Demerits of Living in Geoje Island, South Korea

Demerits of living in Geoje island

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert Einstein

Geoje-si being an island has its own good and bad points. Living here can be fun and as well as at times boring. I would like write some points about it.

n         Geoje-si Island is considered to be an expensive city. So if you compare the food cost, living cost and everything is comparatively expensive than Seoul and Busan.

n         Lack of Variety, you don’t have much choices for restuarants as the big city.

n         Branded shops are rare, you don’t find many brands here, you have to depend on online shopping.

n         Delivery of post or shopping parcels are little slow to arrive as they are directed from the main post-offices which are located in big cities.

n         There is no International High school. There is only one International school which is for the young children.

n         There is no university in this Island, only one Koje College which is of medium standards. There are few opportunities to find a job.

n         The city is not lively or energetic with young crowd. It has two major ship-building companies in this Island so generally the crowd is the employees and their families.

n         There are no subways/metro/tubes or trains and also no airport.

n         If you plan to visit Seoul, only option is bus or taxi, or going via Busan.

n         Geoje Island is not a well-developed Island. Still several constructions are always going on.

n         There is no fashion sense in Geoje as the adults are generally in their Company uniform from Morning till night and the kids or young are in their school uniform.

n         There is no night life as such, just some old man drinking and moving on the streets in their company dress.

n         Shopping is not at all a fun here, as there is not much shopping complex, there is only one Homeplus in Gohyun, otherwise we need to drive very far to Tongyeong to reach lotte and e-mart.

n         There are only two cinema halls/ theater.

n         There are few hospitals and rarely do you find the doctor speaking in English.

The list can be endless if you see the other-side of life , but these points are not to discourage or depress anyone, just some facts which need to be improved in Geoje-si. Since I have been living here for such a long time I have seen drastic improvements here, hence I am loving it.

Wait for my next blog which will potray the positive side of the living in the same place

Beer in a Classic style in Geoje-si, South Korea

Yestarday, we went to the beer bar which serves the beer in a Clasic style, as they say the Clean Crystal Beer.

The beer bar is jsut next to the WA BAR in Okpo.

They serve the beer in a classic or a much more exotic style.

Just enjoy!

Shabu shabu Vietnam-food in Geoje, South Korea

Recently, there has been lot of fusion foods available in Korea and also Koreans are willing try different cuisines from different countries. I went for the special party and Shabu shabu the vietneme food was introduced to me in the party. I was surprised that we have Shabu shabu resturant, a Vietnamese cuisine in Geoje.
The location of the resturant is opposite to Starbuks, the resturant is located on the second floor and is on the main street of okpo.

 The name shabu-shabu is derived from the "swish swish" sound of cooking the meat in the pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, in that both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables and are usually served with dipping sauces, but it is considered to be more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. It is considered a winter dish, but is eaten year-round.

The shabu shabu is the meat speciality and you can choose duck or beef or pork. In the center there is a bowl where you make a soup of vegetable, sea-food and the meat. On the side you can BBQ the meat. Also they give you rice paper which you dip in water make it soft and then fill in the vegetables, meat and sause, roll it and eat it.

It was a good experience and I may recommend it if you like the soup or BBQ style meat.

Top six hotels in Geoje

There are several hotels, motels, guest-houses and pansion in Geoje.
I here give the information about the top hotels in Geoje.
1. Samsung Hotel

San2-10, Jangpyeong-Dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongnam
http://www.sghotel.co.kr

2. Admiral Hotel

330-4, Okpo-1 Dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongnam    

     http://www.admiralhotel.co.kr/eng/index.do
3. Hotel C-palace

622 Wahyeon-ri, Ilun-myeon, Geoje-si, Gyeongnam     
  http://eng.hotelcpalace.com/ 

4. Hotel Ocean Best
 426-33 Jangsenpo-dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongnam   

  http://www.oceanbest.co.kr/

5. Geoje Island Hotel
   1954 Okpo-2 Dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongnam         
        http://gih.geojeinfo.com/english/index.html

 6. Geoje Oasis Hotel

815-21, Jangpyeong-dong, Geoje-city, Gyeong Nam, Korea

 http://www.geojeoasis.co.kr/web/home/?s=1

Surrounding Islands: Geoje Travel

 
 There are several Islands surrounding the Geoje Island and surely worth a visit. Above see the locations of the islands.
Maemuldo Isalnd
Its the island which connects two island and one can walk through it. The ferry goes from Jeogo ferry terminal (takes 40mins)
Neada Island
Its the smallest island with beautiful flowers and a pebble beach. its good for trekking.The ferry goes from Gujora beach(takes 20mins)
Jishimdo Island
its the famous Camellia Island which is most famous and the ferry goes from Jansang-po ferry terminal(takes 30min)
Oedo Island
Is the paradise of geoje and has exotic european culture. Its the most famous island.
Jangsado Island

Its recently developed and requires an entry fee. The ferry goes from Jeogo ferry terminal(13min)

LINKS

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=827204