Moving in Korea

Moving in Korea is so much different than moving in the US. First off, the movers show up and pack all of your things for you. Then, they take them out your apartment balcony and put them on an elevator truck that takes them to the ground floor where they are put on a moving truck. When you get to the new apartment, the movers take the things from the moving truck and send them up the elevator truck to the apartment through the balcony window. Then, they start unpacking all of your things. They attempt to put everything back in the same room they took it out of; i.e. living room things to the living room, kitchen to the kitchen, etc. Although they attempt this, it doesn't always make it to the correct place. For example, we found the bleach and laundry detergent in the main bathroom in the bathtub. All of the hats, gloves, and scarves were put in the master bedroom instead of the entry area. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will show you some of what I am talking about.

This is the elevator truck seen from the 12th floor down.

Here they are positioning the ladder. It has to come over and touch the balcony wall where those two men are standing.

The moving truck with our bicycles sitting in front.

The elevator bringing down a load as seen from the ground.

This is a view of the elevator at the bottom ready to offload the stuff onto the moving truck.

A better view of the elevator from farther back.

Another view of the elevator near the bottom.

Our things coming into our new apartment on the 5th floor.