Gonna share my trip in Korea after exactly 1 month since I touched down at Incheon International Airport.

My Gosh. My Day 1 and Day 2 are gone after some editing. No idea how to retrieve them back.
Now my Day 1 and Day 2 are after Day 9. Trying to write what I managed to recall.


Day 3
Visited National Museum of Korea. Really really big. Spent about 3 hours inside. Had lunch there at their food court. Nice and cheap food as well. A large variety.


Headed to Insadong. Bought these very nice snacks, made with honey. 5k won for 10 pieces. My parents had fun buying souvenirs there. Nice souvenirs ranging from 1k to 3k won.




Headed back to Cheongyangni Station. Found this very nice Grandma stall which sells very delicious Korean Satays and Odeng.


Went to Lotte Mart opposite Grandma Stall for some groceries and Lotte products shopping. Had dinner at their food court there. Quite a good meal compared to food courts in Malaysia.



This post has been edited by Seng007: Mar 22 2011, 10:42 AM

Day 4
Headed to Everland at Suwon. Boarded bus at Gangnam Station. The journey took less than 1 hour and cost less than 2,000 won. Had lunch there, stayed until about 7pm and headed back to Gangnam Station for dinner. Happened to find a very very good restaurant there by chance. Serves very very tasty and delicious spicy sauce Takgalbi + fried rice. Total cost less than 8,000 won per person. Had a very very full meal. Totally recommended! Headed back to Flower Hotel to rest and pack.







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Day 5
Checked out from Flower Hotel. Moved to Grape Garden House at Hongik.
Checked in Grape Garden House. Headed towards Namdaemun area and had bowls of Handmade noodles. Quite warm and good considering having a bowl of hot noodles in such a cold weather. Walked from Namdaemun Market to Myeongdong for shopping. Girls definitely shopped a lot! Lots of cosmetics and clothings. Crowded as usual.




Headed back to Hongik area to have Hongdae Chigae, BBQ Pork + Kimbap. Cost less than 7,000 won per person for all. Headed back to hostel to have an early rest due to cold weather.

Day 6
After having a good rest, headed to Gyeongbukgong Palace. There's also a Folkore Museum just beside Gyeongbukgong. Entrance is free. Had lunch at Gwanghwamun Square area. Lunch which I will never ever forget. The spiciest noodles I've ever had in my entire life. I had a very tough time eating it but it's still tasty nevertheless.





Headed to The story of Sejong Exhibition gallery + General Yi Sun Sin Gallery. Happened to catch a series of Korean traditional instrument performances there.



Headed towards Myeongdong for additional shopping and then to Namsan Park + Seoul Tower + Teddy Bear Museum after that. Took cable car up to Seoul Tower in the evening. Took some photos and headed back to Hongik area to have some Korean fried rice.

Day 7
Checked out from Grape Garden House and stored our luggages there. Took KTX train to Busan, the journey took about 3 hours. Lodging at Busan Inn Motel. Nice location, just beside Busan KTX Station. Clean and big rooms with TV and Computer.



Had lunch at some restaurants just beside the motel. It's called Pork Gupbap. After a satisfying meal, we bought ourselves a 1-day pass for subway whcih costs 3,500 won and headed to Horshimchung Spa. We stayed there for about 3-4 hours and had our dinner there. We had Kamjatang, which is a kind of korean pork rib soup + potatoes. Nice meal. Due to bad weather (keep raining at Busan), we cancelled our plan to Pusan National University night market and headed back to Motel for an early rest.

Day 8
Headed to Beomeosa, a 1300 year-old temple. Nostalgic. Nice sceneries. We stayed for the entire morning there and had lunch somewhere down the hill. Samgyetang, I didn't like the dish previously but that one was rather good.





After that we headed for a walk at Haeundae beach and then to Busan Aquarium. The biggest aquarium in South Korea. At night, we headed to Jagalchi fish market for dinner. Battery was flat back then and didn't manage to capture sashimi + seafood we had there inside a building. After that, we went to Nampodong shopping area for some night market shopping + snacks. It's not as big as Myeongdong but still a very nice place to stroll around.



Day 9
Headed back to Seoul by KTX. Had our lunch at Hongik Area. This time round, Kamjatang again. It's highly recommended in blogs.



After that we headed down to Dongdaemun shopping area and did some last minute shopping before we headed to Airport for our 11pm flight

Day 1
Departed from LCCT. Touched down at Incheon International Airport at about 920pm. After a long queue at immigration custom, we managed to board AREX train at about 1045 pm. Headed towards Seoul Station and managed to board the last subway train heading towards Cheongyangni Station. Lodging at Flower Hotel which is about 500m away from the subway station. We managed to settle down at about 1 am.



Day 2
Headed towards Nami Island.
We boarded Korail train for Nami Island at Sangbong station which is a few stops away. Alight at Gapyeong Station. The journey will take approximately less than 1 hour and the cost of the train is less than 2,000 won if I am not wrong. After that we took a cab to Nami Island Ferry Terminal with a fare of about 3,000 won.






Had lunch there at DramaCafe. Very nice and delicious lunchbox which might not look that appealing at first. Cost about 4,000 won.



Headed back to Seoul at about 4 pm after spending quite a lot of time there. Beautiful sceneries and nice weather that day.



Had lunch at a restaurant around Cheongyangni Korail Station which serves very delicious BBQ Takgalbi. We ordered Takgalbi and Makguksu (Malt Cold Noodles). Strolled around the area and headed back to Flower Hotel.

