Subways

SubWays by Elliot

If you have never expearenced Korean subways, you will be surprised. The subways in Seoul are the second most extensve in the world (second to Tokyo Japan) and you can definitely see it once you get a good look at a map. Other than being very fun to navigate, which was my job, It is good to get to know all of the different line stops and numbers along the way.

Practically anywhere you go in Seoul, you will find a subway stop, which is filled with ticket venders, ticket machines, numerous exits to various places above ground, and best of all, vending machines!! The systom was that once you paid for your ticket you would find your line (if you were at a transfer between two lines) then find the side of the station you were suposed to be on. There were no ticket collectors on board, so depending on how much you paid (which also depends on where your final destination was) you could go just about anywhere. There were about 9 or ten lines also labeled by color. Line 1 was dark blue, 2 was green 3 was orange, four was light blue, five was brown, and so on. A transfer was when two or more lines intersected. If you got off there you could either transfer to anotherline, or get off at one of the many exits from the starton that led back to the surface. The ticket prices ranged anywhere from I think 1000 to 1500 Won, a dollar being about 1000 Won.

Overall it was fun telling the ticket vender our destination, paying and recving our ticket, putting it through the various mechines, and navigating the quickest and most efficant rout with the least amout of transfers!! I was happy to see the subways of Seoul again and look forward to ride them again many times in the future!!

-Elliot

Zeus' addition: Elliot forgot to note his observation that intersections of lines were signalled by selections of classical music.