Check out day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 of my trip with my parents!
For our fifth day we checked out of the hotel we had been staying at for the past four days and ventured out of Seoul. Since my father’s a pharmacist I decided to bring us to Daegu’s large herbal medicine market. We also took a stroll down the Deok street to get some of my mother’s favorite Korean snacks. I was surprised when we rode on Daegu’s subway to see that it has a coin-like token system separate from T-money. Individual fare tickets are coin-looking things which you put over a sensor like T-money and then drop in a hole at your destination.
After we were done with Daegu we headed on an express bus to Gyeongju where we would sleep and head out early to get in as much sightseeing the next day before starting our templestay experience. After leaving the Gyeongju express bus terminal a taxi driver tried to get me to go to the location where all the best hotels are but I told him no. He kept insisting there weren’t any close hotels, but I knew better. After walking no more than two blocks we found a decent hotel for a very good price. Good try taxi driver man. Good try.
My old stomping grounds.
There’s a really good chance I’ll be in Korea mid-late November for a friend’s wedding. I just need to talk with a few people before it’s 100%. I need to start figuring out exactly who I’m hanging out with and when… I’ll let you know. Maybe we can be a pair of white guys who actually know Korean dominating… whatever we come across.