Norbert and Fouad, You're right, I was since I have never been to Korea before. The information below is priceless and relieving~so helpful! Thanks much. Alex On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Fouad Bajwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > From my last year's experience of visiting Seoul during the OECD > Ministerial on the Future of the Internet, when you walk out of the > airport you find bus signs with Hotels and locations displayed on them > (only to the deluxe hotels including Lotte and Westin Chosun Hotels). > You walk out to the bus, there is a bus person who helps your luggage > in, charges you between 8-10,000 wons or something which is like US$10 > and these buses are nice, safe and fast and drop you right at your > hotel! And there are information counters around the airport to help > you. > > Seoul is like New York, make it as expensive as you want and save as > much as you can, its all up to you! I have found taxis to be very > expensive, USD$25 for a stop in between 1.5km in Seoul and then don't > stop the black ones, they are luxury/limousine taxis and cost worse. > The city has a wonderful subway. Always ask youngsters and especially > younger Korean women for directions as they will always assist you in > understanding directions and they will mostly be able to reply in > English. > > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Norbert Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I was told that some people are concerned about taxi costs from the >> airport. The Airport is in Inchon, the meeting is in Seoul. >> >> Don't take a taxi, there is excellent high speed pus service for - I >> think - about 10% of what a taxi would cost (more than $100). >> >> >> Norbert >> >> -- >> If you want to know what is going on in Cambodia, please visit >> The Mirror, a regular review of the Cambodian language press in English. >> >> This is the latest weekly editorial of the Mirror: >> >> Cambodia as a Member of the International Community of States >> http://tinyurl.com/ykv2l3q >> >> (To read it, click on the line above.) >> >> And here is something new every day: >> http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com >> > > > > -- > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > @skBajwa > Answering all your technology questions > http://www.askbajwa.com > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA >