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We were in time for the sunset Pwetty sight.

Anyway, food compilation:

OK abit of sharing but these portion of photos were all taken using my Nokia N8 camera phone. Yet to edit my Digicam photos haha:

1) Incheon airpot - AREX train station- No wonder voted no1 in the World..super modern like those sci-fi movie:


2) AREX- Non-express train - stop at few stations..(Took almost35min instead of ~25min via express (Express having nice seat not this MRT look


3) Gyeongbokgung palace




4) Spot abit of ice/snow at the palace ground (Also lotsa ices/snow near COEX & L:otte World


5) Cheonggecheon stream- Crystal clear water- haha..Actually the Govt puumped out clear water to the stream!!


6) Cabbage flowers (?) decorating whole of Seoul..(taken between Royal Tomb & COEX mall area)


7) Nami Island Snowing (Well the whole Gapyeong, Gangchon, till Chuncheon probably snowing a day earlier):



Continue wth nokia N8 spam....

oooooHHHhhh... N8 pic so nice and so wide!
Anyway don't like the idea the shops closes so sharp at 9pm and 9.30pm inside the terminal. I'm ok with duty free shop closing at 9pm at the airport, but not food.
So an advise to all taking AA flight, have dinner if you foresee you wouldn't be reaching the airport at 8pm.

Anyway, this is where we stay (Travelers A)
A street right beside Eul Ji Ro 4 Ga station. Subway Line 2 and 5 reaches here.

Continue..1st part using Nokia N8:

8) General Nami Grave at nami Island


9) Gangchon Elysian Ski Resort (The whole goft resort there also covered in snow but still spotted golfers there haha)




10) Nice Myeongdong-Namdaemun Fountain square


11) My daily breakfast/brunch at a nice Namdaemun restaurant - Ramen-3000won (So far the cheapest & nicest- recommended) - here: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5608105&lon=1...08&z=18&l=0&m=b




12) Seoul Hangang park- darm colddd..negative 11C..my fingers & ear freezed here just to take this picture


13) Airport flower..y'day haha

All the duty free shops closed at 9:30pm as well as the satelite terminal Dutues free but on the arrival hall (level1).. There are 24hours KFC & Mc D too..No problem provided you don't enter satelite terminal too early. I took my dinner at Mc D- The Bulgogi burger is the best McD I tried so far around Asia haha

arrrghh.... we didn't know.
We saw the shop closing so we were hoping inside the satellite building won't close that early. And we are right, it haven't close. So we spent some time looking at stuffs in the duty free shop thinking we are safe. Mana tau, they close 30mins later than those outside (close at 9.30pm), and we freaked running here and there looking for food to no avail, then finally settling for sandwiches near the escalator to terminal 110 which is the only one open.

This post has been edited by b00n: Dec 16 2010, 02:50 PM

Hi,

I have a few questions I hope you guys can help for my 4 days trip in South Korea this January.

1. I usually eat a proper meal during dinner when I travel. What is the best, must- eat seafood/veggie dinner delicacies? I heard steamboat is quite famous there.

2. Must-have desserts?

3. Is 20,000 won/per person for 4-bed mixed dormitory considered cheap?

4. I will be staying in Donggyo-dong area. What is the closest ski area from there? I wanna spend 1 day for skiing, snowboard, snow sleigh (beginner).

5. What is the best outdoor ski area around Seoul? I saw in reviews that ski rental only cost 5,000 krw.

6. How many layers of bottom (pants) to wear? What to wear for bottom? I heard jeans is a no-no.

You can go shop for a book on South Korea which introduce food.
But generally during winter, it's hotplates or stonebowl, grill meat and ginseng soup/chicken.
It all depends on what you want. If you are the adventurous type, you can even try whatever you encounter. Like for me and my wife, we just popped into a shop and viola, we got 2 cold ramen with grill beef for the price of 10,000won. Look at my food pic compilation, upper left and bottom left which shows it's real chunk of ice - i.e. ice ramen. Taste quite good!
There's also lots of stalls selling the normal fried thingy or some like "lok-lok" which is mostly fishball and tofu.
As for dessert, there's actually lots of bakeries around with superb aromas on their pastry and nice cakes.

