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George (or anyone else) what do you have for me in regards to travel tips for Korea? I leave Friday for President's Cup and will be gone for about 20 days. I'll be working the whole time, so I won't have a ton of time (or desire) for tourism, however I'm sure we'll be out and about and will meander a bit.

We're staying in Incheon, and working not far from the hotel (Holiday Inn, lol). We're in the business district, so there are supposedly a few western restaurants there. I am a meat and potatoes type of person, and not very adventurous. I do eat chinese food, but not a lot of it. I've heard Korean BBQ is solid, so I'll certainly give it a shot.

Any advice is appreciated. I've heard the horrors of squat toilets etc. But you were there a long time so I figure you'll have some insight

put this in the travel section for future use

I wasn't sure if anyone still went there, so I put it here so Jorge would see it.

Also, I'll save the jokes: "You'll enjoy being the tallest person in the country for once!"

Damn straight I will.

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Also, I'll save the jokes: "You'll enjoy being the tallest person in the country for once!"

Ehhhh, are we sure?

shel311 wrote:

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Also, I'll save the jokes: "You'll enjoy being the tallest person in the country for once!"

Ehhhh, are we sure?

was going to say . . .

shel311 wrote:

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Also, I'll save the jokes: "You'll enjoy being the tallest person in the country for once!"

Ehhhh, are we sure?

Lol. Matter of expression. I'm sure they have plenty of tall (read: -er than me) people.

Biggest piece of advice for when you walk around. Look up! There will be businesses, bars, restaurants upstairs in these buildings, just look for the signs. If you see a little billboard on the side of the road that says 4F, its the 4th floor.

You absolutely have to go to a Korean BBQ place. When you walk in make sure it has the "Range Hoods" to ventilate the smoke out. You'll get a bunch of small little side dishes that everyone shares and they typically keep bringing them out if you eat all of it.

Maekju (mek-jew)= Beer. Stay away from OB. The best is either Cass or Hite. I prefer Cass.

Soju (so-jew) = Rice wine, make sure it's the red label


Somaek (so-mek) = beer with a shot of soju in it. Just order the bottles of beer and 1 bottle of soju for every 2-3 people

Bulgogi = Beef


Samgyeopsal = BACON!


Budae Jjigae = An awesome stew. Has spam, ramen, pork, vegetables. Just awesome!


Definitely go to a "chicken and beer" place. Koreans know how to fry chicken! If you like it spicy it'll be hard to find somewhere that truly does hot wings. They take a whole chicken and chop it into chunks, so no winglettes or drumlettes. There are a bunch of different types of sauces they do, if you go with a bunch of people definitely order different types and share! The garlic sauce was pretty good everywhere we went.


You have to do a little shopping. Don't go to the malls, you have to hit up the street vendors. This is where you can haggle with prices.
Bupyeong Ungerground Shopping Center

If you like to sing, there are karaoke places all over the place. Typically you rent a room by the hour, size of rooms vary in size depending on how many people you have. Some places will let you drink for "free" while you are there and will even bring in girls to sing with you. Be wary though as some are fronts for prostitution.


If you get a chance, you HAVE to hit up an indoor digital golf course. It's the same thing as you'll see at Dave and Busters, you can choose damn near any golf course in the world to golf at.

Koreans are night people. They don't start to get out till 11pm-1am. 99% are extremely friendly, especially the older crowds. Just learn some words/phrases and you'll have a blast.

If you want to know anything in particular I have friends still there and I can still reach out to some of the Korean people I have met there as well.

Nice! Our PM did the digital golf on the site visit. They said it's insanely expensive to play an actual course, but the simulator was like $40 for a few hours with free beer and clubs included. I'm sure we'll end up doing that once.

Definitely good info. Won't be trying to kimche, that's for sure. Thanks George!

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Nice! Our PM did the digital golf on the site visit. They said it's insanely expensive to play an actual course, but the simulator was like $40 for a few hours with free beer and clubs included. I'm sure we'll end up doing that once.

Definitely good info. Won't be trying to kimche, that's for sure. Thanks George!

There are different types of kimchi. I'm not a fan of the fermented cabbage kimchi. The cucumber kimchi is on point, i can eat gallons of that stuff. If you go with a group of people to a a BBQ place definitely find out how many people a "set menu" will feed and order different types so everyone gets to try a little of everything. The eating there is very family style where everyone grabs food from main dishes.

Started my 22+ hours of travel at 7am today. Ugh

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Started my 22+ hours of travel at 7am today. Ugh

If you aren't in 1st class it absolutely sucks. What airline are you on?

GeorgesGoons wrote:

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:Started my 22+ hours of travel at 7am today. Ugh

If you aren't in 1st class it absolutely sucks. What airline are you on?

Delta. Comfort +, so it's better than coach at least. Bigger seats and such. I have wifi too, so that's helpful. No one in the middle 2 seats (row of 4) so that's good too (fingers crossed, door isn't closed yet)