mother of god.

They're going to be playing Badugi for sure, probably seven card stud, what others?

Def feel like practising these games and killing it when open.. Koreans are horrible horrible gamblers...

I would imagine they'd be playing straight Hold'em. It's pretty much all they play at the underground rooms that I know of.

ya heard it will just be LHE when it starts.

Hey Dogarse, or anyone else, can you give me some advice about this? Much appreciated


Plane ticket to Seoul booked for Apr 24 btw

I had to give my landlady 1 million won key deposit only because I have 1 dog and 2 cats. Bigger cities it can run you more. Not sure tbh.
Japan visa run is fine. You can even do the boat from Busan to Japan if you want. Slower and cheaper.
Just make sure you get the lease in writing and you should be fine. Take a Korean person to verify it with you.

Hey Rederator,

sorry for the late reply. I've been in Vietnam and didn't want to reply on my phone. How long have you been in Whistler for? My sister lived there for 3 years and was a manager at the Longhorn Tavern, you probably know her. Haha. Anyway

Very reliable. AFAIK Candians (if you're Canadian) can get 6 month tourist visas on arrival (at least they could in 2003, you better double check it) but they have to request it otherwise they'll just be stamped with the 3 month. Boat from Busan to Fukuoka (Japan) is cheap and easy. You can get a 2 night hotel package for about $200, you can even just get the morning ferry over, chill in the terminal for a couple of hours and get the afternoon ferry back (which I did twice many years ago).

Getting back in, easy. 6 month lease, possibly a little more difficult. What's your budget and what kind of place are you looking for? 6 month lease is very unusual here, I was asking my girlfriend about it and she was saying that the super expensive brand new apartments will do it and also cheap, one room, semi furnished, studio apartments will do it. If you're looking for something in between it might take a little searching and finding someone who is desperate to rent out their apartment ASAP.

I pay with a bank to bank transfer from my Korean account. Not sure how you will do it. With a 6 month lease I'm hoping you can find a place with no key money that will just accept 2 months rent upfront. I managed to find a place like this when I first came here and was on a tourist visa however I don't think the arrangement was very official.

Yes. Count on it (having trouble that is).

If you have an amicable land lord then you may be able to arrange something but I don't see it as especially likely. If I were you I would count on doing a second visa run (as I said earlier, it's cheap and fast) and giving your self a little bit of extra time at the end of the 6 months to make sort everything out.

Just been in Whistler for 5 months, absolutely love it. Planning on staying in Asia for 6mo, then back here for some more powder

My budget's whatever. I want to spend ~$700 for rent, but I could go higher (I hear Busan is quite a bit cheaper than Seoul.) A studio apartment would be awesome for me. All I need is a bed to sleep and a desk to grind .

That's awesome that I can get a place without key money. I also changed my mind, and only want to start with a 3 month lease, in case I want to go somewhere else. Hopefully this won't be too much harder.

What's the best way to find a place like this? Also, any recommendations for places to stay in Busan?

Thanks a lot for your help by the way

I can't say about Busan but on Jeju you can get shorter leases for a little extra money. I still think you need a small deposit but i won't be more than 500 if it's just you. GL

Anyone recommend a cheap guesthouse near Walkerhill (On that side of the city or east bus ride/subway ride away) when I come over for APPT? I'm not balla enough to stay at the W or Sheraton.

Thanks

love motel

Thanks for your help. Is there a specific one you'd recommend?

Don't stay at love motel. Those are for 1 hour or less type deals. You'll find a place that's not too expensive and shouldn't be too hard.

Madison has obviously never been to a "love motel" or what most people call a "motel".

These places are usually $20-$30 for 4 hours or $40-$60 for the night and are often really nice. They're often big and clean with a sofa, big flat screen TV, PCs and a jacuzzi. In fact they are the perfect place to stay for anyone visiting Korea and although I've never been to Walker Hill my understanding is that there are many motels located right in front of Walker Hill. Just look for the big neon 모텔 signs.

