today we checked out of our hotell in Seoul, and started our slow move south towards Mokkpokk (Mopok..or Mokpok) and Busan, with a 3 day stay in Suwon
Suwon is just over 1 hour ride with the metro , south of Seoul. The metro system is absolutely huge and not to easy to navigate… For some strange reason there is not a lot of English going on.
we are somewhere inside the circle – and we are headed outside the circle.
We nailed it down to “Line 1” – that seems to usually have the colour blue. So now its just to figure out what direction – and then which of the different line-1 versions to take… Easy
We saw this sign overhead – and everything became crystal clear.
The thing is – Google maps dont work here. It will show you the map, show restaurants and sights n stuff.. but it do not provide any directions..walking, car og trains.. nothing. You have to use the NAVER App ..app… Thats pretty much same as Google maps, but a bit more tricky on language..
Anyways, we had to get og at a station, and get on the train behind..but we are calling it a win.. Metro was full, alleays, all the time – so 1 hour standing so Suwon.
Got a taxi from the train station to our air bnb, driver did not know where to go.. i did not know where to go and people we stopped along the way did not know anything – at least not where to go
this is because all these apps and Air BnB info is in English lettering, not the local signs – and lots of taxi driver have now clue about those letters. So. Note to self, bring address with local signs next time 🙂