안녕하세요!
Weather: Cloudy, ~23 degrees
These photos were around
~30 minutes to landing
Incheon airport is very large,
they use a subway transportation system to get to other parts of the airport
such as baggage collection.
Be sure not to be too late to
collect your luggage, or they will remove it from the assigned belt and to the
information desk of the airline you took. I was late…so I spent one hour
running back and forth between belts 1 to 23 (which are the first and last
belt) and the distance between these felt like 10 minutes apart! If you happen
to be late, just go to the airline’s information desk (I had to go to Korean
Air).
There are several ways you can
exit the airport – by the subway, bus, taxi, or car (if you have someone to
pick you up…)
My friend picked me up from the
airport, so I was lucky to have her guide me! A few of my Korean friends
suggested that it is best to take the subway, taking the taxi if you are alone
is not suggested…
To use the subway system, you can buy a transit card. Having one is very useful as it is reloadable, the transit fares will depend on your destinations – usually it will average about 1,000 ~ 1,200 KRW. You will have to scan the card when you enter and exit the gate (it will only charge your card when you enter.)
Click Here for a larger view of the subway map.
The line that you take from the airport is called “Airport Railroad.” Once you get to Gimpo International Airport Station, you are able to transfer to Line 5 or Line 9. The special symbol indicates that this station is a Transfer Station. If you are unsure what station you are at while riding the subway, just look out the window at the next station to see where you are, and locate it in the map above the subway doors.
Some trains have flashing lights to tell you your current location.
The line that you take from the airport is called “Airport Railroad.” Once you get to Gimpo International Airport Station, you are able to transfer to Line 5 or Line 9. The special symbol indicates that this station is a Transfer Station. If you are unsure what station you are at while riding the subway, just look out the window at the next station to see where you are, and locate it in the map above the subway doors.
Some trains have flashing lights to tell you your current location.
Some useful words in the subway:
왼쪽의 (wen-juk-e) – Left
옳은쭉의 (o-reun-juk-e) – Right
옳은쭉의 (o-reun-juk-e) – Right
My destination was Hapjeong Station
– this is where my guesthouse was before I moved into Gwanak. Here is a sample
of the signs in Korea – the subway system is very efficient and informative, I
learned how to use the subway very quickly, just follow the signs!
The numbers that look like: ①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨... indicate the exits.
There are two types of “numberings” that are useful to understand.
1. Subway Line – These will be numbered on the maps – they are
differentiated by colourful lines. The main line is Line 2 which is green. Each subway line travels into different
areas of South Korea.
2. Exit Location – These will be numbered on the signs above in
each station – they will guide you to exit toward the area you are trying to
get to. It is not a big problem if you do not leave the right exit because you
can just walk an extra block or so to go back to your location – but this would not be the same if you mix
the subway line numbers!! You will be far from your destined location!
After a one hour ride on the subway to Hapjeong Station, we finally arrived to the guesthouse.
Here is a picture of the guesthouse sign I stayed at! This guesthouse is
called Leo Guesthouse. Leo Guesthouse has three locations: Two in Hongdae and Young Deung Po.
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| Single Bedroom in Hongdae (Blue) Location |
The staff are very nice and welcoming. Whenever the owner saw me, he would ask how I am doing, what I did that day, and to get some rest. There is bread and toast with tea or coffee for breakfast from 7:00am - 11:00am. One towel is provided once per day per person.
The room is equipped with an air conditioner and a TV.
Each floor has one bathroom that is shared among other guests on the floor and you can do your laundry for 3,000 KRW.
I recommend this guesthouse, it was a nice stay.
If you are looking for a place to stay and would like to read
more about the guesthouse, visit
Finally, after a long day we went to 마포만두 (Mapomandu). It
is a small quick-serve restaurant that specializes in 만두 (Mandu) - which are Korean style dumplings. Do not bother to buy frozen ones! Eat here (or
any other restaurant in Korea) – the taste was delicious! We had 갈비만두 (Galbi mandu - short ribs dumplings). The prices for the dumplings were very affordable, around ~3,000KRW.
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| Here is a photo of their other items on the menu. |
디엔드!
That is all for today’s episode.
Thank you for reading!
That is all for today’s episode.
Thank you for reading!
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