It's better this way...

There are no street names in South Korea. Which strikes me as problematic but, I figure this many million people can’t be wrong. Instead of meeting someone on the corner of SW 7th and Pine you meet them by the Jeonga metro station, outside the GS2, next to the barbeque restaurant (not the pork one but, the beef one). It works out fine enough in confined neighborhoods but, find yourself in the greater region of Seoul and consider yourself cordially invited to the jungle, the concrete variety. When trying to express to a cab driver you desired destination you have a decidedly more difficult situation. I’ll think I have the pronunciation down. Having practiced with someone at least 3 dozen times over, getting each sound and syllable just right and repeating it inappropriately large number of times. When it finally comes time to perform I choke, I either forget a letter or I think I’ve got it and the cab driver just stares at me. This happens a lot, getting starred at that is so, it never really phases me. I stopped trying to talk to cab drivers about a month ago. Now I just take the subway and buses, it’s better this way.