Saturday, October 6, 2012

Saturday, October 06, 2012 - ,,, No comments

A Taxi From Sanbon (Gunpo) to Gojan (Ansan)

I had a little too much fun last night and ended up missing the last subway home.  I got on at a stop on Line 2 and got on the last Line 4 train.  That last train, however, only goes as far as Sanbon station in Gunpo.  I never got stuck like this before and was a little nervous about how I would go the extra 5-6 miles.  Should I just chill out and explore Sanbon for a few hours until the trains restarted, or should I risk an outrageously expensive taxi ride?

As it turns out, taxi drivers have this covered!  There was a driver standing just past the turnstile announcing rides to Ansan.  I told him that I wanted to go to Ansan and I expected to go with him, but he pointed me downstairs to even MORE taxi drivers announcing rides to Ansan.

When I figured out exactly what was happening, I saw that there were about 10 people just like me who needed a ride to Ansan.  There were taxi drivers on both sides of the street sorting people out as to who would be going where.  I was shuffled in and out of cars a few times.  They took care of people and made sure that no one was left behind, even the really drunk ones.  ^^ I eventually shared a ride home with three other Koreans with varying levels of consciousness. 

In the end, a 12:45am ride from Sanbon in Gunpo to a place near Gojan station read about 16,000W on the meter.  Because I shared the ride (I think), I got a discount and paid 13,000W. 

Piece of cake.

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