This morning I decided to come to Gwangju – it being the last day of my pop-vacation (neologism in the spirit of "pop quiz"). I got the 9:05 from Yeonggwang, and I was planning to coming downtown when I got to Gwangju. Gwangju has a subway – but it's kind of lame as subways go – only one line, and that single line doesn't make it to either the bus terminal or the train station (although it does manage to pass the airport). You can walk to the subway from the bus terminal, but it'll take about 10~15 minutes (10 large city blocks). Or you can figure out a bus or take a taxi.
But as I was coming into Gwangju, zigzagging through the sprawling western suburbs of the city as the bus does, the bus stops at a place called Songjeong-gongwon (Songjeong Park), and I realized that it was really close to one of the far western stations of the subway line. So I hopped off the bus there instead of at the terminal, walked about 2 blocks to the subway station, and came downtown. By doing this, I saved a lot of time – it's a very efficient way to get to downtown Gwangju, it seems like.