#KelilingKorea Daecheon

Our first destination on our half-priced Railro pass was Daecheon, a small-city that even most Korean don't know (must say near Boryeong) and often confused with Daejeon ("Do you mean Daejeon?" asked every single Korean after hearing our plan to visit Daecheon, maybe because our pronunciation was too bad).

Being the sole organizer, I did not fully remember why I picked Daecheon. I just thought we would able to see the muddy beach...

But to my shock there was nothing. Nothing but beach. Not even a praise worthy transportation system that always amazed foreigners when they visit Seoul.

August 23, 2015 - Sunny Sunday
We expected to see large crowd maximizing their summer break but no.

We expected to be able to walk to the beach from the station but no. We were told to take either bus number 100 or 101 - as if the number really matter. Truth is; there were only 2 routes from that station. 100 or 101. As Seoulites, we felt that the bus only come once in every century... (hyperbola tapi emang lama bangeeeet deng nunggunya)

We expected to see some cool scenery along the way to the beach and I think seeing endless paddy field, empty wide roads and many inhabited-and-penuh-ilalang bus stops was also cool, no? We couldn't stop talking about all the lil things that we found (and looked, and heard) in Daecheon during the trip.

Arrived at the beach that looked like a death city, we were all excited. Abby and Iso are beach girls while Tugce and I clearly prefer beach over mountain.

The weather was really nice, the beach was relatively pretty but that's about it.

We were hungry and tried to find chicken. Knocking at the door of 3 out of 3 available chicken stores (2 of which were labeled '24 hours'), we barely found any trace of human.

So we went to a very Korean and 'must-visit' chain while traveling... LOTTERIA.
(none of us were happy about it but we were starving and there was no other option)

In less than 2 hours, we packed our bags back to the station.

It was short but indeed memorable trip that opened our eyes to something that we never ever expect before: Korea's countryside.