Have you ridden the KTX? If you have you know that the most exciting thing (other than the stunning scenery) is the snack cart. Everything tastes better at 305km/217mph! Enjoy your banana milk and the beautiful endless mountains. Did you know that 70% of South Korea is mountains? Your train will go through many tunnels. Awesome feats of engineering and planning must have gone into this! Young children will be very entertained by the snack cart anticipation, the thrilling tunnels and the beautiful landscape flashing past. The KTX takes approximately 3 hours to get from Seoul to Busan (minus zombies). Any train fans will enjoy this, from the top of Korea to the bottom!

Consider booking during busy times of day or for holiday weekends. Otherwise it’s enough to show up the day before and buy your ticket if you need to arrive at a definite time.

Thinking back at what I’ve bought from the KTX snack cart, there are so many things. Sandwiches, iced americano, dried squid, cheese crackers, hodu-gwaja (walnut cookies), beer, banana milk (a MUST for riding the KTX), miscellaneous baked goods, an entire dosirak (bento box lunch tray), hard boiled eggs.. it’s a BIG snack cart! And it varies from trip to trip and time of day. But it’s always a lot of fun.