Continuation from Seoul Trip 2010-Sneak Peak:

Arrived at airport around 11am. Rented a big van. =D


A dedicated line just for this flight






Seats of the Airbus 330. Quite small and cramped but still acceptable la for this price.


Flight attendent serving food.


..this chicken lasagna is niceeeeee..

After 6 hours of flight, I finally arrived Incheon International Airport at 9pm local time. Do note that Seoul is ONE HOUR ahead of Malaysia. Hence, the sun rises faster and sets faster(5.30pm?) than here.



arrival~

Old man refilling water

Water refilling counters are abundant almost everywhere in popular tourist destinations. So you need not worry about buying water. Just carry a water bottle with you will do.


Main arrival hall

I work in one of their TV broadcasting stations there, YTN if you've heard of it.


You got it the other way around.
You get 327 won for RM1 exchange.
However, you have to pay 390 won if you want to exchange back to RM1 instead.

Koreans not that stupid when they come to money, they're all very money minded people, every single won they'll count.


Christmas time it'll already be snowing.
So.. depending wherter you like the snow or not actually.
If you do, you can go for ice skating, it's pretty fun.

Places to go, you can go to Jeju-do (Jeju Island) during Christmas... but it'll be very packed however.
Otherwise if you want to shop, dongdaemun is of course a good place and if you want to go to those posh shopping area, Gangnam-gu is the place to go.

Usually I see tourists that comes to Korea around December time is just to enjoy the snow though... with some shopping here and there.
If amusement park, I don't really like Lotte World to be honest... quite expensive and I don't know, boring? Everland is better but perhaps amusement park just isn't my cup of tea.

Since Air Asia did not serve dinner, we had to buy our own food when we reached the airport. It was already 11pm and everybody was starving. KFC & MCD was the only viable choice left as we need to board the tour bus soon.


Burgers not found in Malaysia


The Tower Burger -Hashbrown, Cheese, Spicy & Crunchy Chicken Patty



After a 1 hour journey, I arrived at Co-Op Residence Seoul where we stayed for the night.


Front lobby


The bed


..and everything else. Very very compact.


Night shot from the balcony. Still not that cold at that time.


outside view of room.

stay tuned for next post.

nola my cousin met one very stupid one.

his cup of coffee was like 5200 won.

so he gave him 10200 won, easier to change back right? but he dun wan. he insisted that my cousin paid 11000 won and changed back 800 won for him.

all those pic make me wanna buy a dslr
however, i'm planning to get camcoder for this trip! now undecided

lol. i brought a mini tripod as well. accidentally dropped on the floor some more. hood cracked.

buy sony a55 la. can take pics and video as well.

Nice pics!!!

Oh I get that ALL the time.
Especially those trainee waiters...

Most of time I just give them the closest and ask them to keep the chance, don't need mafan.
So like coffee 5200won, I'll just give them 6000 won and walk off.

thanks thanks. just normal travel snapshots la.

wa ini orang kaya ini. 800 won is Rm2.40 liao. can buy 2 packets of guava here d.

SSJBen,

How come there is no dedicated night market for street food in Seoul like shilin night market in Taipei ?

got la. dongdaemun night market la.

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Added on November 17, 2010, 4:19 pmContinuation of my previous post:

After a lovely sleep its off to my official visit of Seoul. =D


Front view of the hotel


Korean cars. Mostly KIA and Hyundai. All very nice compared to the models in Malaysia. People here usually drive these 2 brands unlike Malaysia, apa model pun ada.


Han bridge and Han river.


Girl on phone.

Before visiting the Blue House(the place where the president stays), we stopped by a local shop(arranged by the guide) for breakfast. buffet style.


At this time the leaves are already very colorful. Yellow and red leaves make up the majority.



Place for breakfast.


One of the souvenirs selling there.


My breakfast- rice, noodles, taufu, you za gui etc.

After breakfast then we proceeded to our next destination.


More trees

This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 17 2010, 06:55 PM

And so we arrived. But we didn't get to go in the main building. =( Not like Putrajaya where we can actually visit the inner parts of the buildings. We only get to visit the monuments outside.





The Phoenix which symbolises the King i think.

There was a building nearby to visit too.




Korean musical instruments, which is also similar to Chinese ones.

a little more pics at my blog.

next up: gyeonbokgong.

active thread i see here..
Thanks zstan for the lovely pics and thanks SSJBen for the guide!
Really hoping that i could travel to South Korea one day. it seems like a nice place to visit..

This post has been edited by ahchak: Nov 17 2010, 05:04 PM

There is. Dongdaemun and Namdaemun night market.

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Added on November 17, 2010, 5:35 pmYea it's a great place to visit.
Make sure you travel to South Korea once atleast, you won't regret.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 17 2010, 05:35 PM

Saw these type of stalls featured in lotsa Kdramas:



Probably will be eating this type of food..probably cheaper hor? Can get for <2000won-kah?

sorry la bro. this blueberry ice cream by the road side already cost me 3000 won.

Emm... don't think so?
But.. speak in korean, be nice, and just... feel like you really want to eat.
I usually get a few sticks free to eat when the weather's cold and I'm walking around at night.

Aigoooo...ariso...so expensive...

Also saw lotsa kdramas actors/actress like this:


Wanna try this satay celup. lok-lok too... .I think 1000won for 3 ?

Depends on the area, depends on the owner really...
Usually around dongdaemun area it is about 1500 won for 2 sticks... pricing aren't really standard.

I usually go to the ones manned by ahjummas or halmeonnis (aunties or grandmas), they're all very nice.
Will give you free stuff if you stay around and chat with them a lil'.

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Added on November 17, 2010, 6:01 pmBTW @zstan
That "some river" you're talking about, that's the Han river.
And the bridge over there is the Han bridge.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 17 2010, 06:01 PM

ah.. thanks..editted..

@zstan
since you're staying at co-op residence, i do believe its in dangdemun area,
but you mention its still hard to find dangdemun market,
so, this give me an impression that the dangdemun is quite large area, yes?