Hi Seng007

Can i ask if it is easy for someone who pull big luggage to walk to Flower Hotel from subway station? I'm planning to stay there on my last night in Seoul.

how is the food prices like in Everland? i dunno how much i should budget for food inside Everland.

Not too bad, I've pulled my luggages all the way from subway station to Flower Hotel on our very first night there. I would say about 10 minutes walk from the subway.

For food in Everland, the food are available usually for less than 10k won. Don't be too worry about it.

Thanks for the info.

Btw, where is the place where lover put the padlock at namsan tower?

It's just right below Seoul Tower. Tons of them.

[quote=Seng007,Mar 22 2011, 10:41 AM]
Day 1
Departed from LCCT. Touched down at Incheon International Airport at about 920pm. After a long queue at immigration custom, we managed to board AREX train at about 1045 pm. Headed towards Seoul Station and managed to board the last subway train heading towards Cheongyangni Station. Lodging at Flower Hotel which is about 500m away from the subway station. We managed to settle down at about 1 am.


where did u buy T-Money card in Incheon Airport? Will be staying at Flower Hotel from 2nd night onwards...

per head is 25000won for private room .. but u can get 10% discount if u add him on facebook

there is a bus no 6011 direct to the sungkwungkwan uni .. 10000won/head

This post has been edited by alvinool: Mar 22 2011, 04:57 PM

Oopss sorry for the late reply. Here's a summary of my trip.

1st day
Arrived at Incheon at night. Slept there.Quite cold.

2nd & 3rd day
Took the Arex to Gimpo airport. Fly to Jeju for 2 days (not enough!). Stayed at Hiking Inn and rented a van with a driver for the 2 days. The owner, Kevin was very nice, and the van driver, Mr Kim was super nice! He took us to beautiful places around Jeju.

4th day
The real adventure begins on this day. Carrying the huge bagpack up and down the subways. Went to Nami island. The scenery was nice but only the Winter Sonata fanatics would love to come here.Took a bus to Sokcho and stayed at The House Hostel.The owner,Mr. Yun was also super nice! Gave us a detailed map of Sokcho and told us about the interesting places even though we arrived at this house at midnight.

5th day
Went to Mount Sorak. Sad because the cable car was closed due to string wind. Did a bit of hiking but didn't finished the trail. Spent a lot of time taking pictures cos the view was so beautiful! On the way down,saw the cable car operated again, so went up. The view from up there was amazing! Went straight to Seoul that night and check in at Yun Guesthouse.

6th day
Went to Namsan Tower,jalan-jalan at Namdaemun,Dongdaemun, Jewel Park(if I'm not mistaken) and bought a lot of accessories. Just sightseeing. Bought souvenirs at Doota.

7th day
Went to Hanok village. Also to Itaewon to visit the mosque there. Last minute shopping before going back to KL.


All in all,my trip cost me RM2000 including the flights. We saved a lot on food and accomodation. T-money also really cut down our spending.

[quote=samforte,Mar 22 2011, 02:25 PM]
[quote=Seng007,Mar 22 2011, 10:41 AM]
Day 1
Departed from LCCT. Touched down at Incheon International Airport at about 920pm. After a long queue at immigration custom, we managed to board AREX train at about 1045 pm. Headed towards Seoul Station and managed to board the last subway train heading towards Cheongyangni Station. Lodging at Flower Hotel which is about 500m away from the subway station. We managed to settle down at about 1 am.


where did u buy T-Money card in Incheon Airport? Will be staying at Flower Hotel from 2nd night onwards...

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Errm.. I've borrowed mine from my friends. That's why I save a bit of time for T-money buying. I suppose u can get it at any convenience store at Incheon airport for 3,000 won.

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Added on March 22, 2011, 10:18 pmOh, forgot to update about my expenses. Our personal expenses was about RM 1.8k for everything including flight, food, accmodation and transport. Spent less than we thought. Had tons of Korean Won left.

This post has been edited by Seng007: Mar 22 2011, 10:18 PM

[quote=samforte,Mar 22 2011, 02:25 PM]
[quote=Seng007,Mar 22 2011, 10:41 AM]
Day 1
Departed from LCCT. Touched down at Incheon International Airport at about 920pm. After a long queue at immigration custom, we managed to board AREX train at about 1045 pm. Headed towards Seoul Station and managed to board the last subway train heading towards Cheongyangni Station. Lodging at Flower Hotel which is about 500m away from the subway station. We managed to settle down at about 1 am.


where did u buy T-Money card in Incheon Airport? Will be staying at Flower Hotel from 2nd night onwards...

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Tmoney can be bought at the store opposite the Incheon airport. At the basement. But seriously, getting Tmoney is easy around Seoul. GS25, Family Mart all of them sell the card.

Laily,
Could i know how much you pay for the van rental (with driver) in Jeju per day? Do you rent the van via Jeju Hiking Inn?
I'm looking at it as one of the option..

off topic.. my mind is still reeling because of SJ's SS3 last Saturday.. haha.. so am really in the mood to finalise things for my korea trip next month ;P

I mean i need to buy before boarding AREX & Subway, where to buy in incheon airport itself after check out?

Yup,we rent the van from Jeju Hiking Inn, which costs us KRW120,000 per day from 9am to 6pm.The van could accomodate 6-7 people.

laily,wah lucky u i went to mt sorak but the cable car isnt working too due to strong wind,and the strong wind i meant is really strong i had a hard time walking againts the wind blow. Saw the huge buddha statue,then walk inside somemore saw a temple went in took some pic then left,total took me about 30min to cover everything then ran back to bus cos too cold edi due to strong wind and the glove i had isnt doing a good job.