Een spoorwegreis in Korea / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908

The narrator describes a railway journey across Korea marked by repeated delays and track failures that force improvised transfers to carts and tide-dependent ferries, plus uncomfortable overnight stays in rudimentary inns. The account offers vivid scenes of rice fields, steep stony hills, wooden bridges, insect-plagued lodging, scarce provisions, and tensions with officials over travel documents. Anecdotal episodes of waiting, hardship, and small resourcefulness are interwoven with observations about administrative control and the uneven pace of infrastructural change during travel.