of the majority of bars/clubs in the area. Extremely convenient location, great people, and the staff are great. The shower situation is kind of a drag but it's not that big a deal if you plan for it. LIke any hostel bring ear plugs.

I did see some of the local history, the palace, tower, the national museum, and did some shopping at gangnam. but easily the best part of the entire trip was just meeting people and going out drinking/dancing. like someone else said, just be moderately aggressive and go up to someone and you'll have a 100% conversion rate at a decent conversation. in the hostel they sold beer so in the common room i'd just offer to buy someone a beer, we'd drink, and i grew two pretty significant sized groups this way. maybe 8ish people in each one where we would go out and party.

>>1228188
wish I saw this two weeks ago...

>>1228394
the burden of proof is the aggressor and the one suggesting that his contrarian opinion is the right one.

my anecdotal experience is seoul was the best week I've ever had in my life. That doesn't mean Seoul is for everyone or it'd be the best for everyone and relying on anecdotal experience for a scientific argument is pretty stupid.

>>1228449
I'm pretty confident you're just trolling, but in the case you're not, I think you really need to learn some perspective. I don't understand why you'd spend so much time in a Korea thread to talk about how much you hate Korea.

>>1228765
my buddy i met there said the same thing. I never got around to using it but makes sense. he got some dates with some pretty hot women there that way.

also another note, I was blown away with the average attractiveness + top end beauty of korean women. From behind honestly I'd even sometimes see a woman and think she looks great, go up to here and see she's like 40 lol.

that and I surprisingly enjoyed the fashion in Korea and how Koreans were more proactive with what they wear and looking good.

What company does the best tours of the JSA?

>>1231514
Hey OP! I posted earlier in the thread about meeting up, but I couldn't really figure out proxy shit and posting once I got to Seoul (lol). Sorry couldn't meet you up, but I am so glad you had a great time! I had a good time too, I just got back last Tuesday. Did you check out the protests? It was one of the coolest experiences I got to have.

>>1232170
Not original poster but would also like the answer to this.

Hey OP! Glad to hear that you had a great time. How much did the trip cost you? Like all the expenses you had, and the flight.

Seoul can get pretty boring.
Don't get me wrong, its a phenomenal city : wonderful food, cool architecture, clean,modern...

But still it can feel boring to a foreigner, i stayed in a goshiwon near sinchon for about 3 months ( so not the worst place ) and even after trying everything i could i felt bored.

Its really hard to meet koreans really get a connection.

I'm going in May to see my exbf. I guess I was thinking about doing some shopping while there.

Where are some brilliant cheap tech markets?

>>1231514
>the best part of the entire trip was just meeting people and going out drinking/dancing

> in the hostel they sold beer so in the common room i'd just offer to buy someone a beer, we'd drink, and i grew two pretty significant sized groups this way. maybe 8ish people in each one where we would go out and party

That's what travellers do in literally any city in the world where you have hostels and travellers willing to have fun. You must have not travelled very much, which is why meeting people in a hostel and drinking seems so incredible and novel to you.

That's not an experience specific to Korea. None of what you said refutes the argument that there is nothing that really distinguishes Korea as a travel destination.

Just go to Japan instead, where you can have the above experience PLUS clean city streets, courteous people, sightseeing that's not ugly bullshit like it is in Korea, much better food, more civilized acting people, actual culture...

Need I go on?

Korea is B O R I N G.

>>1232348
>Need I go on?
Judging from your posts, you must

>>1232349
maybe he feels the need to keep going on because he bring actual arguments to the table and all you koreafags have on your side is ad hominem.

>>1232353
Not an argument. OP wanted things to do in Seoul, no one asked whether to go there in the first place

>>1232313
>Its really hard to meet koreans really get a connection.

it wasn't for me.

>>1232317
not most of gangnam. I found things were significantly more expensive there.

>>1232348
Okay, it's true about the hostel part, but the rest is simply wrong. I met more people walking around there than I had anywhere else I've traveled.

>
Just go to Japan instead, where you can have the above experience PLUS clean city streets, courteous people, sightseeing that's not ugly bullshit like it is in Korea, much better food, more civilized acting people, actual culture...

The streets in Korea were cleaner than any American city I've been in. Hard to imagine any major city being any cleaner.

I will agree that people werent' as courteous as I hoped but I think half of that was because I don't speak Korean. The handful of sight seeing I did was gorgeous. The food was amazing and extremely cheap. I repeatedly found myself thinking "this would be 2-3 times more expensive in America". People were plenty civilized. "Actual culture" is just about as stupid as saying "Actual people"

Korea isn't boring. You're just annoying and for whatever reason completely biased and/or trolling and I need to remind myself to stop wasting time on you.

