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Members • urmomkoya日本語Português (Brasil)ไทยČeštinaBahasa MelayuMagyarItalianoTrip Report: South Korea as a female solo traveller :) Trip Report I went to South Korea for 8 days total and spent all my time in Seoul - here is my thoughts: The main thing that surprised me was the lack of tourists when I went, it may have been because of the time I went (june/start of summer) but compared to japan where I saw more tourists than locals - I felt quite like the odd one out! But other than the constant curious stares from locals the entire city was beautiful, I love how there is different temples/historical buildings integrated into the big modern city. Most people said that as a solo diner you would be turned away as most restaurants give banchan which is portioned for multiple diners rather than one, but I was not turned away from a single restaurant. If you use your common sense and stick to less busy cafes and restaurants that actually offer single seating/single portions of food, then you will not be turned away. Accomodation: I stayed in hongdae around a 3 minute walk away from hongik univ station and I would definitely recommend the area but I think staying in any hotel within walking distance from a green line metro station is the most convenient option if you plan to use public transport as your main form of getting around the city. Hongdae had lots of food options and had a branch of quite literally every popular food chain and is quite busy at most times so you wont feel unsafe as there is lots of people around, but the side streets where I stayed around are peaceful and quiet. Transportation: I used the climate card for my entire trip which gives you access to trains and buses in seoul unlimited for the time period you charge onto the card, which I would highly recommend against getting a T-money card because it works out cheaper. But sometimes when I was not bothered to catch multiple trains to intricate locations I would just get a kakao taxi which were also very cheap around 9-15$aud a ride across the city. (also going to and from the Inchon airport at the start of the end of my trip via taxi cost 60$aud each way) Safety: As a female solo traveller I felt extremely safe and didn't have a single experience where I was made uncomfortable and compared to Japan I felt a lot more safer in Seoul. There was one moment in my trip where I was heading home from NSEOUL tower at 12AM (the line back down the cable car was horrible) with a dead phone and had to catch a train but did not feel unsafe or threatened for a single second. I walked around hongdae at night and