The next adventure begins...
After this weekend's camping i had very little time to rest. With a great deal of nervousness I packed up my bags and grabbed my brand new passport.
Yesterday early early E dropped me off at the airport and I was off. Sitting in a seat for sixteen hours, plus a four hour layover in SFO was taxing, but I survived to arrive in Korea at 6pm the next day. Wait, wut? The hours don't add up... unless... I've also travelled into the future!!
AWESOME
so, some first thoughts on this strange alien future world that I'm touring:
1: You know that smell at the asian grocery? Everything smells like that here. I used to think it was the fish market in the back of the store. Now I know its the smell of Korea. You get used to it.
2: At the airport the taxi guys do not take "no" for an answer. Every 30 seconds someone asked me in a soft tone, "Where are you going?" I told them I was looking for someone, but they just stared at me blankly. I think those are the only four English words they knew. For that matter, I'm only guessing they were taxi drivers. Maybe they were sexual predators of something.
3: There are no billboards in Korea. No place along the highway can you see an ad. In fact, they put up cement walls on both sides so you can't see the cities or scenery either. Maybe to combat noise pollution? I don't know.
4: There are no semi trucks on the highway either. I know they have a developed rail system, but I'm surprised they don't utilize their roads for cargo like we do.
5: inside the city everyone drives like friggin maniacs, weaving in an out, driving on the sidewalk, whatever. Some places they didn't even bother to paint the lines on the road since nobody seems to use them. Also the city is so condensed there isn't any good place to park so Koreans will park any damn place they can find. Cars are up on the sidewalk, blocked three cars deep, taking up a whole lane of a two lane road. If there were parking laws enforced in this town the city would bank.
More to report later...
Yesterday early early E dropped me off at the airport and I was off. Sitting in a seat for sixteen hours, plus a four hour layover in SFO was taxing, but I survived to arrive in Korea at 6pm the next day. Wait, wut? The hours don't add up... unless... I've also travelled into the future!!
AWESOME
so, some first thoughts on this strange alien future world that I'm touring:
1: You know that smell at the asian grocery? Everything smells like that here. I used to think it was the fish market in the back of the store. Now I know its the smell of Korea. You get used to it.
2: At the airport the taxi guys do not take "no" for an answer. Every 30 seconds someone asked me in a soft tone, "Where are you going?" I told them I was looking for someone, but they just stared at me blankly. I think those are the only four English words they knew. For that matter, I'm only guessing they were taxi drivers. Maybe they were sexual predators of something.
3: There are no billboards in Korea. No place along the highway can you see an ad. In fact, they put up cement walls on both sides so you can't see the cities or scenery either. Maybe to combat noise pollution? I don't know.
4: There are no semi trucks on the highway either. I know they have a developed rail system, but I'm surprised they don't utilize their roads for cargo like we do.
5: inside the city everyone drives like friggin maniacs, weaving in an out, driving on the sidewalk, whatever. Some places they didn't even bother to paint the lines on the road since nobody seems to use them. Also the city is so condensed there isn't any good place to park so Koreans will park any damn place they can find. Cars are up on the sidewalk, blocked three cars deep, taking up a whole lane of a two lane road. If there were parking laws enforced in this town the city would bank.
More to report later...