I'd Rather NOT Drive

I have decided that I don't like driving here after only driving here for all of maybe 2 hours?  We went to go and pick up the car today in Seoul and since Daniel hasn't gotten his Korean license yet I had to drive.  It really doesn't help that I am still sick so everything exhausts me but we have to get things done in a certain amount of time to avoid extra costs.

 

I'm pretty sure that I broke the law within the first 30 minutes...  I drove through a toll because I couldn't tell which lane I was supposed to be in and so ended up in maybe like an express lane?  Other than saying "Tollway" with arrows everything was in Korean.  When I drove through a siren went off momentarily but there was no where to pull over to or anything like that, plus the traffic was still flowing so I couldn't exactly stop.  Daniel said I shouldn't be worried about it but he got the side eye.  I was freaking out!  

 

I looked along the side of the road and didn't see a consistent shoulder so I got confused about where to pull over if a cop did get behind me.   I was paranoid every time I heard a siren and at one point saw a helicopter and thought it was for me.  It seems silly now but I don't know how they do things here!!! 

 

When we got off I just shrugged at the lady expecting me to hand her a ticket and said I didn't know when she asked for it (I was tired and felt defeated, lol).  She asked if we came from Seoul and we let her know we had.  She checked our plate and called someone (hopefully to tell them not to arrest us) and had us pay the fee and drive on.

 

So I just really don't like that I can't read the signs and that, like in all large cities, people are aggressive drivers.  I told Daniel that he needs to hurry up and get his license because I don't want to drive if I don't have to drive.  He is the more aggressive driver of the 2 of us.  OH AND... they have intersections where there is no stop sign or light or yield, NOTHING!  I don't trust other driver's enough to believe that this is safe even when there are signs so no signs is that much worse!  Nope, I'm cool on driving in Korea.  I think that I was less stressed in Australia with the right side of the car left side of the road.

 

These pictures are from our ride down to Seoul on the bus.  They are of apartment buildings.  Here they have like bunches of skyscraper looking buildings that are actually apartments. 

So. Many. People.

 



 

 

 

 

I think they look sad and impersonal :-(