Sloppy Chic

On our 4th day in Seoul on our own, we started to get around in Seoul on buses and Subway. A friend in Korea told us that it is essential to get a T-Money card (for buses, subway, paid phone) first before anything else.

So, once we saw a GS25 (like 7-11), we hopped in to get a T-Money card, it is for sale at 2500 Won with zero credit. Of course, you can reload it there and then or do it at the subway station.

Firstly, walk to the nearest Subway station to you and look for a machine like this. The nearest subway to our Myung Dong Hotel Biz is Euijiro 3(sam)-ga. Ga is like …road.

The machine to reload your T-Money card. 

OH ENGLISH!

You can select the language here but it is actually quite unnecessary.

Then place your T-Money card on the slot.

For the locals, they actually have various  styles for this card. Some comes in a form of a small handphone strap which you can just attach it to your phone, and some are only the size of a memory stick. Totally cool!

Now, select the amount to reload. For a span of 4 days, we used up 20,000 Won each on T-Money card alone.

New amount will be shown on the screen and you are done!

Now, check where you are going.

The map is a little confusing as everything is in Korean, except for some names of the places you will see Chinese or English name.  So, make sure you see the signs and which level to go correctly.

The largest subway station I was at had 3 or 4 interchange! Which also means 3 or 4 levels of stairs to climb!!!

The advertisement at the subway. God I miss the sausages there already!

And, that’s not all!

You can even make calls to local number FOR FREE at the digital phone booth next to the digital map stand!I discovered this free phone thing when I was trying to call my friend. However, International numbers will not be able to get through.

Next to the digital phone is the digital map. You can search for landmarks, or roads, or buses number to a certain place on the map. It is REALLY convenient, HOWEVER, it’s ALL in Korean

Then, you can practically find at least one local brand skincare store at every subway station!

Hello Skin Food!

That’s about the basic way of getting around in Korea, stay tuned next for my adventure to Everland!

p/s: I spent about an hour just to look for the bus stop for direct bus to Everland just because I could not speak nor understand Korean!