Tuesday, July 15, 2014

I Love Korea - 나는 한국을 사랑합니다,


Annyeong!! The title of this posts explains everything! One should rlly travel to Korea (if you haven't). It's rlly quite an eye-opener to me! Their culture, their people, the places, the stations (you will know why later), etc! It's a 16-days trip with Baby to Seoul > Busan > Jeju Island > Seoul. We had transits at Taipei before reaching our destinations via Scoot airline.

Many people were surprised by the number of days for visiting Korea but seriously, IT'S NOT ENOUGH AT ALL! It's never enough. At first, when we were planning our itinerary we thought the time was more than enough for us to rest and visit the places we wanted but NO. I miss Korea in every ways now and I can't wait to fly back there soon. It's rlly a shopping heaven for girls (note to all ladies!) and a lil hell for the guys bcos Zac had to help me carry my stuffs. I'm rlly blessed to have him as my boyfriend because of the way he took care of me throughout this trip. Did I mention that I fell sick during this trip? It was quite mood dampening as we couldn't have too much of Kbbq cus of me.

To prepare for this trip, we had our own itinerary. Of cus, we did some research and found some online itinerary as reference. We also went down to the Korean Tourism Board @ Korea Plaza for further reference and information. 

Anyway, here's a bit of the itinerary for our trip:

Day 0: Scoot to ICN Airport via TPE and reached at about 11PM. We reached our apt at 12plus almost 1AM.

Day 1 here: A visit to Changdeokgung, Secret Garden and Bukchon Hanok Village. Dessert: Dalsuda (Korean Dessert Cafe). Dinner: Tosokchon Samgaetang.

Day 2 here: Bought our KTX tix @ Seoul station and headed to Lotte World and Myeongdong. Dinner: Jungsungbon Shabu Suki.

Day 3 - 5 Tourist Attractions here
Day 3 - 5 Food Food
Day 3: Seoul > Busan via Korail KTX. Lunch: Lotteria. Visited Bexco and Shinsegae Department Store and Haeundae Beach.

Day 4 : Gamcheon Culture Village, Seomyeon (Underground shopping mall).

Day 5: Jagalchi Market > Gukje Market > Bupyeong Market > Taejongdae Park. Lunch: Mama Katsu.

Day 6 here: Busan > Jeju Island via Jeju Air. Black Pork Street > Jungang Underground Shopping Centre.

Day 7 here: Glass Castle > O'Sulloc > Teddy Bear Museum > Cheonjeyeon waterfalls > Arang Jeoul Food Street.

Day 8 here: Jeju Mini Mini Land, Trick Art Museum, Seongeup Folk Village, Jeju Folk Village Museum, Mysterious Road. Lunch: a "ramen" coffeeshop. Dinner: ramen place near our hotel. (Thought it was our last day in Jeju)

Day 9 here: The Ma Park (first horse riding experience), Hello Kitty Island.

Day 10 here: Jeju Island > Seoul via Jeju Air to Gimpo Intl Airport. Hongdae Flea Market, Hongik Univ. Desser: Hello Kitty Cafe @ Hongdae. Dinper: Korean restaurant (bibimbap and tofu stew)

Day 11 - 13 here
Day 11: Bupyeong (but wasted trip). Garusu-gil, Myeongdong (where I went crazy).

Day 12: Nami Island @ Gapyeong Stn. Lunch: Di Matteo (pasta). Dongdaemun

Day 13: Petite France @ Cheongpyeong Stn > Myeongdong > N Seoul Tower.

Day 14 - 16 here
Day 14: Bupyeong. Dessert: Healing Cafe 616. Gangnam.

Day 15: Brunch: Air Cafe. Itaewon, Myeongdong > Noon Sq. > Itaewon. Dinner: Maple Tree House

Day 16: Brkfast: Bread & Co. Hongdae > Ewha Womans univ. Scoot back to SIN via TPE.

Once you've got wanderlust in your blood, you've got it for life.”  - Paul Morrison
I can't wait to update a proper one but school has been sucking up my energy mentally and physically. Goodbye!

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