14 August, Andong

A civilised train departure time this morning, on the KTX 705 at 11:00am. The KTX is Korea’s version of the Japanese Shinkansen. The fares are crazy cheap in comparison to Japan Railways. Our two hour trip cost around AUD$35 each and that was for business class. At these prices, why not? A similar Shinkansen journey would be close to six times that. Picking up a bus from the out of town KTX station was a bit of a puzzle at first, but we had a list of suitable buses and eventually we found the right stop. As is always the way with buses, getting on isn’t the biggest problem. It is knowing when to get off. Yet again, our trusty phone GPS saved the day and we were dropped off just around the corner from our hotel.