Yes, it was snowing/raining the day we came back from Gyeonju (24th march). we didn't manage to catch a picture because it is only for a short time. we only realized that it was snowing after realizing the slow motion drop .

my gross expenses:

food:rm300 (i only eat proper meal once a day,ranging 7000-14000-i'm muslim so not many choices)
shopping: rm250 (souvenir only-bought at Insadong,there is one shop where the lady can speak BM. she gave us superb discount ). i did buy something from Nature Republic which cost me RM6.6 after 50% discount, but got threw away at the airport because i forgot to put it in my luggage
transportation: rm 120 (subway/bus-the bus to Gyeonju is free otherwise it is going to cost 26000 won return)
admission: rm130 (2 palaces, namsan tower+cable car,Gyeonju,Hangang river cruise(15000 won)-we went to Hangang river at night,if daytime the cost of the cruise only 11000 won)
accomodation: rm360 (3 person @ 55000 won per night)

total cost at South Korea RM1160 exhange rate 1000 won=0.00282, i brought rm1800. the balance will be use for my next trip (i want to go to Gyeonju/Jeonju/Sockho)


me too,that's way my cost is like that. i went to so many places sometime by myself. my friends went to everland, it cost them nearly 50000won

This post has been edited by xclent182: Mar 30 2011, 10:31 AM

ya it was snowing on the 24th when I visit the Korean Folk Village.
then at night still snowing at Hongik

25th March. Everland full with snow

hey guys, i will be goin to seoul this friday on AA. Anyone on the same flight?

off topic:
let say if i manage to find RM1k round trip to seoul for 1 person..
after that i select 2person become slightly expensive..does it mean only 1 cheap ticket left? or its juz AA's business strategy..

seoul still cold today..switching from winter to spring..they start putting flower pots on the pedestrian walkways...
u still need winter jacket with hood preferred since rain sometimes will come, glove would be a plus since no need to put hand in the pocket.
Night time temp can go down as low as 5C maybe...
anyway, since winter is leaving, they r selling cheap the winter clothes..

thanks for the info jack. i will be going to seoul next week. so i need to prepare one thicker jacket.

btw where is the best place to see the cherry blossom or spring flower in seoul?

nami island? maybe. cos the view taken is superb plus the landscaping and the arrangement of the trees all align so nicely.

Mostly suggested Yeuido, while some said Namsan. I'm planning to check out Namsan Park first.

Hi,

Is anyone going to Korea on 4 May to 11 May 2011?
Need to get another 2 person to join the ground arrangement..

To anyone who has gone to Mt Seorak before, how far is the entrance to the cable car? How many minutes does it take to walk from the entrance to the cable car station?

And then, does anyone know if we could ride a bus from Sokcho to Gangneung?

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Added on March 31, 2011, 9:25 amLaily, I am wondering whether we need to give tips & pay for the driver's lunch?

This post has been edited by rsralf: Mar 31 2011, 09:25 AM

Actually I'll be going to Seoul next week, but I cancelled already and lost RM500 per person due to the radiation level is getting higher over there, really scare, not worth to take such risk since I only want to go there to enjoy!!!

Me and my wife will go on end of May. I don't know we should proceed to go or not....

End of May still got another months, maybe you can wait and see first, if it really getting worse that time, then you got no choice, just cancelled it.

i hope by that time its going to be ok already
i'm going there @ end of may /early june too ^^

Yalor,one more months.

Really?hopefully everything is ok by then.

huh? radiation spread to Korea already?
I'll be goin Korea next month.. dun tell me i also have to cancel it

my 2cent about the radiation thing,as far as im concern cos i study physics till my uni lvl already,this radiation thing actually can be spread very fast and to very far cos the half-life can just duplicate and multiply in a very short time,and somemore i think the radioactive substance they use should be quite a something cos its a power plant and also its spreading direction is RANDOM but not too sure about the wind blow thing,maybe u in malaysia are experiencing a little radiation u never know that. For me,if i already have a trip plan to go to anywhere near japan i don find a reason to cancel it,because you gonna be there like a week?like as though for a week u are exposed to slightly higher radiation level u will be diagnosed with cancer,unlike the 50 workers that work nearby the power plant that are constant exposed to the radiation. No offense everyone just my opinion about this. Maybe some sifu that is expert in this field can explain more

This post has been edited by sfwong1: Mar 31 2011, 09:33 PM

Yes oh...check Internet or newspaper,should have. I also worrying now

Talking about radiation, will it be safe to try out the seafood at Noryangjin Fish Market?

korean fish market im not sure,but if japanese fish market better not