Gyeonggi-do is large.. which area specifically?
Yes, there is a guesthouse at Mt Sorak area, can't remember the name coz I didn't sleep there.
laily enelya slept at House Hostel which is located in Sokcho. Do check with her for full details.
As for myself, after my trip to Mt Sorak, I returned to Gangneung & slept at a guesthouse there..

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Added on May 9, 2011, 12:01 pm

My itinerary is quite tight.. I spent about RM2,700 (exclude shopping & food) for my 10 days there..
Yeah, it's quite expensive but looking at my choice of transportation, it is quite cheap, coz I choose the most fastest way to get to a destination..

My itinerary is as below:
Day 1: Flight touched down in Incheon. Overnight in Seoul.
Day 2: Walk around Yeouido & depart to Jeju. Walked to Cheonjiyeon Waterfall which is near to the guesthouse.
Day 3: Jeju (Jeongbang Waterfall + Trick Art Museum + Seongeup Folk Village + Seopjikoji + Seongsan Ilchulbung + Manjanggul Lava Cave)
Day 4: Jeju (Oedolgae Rock + Jusanggeolli + Teddy Bear Museum + Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum) - Seoul - Busan (overnight)
Day 5: Busan (Jagalchi Market + PIFF Square + Book Street) - Gyeongju - Busan (overnight)
Day 6: Busan - Seoul - Gangneung to Jeongdojin (Sea Train) - Mt Sorak - Gangneung (overnight)
Day 7: Gangneung - Yeoryang (Auraji Railbike) - Jeongseon - DongSeoul + Myeongdong + Cheonggyecheon Stream
Day 8: Nami Island +  Itaewon
Day 9: Everland + N Seoul Tower + Myeongdong + Namdaemun
Day 10: Namsan Park - (Deoksugung + Kyobo Bookstore + Gwanghwamun Square + Gyeongbokgung + National Folk Museum  + Bukchon Hanok Village + Insadong--> These 7 places are within walking vicinity) & flight back to Malaysia.

But in all, I spent less than RM4,000 (inclusive shopping & food), maybe i'm not a shopper.. The only shop that make me broke is The Saem shop, which I contributed about RM600 to them.. lol!

thanks  ...this itinerary will be my guide...for my next trip to korea...

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Added on May 6, 2011, 4:02 pm
this pic is so nice. and i see u able to take the cable car up mt sorak,lucky u. that time i went we couldnt go up cos the wind blowing is too strong 
no doubt nami island is so awesome with the scenery,the trees so colourful 

Hey guys,春川明洞 and 明洞 are two diff place is it?

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which guesthouse ??
near to lrt ??

Myeongdong is right in the heart of Seoul. No sure any other Myeondong other than Seoul. I stayed stone throw away in between Myeondong & Namdaemun.. Every morning will be at Namdaemun & every nite at Myeondong haha

Namsan Park hotel...very near to both MyeongDong & Namdaemun MRT stations and within walking distance to both district + Namsan Park Cable car

Shopaholic should love to stay at that area.. 
even I who don't like to shop, and stayed at Hongik area came to Myeongdong everyday for all the 3 days in Seoul kekeke.. 

No roaming lar for GSM phones. Koreans all using CDMA.

Our lines technically cannot be used there that's why people are renting phones.

Even if you wanna use blackberry, you have to go to your operator (Maxis/Digi) and ask them to activate roaming for you. Same case for Japan i think.

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Added on May 8, 2011, 11:38 pm

Last time no sim card one, only when iphone was launched then only they provide GSM lines.

power of apple. 

sfwong1, that means you should come back to Korea to go to Mt Sorak again.. haha..
so far, during the trip, the luck is on our side.. except for Day 3 when it was raining heavily in Jeju, and we had to cancel some of the planned location because it is outdoor.. and then when we reached airport in the afternoon, found out that our flight from Jeju to Busan was cancelled.. As we had plans in Busan & arrange accommodation there, we had to take flight to Seoul and take KTX to Busan as quickly as possible coz everybody was tired already.. without this glitch, our cost would be slightly lower..

eh my blackberry can bbm/whatsapp and even youtube,but i dint specifically ask digi to enable my roaming. i just off all connections then connect to wifi then kau tim can bbm/whatsapp edi but cant receive call only.

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Added on May 9, 2011, 10:03 pm

haiya i also wanna go la,but uni start already. end of the year only got long break. i wanna see their beautiful flower/leaves. envy those that stayed there