If you want electronics then the place to go in Seoul is Yongson. Buildings there hold floor after floor of anything and everything you could want that has a plug, runs on batteries, ticks, rings or chimes.
My co-worker took me there with a Korean friend of his and it was only four subway stops and
about 20 minutes away from where I live. I thought at first that Yongson was like the Seoul version of a Best Buy, but I found out how wrong I was when I stepped out of the subway into the mecca of all things electronic.
One building had a floor for cell phones, a floor for DVD players and so on and so on. Outside another building crammed inside booths of people selling video game systems and the games to play them on. It was like a real life pac man maze come to life with shop owners gobbling up money.
At night the area really comes alive with neon and signs and bright colors and the shops line the streets outside stocked with computers, MP 3 players, DVD’s, Appliances, and cell phones waiting to be sold to eager customers.
I wanted to buy a cell phone, but couldn’t because I still don’t have my alien registration card and so I couldn’t sign a contract plan for the phone. At least that’s what I took away from the experience. So my next step is to get my butt to the immigration office to get myself formally registered.
I’m a blogger, writer, and teacher. I’ve been working in South Korea’s ESL field for the last three years. My one year contract has unexpectedly turned into a journey that I’m still on and loving.