>>1232353
You've been samefagging this entire time. you're not fooling anyone.

>>1232556
now that your standards have been set so low, your mind will be really blown once you get around to visiting japan

>>1232353
You don't provide any arguments. You say the same thing every thread. You have limited vocabulary. You never post details because you haven't really travelled much.

I'm really in doubt right now. I want to go to Taiwan and I want to go to Korea, but I'll probably have to choose between one of the two. I'll go in June and I have three weeks to spend probably. I love to do all kinds of stuff, but I'm mostly really crazy about food, culture and people. Maybe it's even an option to visit Taiwan for one week by booking a flight from Korea, but I don't think that a week would be enough to see everything I want in Taiwan. So this is what I know/think:

Taiwan
>Night markets are wonderful
>Enormous variety in food, also really tasty
>Friendly people
>Beautiful nature
>More adventurous

Korea
>Seoul is a wonderful metropolis
>Interesting culture
>I know a girl in Korea who wants to be my guide
>lots of interesting restaurants
>better weather
>Flight would be cheaper

You guys have some advice for me maybe? I mean, I think Taiwan is more interesting maybe, but I've been wanting to go to Korea for years now because of their interesting modern culture. Also the fact that a local wants to be my guide really makes it interesting.

>>1232834
You worry too much

>>1232838
You're right. My gut feeling says Taiwan so I should probably choose for Taiwan.

>>1232170
>>1232267
yeah 3rd anon, would also like to know answer

>>1232834
I've been to both, and really I'd say it comes down to what you want. If your gut feeling says Taiwan then go for it, though I'm not saying Korea is shit or anything. You say you like food, culture, and people, Taiwan has cheap as fuck good food, and I'd say friendlier people in general. Culture comes down to preference though, and if you really love Korean food then that's a better option. For what it's worth I'm a bigger fan of Taiwan.

I've personally also been saving up to go to korea for a month(don't speak korean either)

I was thinking of staying in a goshiwon. does anyone here have experience staying in goshiwons? can you book a room in advance or what. is payment up front, or on departure? I heard they're about 300-400 dollars per month, is this a realistic estimate?

>>1232615
can you just fuck off back to /a/ ?

>>1232170
>>1232267
>>1232919
Bump on this please

If I'm getting a Korailpass, should I bring my creditcard when I come to redeem it or just use it for paying online? I.e. should I bring my creditcard to Korea for it or not?

>>1233035
I have plenty of experience with them.
You can book the room in advance online by emailing them but the payment in made when you arrive.

They will just write your name on a small receipt with the price and the expiration date.
When your days are over you can take extention ( i took 2 weeks 2 times and the guy didn't seem bothered at all)

There always seem to be some kind of availability.

Protip : even if they are more expensive try to get a window that goes outside, trust me it can save your life in these.

>>1215141
i like seoul but this guy is still right

>>1232834
It's pretty much universal traveller consensus that when it comes to the developed asians countries, Taiwan and Japan are a league above Korea when it comes to places to visit.

i went to korea in december. best 2 weeks of my life. i want to go back later this month. there was so much to do. dont let the weebs tell you its boring. im sure japan is super fun but korea is awesome

>>1234337
how much of what you did didn't involve eating, drinking or fucking? are you a degenerate? degenerates and delulu koreaboos are the only demographics I've seen that seem to enjoy korea as a destination.

>>1234337
plz write more concretely.

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>>1234412
eating is one of the main things to do anywhere tho. but besides those things i did a little bit of sight seeing. but mainly i just went to see what it would be like to live there. i just kept it pretty casual the whole time. im not really a huge degenerate i only hungout with one girl for like one day. i can see how it would be super fun for someone who isnt really into the culture though. im pretty into korean media and stuff so it was really fun for me to go to all the places ive seen and heard about. but if you dont really know much about asia i probably wouldnt go there first

>>1234467
I'm sorry, is there something you would like me to elaborate on?


pic related is from hongdae. fun area with a lot of fun people. seoul in december is the most comfy place ive ever been in my life

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>>1214618
how much money should one plan on spending on surviving 2 weeks in seoul. not including accommodations

>>1234706
not counting plane ticket or hostel i probs spent 300-400 usd in 2 weeks. matters how you like to live though you can spend next to nothing if you really want