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Bus Shelters of Chungcheongnam-do

2/16/2014

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This project started from a simple idea of collecting photos of bus shelters. The reason they interest me is because back in Toronto, the bus shelters looked more or less the same since because they are gradually replaced with a new model every few years. However in Korea, there’s more of a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” attitude which results in the wonderful diversity of different bus shelters from different eras. As the project continued, it eventually turned into the goal of visiting every city and county in Chungcheongnam-do, to document the different variety of bus shelters which represented each city and county. In order to complete this goal, I spent a lot of time on Daum Map (Korea’s version of Google Map) since I had to find out where the bus shelters were located and how I was going to reach them. One thing that made this project difficult is that I could only travel during the weekends since I had to work during the week. The time I had taking photos was also limited because not every city/county had direct buses going back to where I lived. This resulted in meticulous planning of which buses and trains I had to take and where I had to transfer in order to decrease traveling time. Through this project, I can officially say I have visited every city and county in Chungcheongnam-do. Although it took me almost six months to complete, it has motivated me to go out and visit places where I would have never had the chance to go to. At the end, it has made me realize there is more to bus shelters than a structure to keep people out the elements. They represent a community; of where people from and where their roots are. 

Below are the bus shelters representing each city/county in the province. 
충청남도 - 아산시 Asan City
충청남도 - 보령시 Boryeong City
충청남도 - 부여군 Buyeo County
충청남도 - 천안시 Cheonan City
충청남도 - 청양군 Cheongyang County
충청남도 - 당진시 Dangjin City
충청남도 - 금산군 Geumsan County
충청남도 - 공주시 Gongju City
충청남도 - 계룡시 Gyerong City
충청남도 - 홍성군 Hongseong County
충청남도 - 논산시 Nonsan City
충청남도 - 서천군 Seocheon County
충청남도 - 서산시 Seosan City
충청남도 - 태안군 Taean County
충청남도 - 예산군 Yesan County
4 Comments
Jacob
2/16/2014 18:08:47

Neat idea and congrats!

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Sarah
12/17/2017 07:03:58

What a wonderful project!!!!

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3/24/2018 22:44:17

South Korea is a very organized country that they don't want to see any of their citizen sleeping at the street. That is why they are always eager to pass laws that protect the welfare of their people. I love the idea that their governement are always after them. That is one of the reasons why I love to grow old in South Korea. Everything seems to be organized! I hope that it will happen on me one day!

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Kerry
7/22/2020 09:48:35

LOVE this

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