Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Bus Stop


At the bus stop there are these lighted signs that tell you alot if you know Korean, but some useful things if you can read numbers. All the three digit numbers on the sign are the bus numbers. There are other numbers that pop-up from time to time, from what I can gather they either tell you how many kilometers the bus away from that station or how many minutes the bus is away the station. If anyone is planning on visiting or traveling to Ulsan I would recommend to them to check out the website UlsanOnline.com. This website has all the bus routes and times laid out in English. The bus is great, it sucks a little because you have to walk more but you cannot beat the price. A 2km taxi ride cost you about 3,000W but the bus will take you anywhere for only 950W. Another bonus to the bus is the bus transfer system. In Korea if you have a public transportation card, first, you can use that card in any city in Korea but also, you receive free transfers within an hour of leaving the first bus. When you get on the bus, an RFID chip in the card scans you on the bus and charges you against your balance that you have on the card, then when you get off the bus it automatically gives you a free transfer an hour from that time. This allows you to take the bus to the store and then take it back home for free. I only use a taxi after the buses quit running.

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