After seeing the happy Canadian-Korean couple off at Namsan, we decide to travel to Suwon, a city south of Seoul, made famous by the recent 2002 World Cup Soccer. It takes one hour to reach Suwon Station, first on subway, then a transfer to a Korean Rail train somewhere along the way. We come here to pay tribute to King Jeongjo, one of Korea's greatest leaders (and some say, the smartest of the lot). He ruled 1777-1800 as the 22nd king of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
It is drizzling when we exit Suwon Station, and the sight that greets us is very similar to KL - chaotic traffic with buses and cabs picking up and leaving passengers all over the place. After giving up on catching the right bus to take us to the famed World Heritage List-ed Hwaseong Fortress, we hail a cab and manage to get the driver to get us to the visitors' complex.
