almost non-existent for those places that i visited.

almost same price here lo.

i wanted to go mt sorak and those islands around incheon. but travelling with OLs literally made that impossible.

air asia go when u have promotion again?

Seoul Trip 2010-Day 3, Getting lost at Dongdaemun

After the romantic visit at Seoul Tower, I decided to go back to Dongdaemun and visit the night market there for food. And after that..visit the lanturn festival..but all did not materialise.



Unfortunately we didn't know exactly where was the market. We managed to ask two local people there for directions. Even after searching the place on their GPS, they still pointed us to a totally wrong direction!!! @_@ Ended up walking in circles with the cold bitter wind blowing against our faces. Didnt manage to find the place in the end also. ='(




Some river. Can see many people walking down there. All oblivious to the cold apparently.


Carvings on the floor! Very unique.

After losing hope to find the market, i went back to Doota! Shopping complex to find food. Was desperately hungry liao. Unfortunately, the food court already close. Haiz.

So in vain, we went to a Chinese restaurant nearby! Tastes not bad la. don't ask the price thanks.






After dinner...its continued shopping again in the mall.. @@



During cold seasons like this, heaters are basically placed in all the shops. So its very warm & comfy inside. A bit shocking to our body though. Cold then warm then cold. @@

but hor...

my colleague saw this at one u lotte mart..apparently here more cheaper. hahaha.

eh i din say its expensive.

i just say here(lotte mart) can get cheaper than korea. well, also depends where you buy from la in korea. those selling at convenience stores or restaurant usually more expensive.

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Added on November 26, 2010, 10:41 amkorean made alcohol. pas kata haram.

This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 26 2010, 10:41 AM

hmmm..but the Soju has a very warming effect..very nice if drink during winter or cold weathers.

@stimix

be sure to look out for their rice wine+fruit juice alcohol..also very nice n cheap!!

This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 26 2010, 11:04 AM

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what i recommended was the rice wine+fruit extracts alcohol..so its a bit sweet..

erm. he lives in korea. is that source good enough?

Seoul Trip 2010-Day 4, Souvenir shopping at Insadong

After a good night sleep at the 4 star hotel, its off to Insadong! The so called cultural street of Seoul. Having decided enough is enough, we took the taxi instead. =P Whole journey about rm20 divided by 4 people.


Look at the price per night!! That's about RM540! @@ And my tour package is already RM1299!


One of my regrets at Seoul. Didn't manage to try their famous sauna. =/

Some street shots:




This is nice! Something similiar to our 油炸鬼。

What to see at Insadong? Souvenirs shops of course! =D


Ding dong bells~







This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 28 2010, 12:51 AM

After tired of shopping, we then randomly entered this shop. The shop serves almost the same thing as the dumpling shop i posted earlier here at Myeongdong.









Seafood 'pizza'


Green bean（绿豆） pizza. Well, technically its bean sprout pizza. But bean sprouts came from green beans right?


If you get lost, don't worry...come to this Help Point..=D

if you eat this for one whole week, then yes, rm2000 = approximately 600 000 won should be enough.





2200 won times 3 times 7 equals 46200 won. since accomodation is free u still have about 500k plus won to spend.

This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 28 2010, 03:37 PM

you can actually save on breakfast..because koreans don't really eat breakfast anyway..a normal shop would cost about 7000 won per meal..so its about 14000 won..about rm45 per day?

no they don't really speak in english..but based on your budget..you can opt for taxi..Yongsan-gu is at Itaewon region..near to dongdaemun/nandaemun/myeongdong by subway...

flea market? can have a look at nandaemun market

i am only familiar with namsan tower la..its just opposite myeongdong subway..the rest maybe others can help..

Seoul Trip 2010-Day 4, More shopping at Nandaemun

After spending heavily at Insadong, i now arrive at Nandaemun, which is another shopping haven! @@ All clothes here selling at factory prices, damn cheap! And this is where i dropped my camera on the floor and broke my lens hood. So not much mood walk around liao. Will remember this place for a long time. T_T

Some street shots:





There are many gates, so be sure to check which gate you came from.




The aftermath

After that it was back to the hotel again, before departing for the airport.

haha yeah. but according to my dad he say their skills still lose to those at vietnam.

read from page 1. thanks.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1657872

(ok this is a bit of an exaggeration)

sharing something light here. if you happen to have the chance to watch the news at korea, don't be surprised that the female newscasters are pretty and wearing very low cut shirts & short skirts on air.

This post has been edited by zstan: Nov 29 2010, 11:36 PM

i brought my gorillapod. how heavy is your tripod? 2kg? can pass la don't worry. but depends on your hand luggage as well.

minimum two hours before the flight lo. but the queue will be long, so make it 3 hours. what time is your flight? if after 10pm like that no proper meal one. only those maggi and stuff.

and all restaurants at the airport closes at 9.30pm.

cannot count so accurate one. their check in sucks. i took 40 minutes to group check in. or maybe its just my flight la.




wow beautiful! i must visit these places in the future!



camera bag usually ok one la..but i dunno where u gonna place ur tripod on the flight..do u have priority booking? if yes better go up the plane fast and chuck ur tripod in the cabin compartment first..the seats damn cramped..

This post has been edited by zstan: Dec 1 2010, 12:25 AM

Seoul Trip 2010-Day 4, Incheon International Airport & the journey back home

After all the shopping & lenglui watching in Seoul, it has come to an end and its time to go home!

At first we planned to depart our hotel at 5.30pm, no thanks to 2 tourist from our Singaporean neighbours who somehow forgotten the lessons of time keeping, we departed at 6.30pm.


Passing by Incheon toll...about 1 hours time..

And so we arrived at the World's number 1 airport, Incheon International Airport. Seriously, i really doubt how they got the award.




okla quite big..but almost same like KLIA or maybe bigger..

See all the lines here? when it was almost check in time, those attendants all kelam-kabut keep change the line here and there. End up some who queued up first because last or their line became no more. Fortunately for my group we still retained first. Some of them quite angry and shouted at the workers. Kesian.



Check in time was soooooooooo slow. Apparently they can't count properly. We have a few people checking in, so our total baggage allowance was, let's say 100kg. But nooo, they say each person is 15kg, cannot add, bla bla bla. Or it might be Air Asia's fault that they did not notify them of these features. Drag drag drag about 40 minutes only got to check in.

Line up at 6.45pm, finish check in 8.30pm.



One more thing, all the shops here closes at 9.30pm sharp! Oh man, when we went to look for food around 8.45pm already cannot find shops. Having no choice, we went to food court to makan KFC. Even then, many things in the menu also sold out.

What is this man, international airport but no food to eat?! I can walk in LCCT anytime now and still find food and the whole place doesn't look as dead. == So they expect people to puasa after 9.30pm?

Food aside, 90% of those duty free shops also close by 9.30pm. 9.15pm those staffs already standing by waiting to run. The whole airport is technically a dead place by 9.30pm. How did it get world number one my brain cannot compute. Or maybe its just world number 1 during the day?


3 piece KFC for Rm24.

And apparently korean people don't eat chilli sauce. Hmm. Had to pay RM1 for this. Haha.


RM1 sauce. Feels good man.


Workers rushing home. ==


Flight back home.

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Ok that's about all from me. Feel free to browse through my blog for more pictures. Enjoy your trip to korea and i also wish to go back once again.

maybe u can take some time to read this thread from page 1.