Another idea is you could try couch surfing with some people who live in Seoul. I know lots of teachers do it when traveling around Korea.
I have been to Love motels and many of my friends have spent the night in them during various vacations but honestly you pay for what you get.
The love motels on Jeju are **** holes. I would rather pay 50 bucks for a decent place than try to sleep at one of those places.

Madison's experiences of Jeju seem to be very different to most people's experiences of the rest of Korea and his experiences with Jeju motels is probably no different.

Here are a couple of blog posts I pulled up quickly about people's experiences in Korean motels and I might add that I've stayed in a lot of motels in Korea and my experiences are also similar. Love motels are just far and away the cheapest, most comfortable and most convenient place to stay. When my parents visited here the shelled out $400 a night to stay in the Chosun Beach hotel and apart from the marble windowsill and bathroom fixtures, the beach view and the hotel facilities their room actually seemed worse than you would typically get in a $40 a night motel.

http://briandeutsch.blogspot.kr/2008...motels-so.html

lol love motels are fine and i've stayed at some reallyyyyyyyyyyy nice ones in seoul/in some beach towns. like huge rooms, massive TVs, jacauzzis, the works. i picked a girl up one night and took her to one while i was traveling with friends so i could get my own room and it had like, different colored lights you could control from the bed. it was really cool lol. like 60$ a night iirc. you will be perfectly happy staying at one for a week.

jeju is very different from korea. it's the 9th most populated region and only has like 600k people. incheon city alone has 2.8million for comparison. i've never been to jeju so i dont really know where to compare it to but i don't see it being very representative of average person's experience in korea.

http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/play/why...-motels-659935 good times

ive been to love motels in tokyo and those are kinda diff. like way more expensive(wanna say i spent like 40$ for 3 hours but i was really drunk and not sure), can get by the hour (this wasnt optioned to me in korea), and smaller obv.

You assume that none of my friends have ever lived anywhere else than just Jeju? 3 of my long time friends lived in Seoul and 1 moved from Busan. I've also traveled to see them and check out other places as well. I just prefer the beaches on Jeju.
In many ways my experience on Jeju is much more traditional than that of Seoul foreigners. When I first came to Jeju it was still pretty normal not to have a foreign teacher at some of the schools. Even my Korean Teachers who lived in Seoul said it's more westernized than here.

**** we final got a Quizno's about a year ago. lol

i skipped through the blog posts pretty fast but I'm convinced love motel > hotel

they're cheaper and have better stuff inside. In Seoul it's easy to get a really nice love motel overnight for 90,000. Just ask to see the room first and ask for all night rate. Usually they are for only 1-3 hours for 40,000, but just pay more to get all night.

ya that's my point most of korea is big cities and very modernized with fast food places and **** (two taco bells in seoul now). random mountain or island towns aren't really representative of what most people's experiences are like.

i mean 20% of the country lives in seoul alone. your argument is like saying most americans are like people from alabama or something and someone's experience traveling in america will mostly be seeing farms and wheatfields/empty plains.

And another 30% live just outside of it.

The Seoul Capital Area has a population of 25.5 million. Of course, you can be plonked down in any area of Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Deajon, Ulsan or any other medium to large size city and it will all look identical. Same companies building the apartments, same food franchises everywhere, same bath houses, motels, phone stores, cafes, markets etcetera etcetera. Except for a few niche locations like Hong Dae, Itaewon, and Gangnam, Seoul is pretty much identical to everywhere else in Korea.

Hey, I am an American looking to relocate to South Korea in mid-April with my girlfriend. I've been grinding in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Malta for the past year and a half. My gf is currently looking for a job teaching english. If anyone has any information, connections, or advice that could help us out it would be greatly appreciated. My skype is dsmallidge

Thanks!

What specifically do you want to know.
eslcafe.com should have answers to most things regarding teaching English here.

Does your gf have any teaching experience or certification?

Given the amount of applicants for ESL teaching positions in SK, your odds of getting a job there without any of that are very slim.