The Marmot’s Hole

11 Comments

1. john
   Posted January 20, 2004 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

   best time to be a tourist is during one of the two big holidays!! the streets of Seoul are empty enough to actually enjoy walking around…

2. oranckay
   Posted January 20, 2004 at 11:40 pm | Permalink

   Like dude, being in the jibang,you do have to deal with all that. Where you you think all those people are going, anyway? Vacation in Bali? Brace yourself, the population in Gwangju is about to double for the next few days.

   Seoul is at its best on Seol and Chuseok.

3. Christopher
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 12:02 am | Permalink

   Yowza,

   I don’t take to crowds that well neither.

   Although you guys should see the Garment District here in LA during Christmas. And I doubt that place there is as dirty as the district. Sheesh…

4. Christopher
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 12:03 am | Permalink

   Stupid and Illiterate?

   Can I go for moronic as well? Seems like it will be a pretty good threesome.

5. kimchipig
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 12:40 am | Permalink

   Well, Mrs Kimchipig, the Piglets and myself are staying put for the next five days. Put in plenty of supplies, beer and DVDs for the holiday. Nobody is going to see us on the road this week for sure!

6. Tony
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 12:43 am | Permalink

   Heh, sounds like the perfect trifecta to me.

7. Anonymous
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 10:31 am | Permalink

   Yowza,

   I don’t take to crowds that well neither.

   Posted by: Christopher at January 21, 2004 12:02 AM

   that’s double negation.

   stupid illiterate americans

8. dda
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 10:51 am | Permalink

   Hooray to Mr Kimchipig: we think along the same lines!
   Of course, since my inlaws, while very jibangish by birth, live 5 minutes from our place, I will indulge in a trek to their place and gorge on good food…
   Let the ch’onnom deal with the nouveaux riches for 5 days…

9. The Marmot
   Posted January 21, 2004 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

   Oranckay — although I’ll be staying here in Kwangju — for the next four days, the largest city in Korea — this holiday season, you have to be impressed by the roads up to Seoul. Not a friggin’ car on them, and meanwhile, on the otherside of the road, traffic is at a standstill from Seoul to Taejeon. It’s really something to behold.

10. dda
    Posted January 22, 2004 at 2:29 am | Permalink

    Makes me wonder why they don’t open a coupla lanes on the other side of the motorway to south-bound traffic.

11. KimcheeGI
    Posted January 22, 2004 at 3:11 pm | Permalink

    Isn’t the same drive to get home for the holidays seen during the Thanksgiving - Christmas timeframe in the states? I’d like to see the stats on movement. I remember many Christmases spent in traffic jams on Highways 41 and 32 from Great Lakes Naval Traning Center (where my Dad was stationed) to Antigo and Birnamwood WI…

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