soupy says

I wanted to go to Jeju island. This morning, I got up and went to the ferry terminal. "Tickets for Jeju on sale at 2."

I wandered around. I didn't do too much. I took the subway to the Busan Art Museum. I tried to buy a ticket, but "free today." Well, in most of the rooms there were rags laying about and people cleaning pictures. Hm. I checked my guide book, and it said the muesum is closed on Mondays. Ok, I guess that is why it is free.

I went back to the ferry terminal. I waited at the desk to buy Jeju tickets, but no one showed. I went and called Dylan, but after about 10-15min his voice turned into a busy signal. I tried calling back, but I kept getting a recorded Koren voice.

I noticed that there was someone at the desk for Jeju tickets. I went back and waited behind this elderly couple. I asked to get a ticket. "All full." What? Well, shit. The Jeju ferry only goes once a day, and I have no hope of finding a place in Busan because of APEC. Also, I was ready to leave.

I went to Busan station, and I looked at different cities between Busan and Seoul. I volunteer APEC Interperter came up to me and asked where I was going.

"I don't know yet."
"How spontaneous."

I asked where Dondaegu was because I could not find it in my guidebook. He told me that it was in Daegu. It means east of Daegu. Oh. I then found the station on the map of Daegu. In my guidebook I had marked Daegu as a possible place of interest. 6,400W later, I had a ticket to Daegu. Michelle, the interperter, asked me if I wanted some tea before I left. Sure. I got to go into the worker's lounge and drink green tea. Michelle's dad was in the army so he lived all over Korea. His family then moved to Brazil for 20, and then he moved back to Korea in 1988. Crazy! Well, Michelle almost made me miss my train because the clock on his phone was slow. He took me all the way to my seat on the train.

An hour and a half later, I was at Dondaegu. I got off the train and walked toward activity and went into the second motel I saw. 20,000W later, I had a room. I decided to take the subway to downtown. Downtown is hopping for 8pm a Monday night. All the clothing stores are open and vendors line the streets.

I still haven't decided if I am going to stay in Daegu one or two days, and if I do decide on only one day, I do not know if I am going back to Seoul or another stop along the way.

How spontaneous.