BTW, Korean voted 2nd higheset in Asia for their command in English 1 rank below M'sia which is the highest rabnking of Non English speaking countries liao..So it must be true or the surveyors choose the wrong guys as samples

http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/arti...umentid=4757645

the only person that can convey a simple sentence of english to me is the air stewardess on air asia.................................

Darn.. I miss AA's Korean air stewardess... so much prettier than M'sian stewardes..just like those in Kdramas

U gotta be kiddin' me... They don't understand "eat", "food", "toilet".. and many more. Not the majority can understand and speak English in South Korea and IMO, even though we don't pronounce 100% accurately, at least majority of us can spell and understand the basic words!!!

Aiyo careful with too perfect details,.might be plastic,cos when I went hardly I see the really really really lenglui there,disappointed. Saw 1 at everland super pretty damn diff from other girl can't stop looking at her while queing for ride. But I guess its plastic maybe cos the difference with other local girls too big.

plastic or real?

Agree with sophie. My apartment cleaner is an old auntie (maybe around 55 yrs old) can still speak broken english. I doubt she can write english but hey!! everybody understand her broken english even my vet. She's German expat in Malaysia. But if Korean can't understand as what Sophie's statement, then they are supposed to be at the bottom not one rank below us.

lol zstan,alot of makeup.!! donno real or plastic maybe somewhere there.

i manage to book the ground tour of 7d/6n which included Jeju tour for 1.8k during matta fair n will be flying there this end of mth..

Wow that is really cheap!Mind sharing with us which flight,places you're going..quite curious...

Matta fair.... Beware of last minute cancellations and changes.

flying there via AA. manage to bought the promo ticket when they launch the flights to Korea last year. due to language barrier, decided to buy the ground tour for RM1.8k/person

will be visiting:
1st day: reach there night time
2nd day:
- Hanhyangjung Ginseng Farm
- Kimchi - Making Session
- Chelsea Yeoju Premium Outlet
- Peak Island Water Park & Spa

3rd day:
- Mt Sorak National Park
- Sinhung Temple
- Kwengumseong Fortress
- Teddy Bear Museum
- Daepohang (fish market)

4th day:
- Everland “Free Pass Ticket”
- Dongdaemun Market

5th day:
- Kyongbok Palace
- National Folklore Museum
- Ginseng Outlet, Amethyst Factory and The Face Shop
- Myeondong
- Herb Outlet

6th day - Jeju:
- Seongsan Sunrise Peak
- Kimyoung Maze Park
- Seongup Folk Village
- Jeju Glass Castle
- Miniature Theme Park

7th day:
- Yongduam Rock
- Mysterious Road
fly back to Seoul n back to Msia...

Trust me language barrier is not a problem. Just like what one of the forumer said, we can have a very informative and mutual understanding eventhough we talk bahasa to them and they are replying in hangul. Its fun. For me. Eventhough I can speak a little bit of hangul, I seldomly use it. I pretend not to know and then at the end of the conversation I replied back in Korean and see they cheer up and hit me lightly for pretending. Mostly the ahjummas hehe. Its adventurous.

Plus seoul, jeju and most of the place are very tourist oriented. English signboards sre everywhere.

I see lotsa uneccesary stops/traps there

That's what you get if you go with package.They bring you to shops so that you'll buy stuff and the agency will get commissions.I see what you mean,Stimix.That's why my friends and I chose to jalan2 ourselves.

There are pros and cons when going by package. If go with package,you don't have to worry about transport,entrance fees etc. But going by yourselves,you get to choose where you wanna go and how much time to spend there.And also have to worry about how to get there.

I guess 1.8k is ok..quite cheap.I thought the cost includes AA ticket.

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Added on April 7, 2011, 9:42 amKoreans are proud of their mother tongue.I encountered a few Koreans who speak to me in their language,assuming that I can understand them.When I said,"tak paham" then they'll try to speak English.Our van driver in Jeju at first speak English,but then he speak Korean all the way.He even taught us some language like flower = yucet (I don't know whether this is correct or not heheheh).

For those who don't know Korean words, don't worry!

This post has been edited by laily enelya: Apr 7 2011, 09:42 AM

He mentioned only Ground arrangement. Almost impossible to get 7D RM1.8K inc of air ticket.

Pretty & yeah there are pros & cons going thru agents. If the simple reason of going thru agent bcos of languarge problem, Well, almost all of us will faced it. but simple communication & etc coupled wth the efficeint transport system, there is no real languarge barrier.

The only reason ppl should go for ground arrangement to to get reasonable better hotels, no need to plan & research + foods + tranportation all taking care off.

However those going this way will for sure miss the oppotunity to try their efficient metros, trains & having try the authentic real day to day korean food & etc..That is more interesting than having ppl bringing you around to places that we dun even want to go and limiting our time when we really like that place.

Yup very true! When you get on their train,you can see the difference of their transportation system with ours,the scenery of the pedalaman area, and the people.

Impossible.....
We communicate using drawing and writing chinese on my notepad.
Try Lotte and Young Plaza, there are even more 'out of this world' leng lui...

It's raining in Seoul now and it's freezing cold ..

What about leng chai that looks like Im Ju Hwan, Lee Min Ho or Jang Geun Seuk

I would like to the see their leng chai too.

I communicate wth them using rotten Korean, Mandarin & English ..Well can understand abit and suprisingly they also can understand what I said haha..Anyway, those sales ppl in Myeondong nite market can speak fluent Mandarin & so do most of the receptionist in Hotel.

What I mean is the article surveying wrong ppl lor..instead of choosing sample from ppl on the street they choose sample from businessmen & professionals