Exploration Failure

On Sunday Jeff and I had the bright idea that we should go exploring. Being that we spend most of our time in Seoul we came to the conclusion to stay in Incheon and see what it had to offer. Our first mistake was not actually researching and just figuring that we'd figure it out along the way. There is a new area of Incheon that is being built (although I was under the impression it was mainly finished) that was the goal of our destination.

In order to get there we could have taken the subway or bus, I pleaded for the bus because at least we were above ground and could see more. The plan was to go to Incheon University and work our way back from there. The closer we got to the university the more we realized that this area was far from finished. The university was in the middle of nowhere and the lack of people and buildings gave us the feeling that we were no longer even in Korea.

We did a quick walk around the University of Incheon, found us a lookout tower where we got a view of the water, and the construction taking place in the area. Even walking around the grounds we saw few people, true it was a Sunday and school wasn't in session but still... there are people everywhere in Korea, so it was really outta the norm.

 

Unsure of where to go exactly we started walking towards the tallest building in Incheon. This building is supposed to be finished in February, and to be honest... there was nothing really special about it... other than it was tall. We found a little park with a stream and went for a walk as well. The area really didn't house much yet... but the name was "Tomorrow City"... which I guess makes sense... it definitely wasn't a city today. I'm not even sure anyone lived in the area (at least not the area we were in).

a father and son taking a photo in the park

a shot at some of the construction going on

The tallest building in Incheon

We walked around this new area (Songdo) for about 3 hours, then went in search for food.. which took about another hour. We ended up finally back in civilization and a more familiar area. We ate some chicken and then went and watched 500 Days of Summer. Of course we made a scene by not being able to find our screen and had to be escorted there by a movie theater worker. The movie was depressing. Everyone I talked to had absolutely loved it, but when I go to a movie I like to leave happy... this one just left me depressed.


Overall the day was fun, but we learned our lesson to do a little more planning before hand...Korea has a lot to see you just have to know where to go to find it.