Before going to South Korea, I thought that South Korea is as romantic and developed as in Korean dramas.
However, after the first Seoul, the various things I saw and heard, or a variety of unexpected, and even dumping this phenomenon has long been rare phenomenon in the country, actually very unfortunate also met by me!
Seoul is not a big city, it's the size of Shenyang, Liaoning.
The city looks more like a tertiary city in China, which was my first strong impression when I saw it, and in fact, there are many places in China that have surpassed Korea.
1, the opening was fooled by the Korean bus driver, this service is no one!
After the airport down, there is a bus, the end of the end of the written is that I live in the Cairo Hotel, the bus sat to later on I was a person, full of gray hair, the old man driver began to several times when waiting for the red light inexplicably look back at me.
Eventually, the bus stopped at a place where I couldn't see the Cairo Hotel at all, and I asked, "Is the terminal here?" The driver, a little impatiently, pointed ahead and signaled me to get off. I had to get off the bus with my heavy luggage, and I ended up asking questions and crossing several streets to get to the Cairo Hotel.
Later, when I asked the locals, I realized that the driver let me off early so that he could return earlier to pick up the next customer, and it turned out that he kept looking back at me to see what kind of person I was, and whether I could get rid of it without being complained. It's really unethical!
2, South Korea's most prosperous Myeongdong, really general
South Korea's Seoul's most prosperous Myeongdong, than the scale of Shanghai's Nanjing Road in the prosperity of the degree of, are a little bit worse. It's even far worse than New York's Times Square, or Tokyo's Shinjuku and Ginza.
3, Seoul's cityscape, in addition to clean, indeed very ordinary
South Korea's TV series many scenes are repetitive, just a few good spots to shoot over and shoot over. I saw the whole of Seoul, most of them are patches of bungalows, in the middle of the protrusion of a few not high buildings, and no CBD, looks very disharmonious, feel planning cluttered very much.
4, Korean barbecue meat is really expensive
I and my customers in Myeongdong a common barbecue restaurant, two people, a few cold dishes, a few plates of barbecue meat, two beers, and not eat very full. The first time I saw this restaurant, I was not very full, and it was only about 200 yuan at home, but the checkout was 765 yuan! Really expensive ah! The first time I saw this, I was so happy to see that I was able to get my hands on some of the most popular products.
5, high prices, high consumption
Converted into RMB, South Korean office workers, the equivalent of a little more than 10,000 in monthly income, but prices are frighteningly high, public transportation, the subway are 7 from a potato 5 yuan, an apple 10 yuan, a tomato 6 yuan, a catty of beef 300, a barbecue 700 yuan. ...... The average person is dreaming of eating 1 pound of beef a day.
The phenomenon is that although the South Korean house is not particularly expensive, Seoul, very good location, equivalent to the yuan about 7-8 million square feet, but there are still many South Koreans can not afford to buy a house, because they can not save money.
6, cab drivers, private convenience store clerks, and some public **** facilities are not good
I took a taxi to Myeongdong, and when I arrived, I asked the taxi driver how to get there, and he just pointed with his hand, and didn't bother to say a word.
I bought something at a convenience store, and after I paid the bill, the clerk handed me the item without even looking at me, while laughing and chatting with the store's loiterers, feeling very left out.
What's even more memorable is that at the airport in South Korea, a male airport worker, who probably thought I was occupying the road, pushed me away from the road with a lot of force, which is a courtesy that you don't get at any airport! It really depressed me!
Well, when my carry-on kimchi had to be checked in because of more than 100ML of water, there was a very pretty airport service girl who smiled throughout the whole process and led me through the operation, which made up for my wounded little heart.
7, South Korea, aging seriously, gray hair to work
In South Korea to see the restaurant waiters, cleaning, hotel staff, cab drivers, I just came to South Korea to meet the dumping of the bus driver, a lot of people are gray-haired old man.
Because Korea's social security system is extremely poor.
Because the social security system in South Korea is extremely poor, the average elderly in South Korea, after the retirement of the monthly allowance, only the equivalent of RMB less than 1,000 yuan, this money is not enough to eat.
Korean children, in law, no obligation to support the elderly, in fact, do not support; of course, in turn, in South Korea, there is no old man with grandchildren for a period of time are not.
So the elderly can only work part-time, it is said that Koreans have to work until the age of 70, if they can live to 80, there are 10 years to play. Compared to the domestic early retirement, with grandparents and grandchildren dancing square dance, the Korean elderly is really miserable.
The old man driver I met at the beginning of the article, although he oddly dumped passengers not right, but think about him in order to live, so old still have to work, really a little sympathy for him.
Having said that, are there any good places in Korea? There are, if you have not been, you can go to play:
1, Seoul, South Korea, nightlife is rich, long business hours. A lot of stores actually open to 4:00 am, one day I shopped to 2:00 before returning, like nightlife in this blessed.
But then, the South Koreans internationalization concept is almost, the road light box advertising, a lot of no English, the whole is completely unintelligible Korean:
2, South Korea's barbecue, but also also used like mulberry leaves, perilla leaves packaging, South Korea's kimchi, a variety of snacks in Myeong-dong, you can try.
3, Korea's cosmetics, masks, nail clippers can buy some.
4, South Korea's plastic surgery is amazing, although the beauty of the whole out of a mold, almond eyes, big face, thick lips, look like pro-sisters, but I have to say, but still gives ordinary people the opportunity to become beautiful.
Overall, it seems that South Korea, on the surface of the prosperity and beauty of the country, is looking at the west side of the mountain. South Korea's resources are scarce, the barren peninsula does not have any take advantage of the resources. In recent years, South Korea's traditional manufacturing advantages continue to lose, loss of bankruptcy, and even fraud scandals, such as Hyundai, Lotte and so on. Made in Korea gradually reduced to flirtation. Now Samsung has not so much scenery, the momentum of Korean cars in the country has long ceased.
South Korea is not much serious tourism resources, city appearance, scenery are general, For me, South Korea, is a go once, do not want to go back to the second place, there is no love can be said.
South Korea's population is aging, Working until you die is a hopeless choice, and there are still a lot of unknown secrets here. It's hard to find a definitive answer, but one thing is for sure, most of us Chinese, are happier than them!