Seoul

Suggested improvements to Seoul:
1. More signs in English, or even just in a alphabet i dont have to spend 10 minutes interpreting would be nice.
2. The dangling handle things on the subway seem very low, and they keep on bashing me in the face. Making them higher would be nice.
3. Seoulians to work fewer hours in their hi tech factories - so many seem to look knackered.
4. Thats it for now.

Everything seems incredibly different here - I knew it would be, but it is still a shock at first - less English is spoken and the outlook of people is less western than anywhere else I have been, even Thailand. Also, we know Samsung as an electronics manufacturer. But here they build flats, run hospitals, build ships and trains and pretty much anything else you care to mention. Same with Hyundai, LG etc - LG seem to run convenience stores, internet cafes, manufacture soap powder. And need a new shirt? You can get it in the Hyundai department store.

Going out goes on all night here - start at 11pm, stay out until 6ish and catch a subway home when it reopens. Also, taxis very cheap compared to London.

Overall, its good. In a good but slightly weird way.