I think ok as mine is RM60,000 won for a double room, i.e. 30,000 won per person.

Ski resort, am not sure as we didn't manage to go as we spent to much time in Nami Island and visited Chuncheon's town instead in the evening and have the Chicken Galbi (Chuncheon dak galbi) at Myeong-dong. http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_....jsp?cid=506808

Depending on how well you can take the cold. Most of the time, I wore only a long-john pant inside with a jean outside. You'll be surprised the ladies there only wear leggings! IMO, a good wool socks would help a lot as the cold starts from the feet. The better deal is to just wear long-john and
jeans and of course a good down jacket then spend the 1st day shopping for winter clothing here. More variety and more practical. Uniqlo has nice varieties here and not that expensive also. There's also more fashionable longjohn here then the usual white color one sold in M'sia.

This post has been edited by b00n: Dec 16 2010, 03:28 PM

Really good info, Boon! Thank you so much!

I was thinking of just wearing my sports shoes for my 4 days trip. Would this be sufficient for Jan's winter weather?

Better get something windproof. But sport shoes is more comfy to walk.
If you decides on wearing sport shoes, put on wool socks. If for ladies, maybe put on double socks.
Also, I think in Jan; it's much more colder and snow and ice might be everywhere, so be careful when walking on the street as sportshoes are more slippery. Else you can try to get those mini-spikes they sell at Universal Traveler.

Even with my Gore-tex hiking boots and wool socks, I felt the cold starting from my feet. Gloves is a must. Scarfs for wrapping around your neck to protect the wind blowing on your neck and nose is also recommended. If you don't want to wear a wool hat, you can consider those wool head band that have protective wool at each side to cover the ears.

It's really cold in January. Even for the past few days, it's getting colder by days.

im so worried now that my eqs are not sufficient enuf to stand the weather there. im going next week.

where is this place?

Sorry, am not really good at remembering places especially when I'm one of those who follows a lead. In this case, we followed a friend's book on introduction of good foods thus I just follow.

All these foods are from different different area where some are stumbled by chances like the ice ramen located at dongdaemun area. Corner basement shop next to faceshop.

Ginseng Chicken I heard is the most famous where ppl needs to queue up to get in but my lousy memory doesn't serve me well. Attached is the photo of the shop; see any others can advise:


The large pic on grill meat is at Myeondong area opposite a hospital and there's a famous cathedral there nearby.

There's a pan of chicken on the left under the black ginseng chicken is at Chuncheon's town - Chicken Galbi (Chuncheon dak galbi) at Namchuncheon Myeong-dong.

The steamy hotstone udon is just a tiny shop besides our hostel. Didn't visit it until the last day because we go out early and come back late - typical backpacker style. Then various hotstone rice at either Nandaemun or Myeongdong.

nola uncle boon..

girls wear like this:





anyway..try to bring more clothes just in case...i expect the winter to be even more cooldddddd....

Haha..I found out only after looking for the best rate to change bck all my Won to US$. The 24hrs KFC & McD is at the centre ground floor (For them level1) or arrival hall

So I need to update 1st pg soon informing others going to Incheon to eat at arrival hall McD or KFC. Furthermore there is NO airport pricing! The McD, KFC, Family Mart GS25 and even Etude/ cosmestic pricing is exactly the same price offered as Seoul...Damn to M'sian airport for the airport pricing ...I missed the McD bulgogi burger..it's better than their own lotteria burger (Lousy)

Oh, on your latest food pict..Yeah my 27,000 won dinner at Myeongdong is Chicken galbi...I wrongly choose the most expensive set! at 9,000X3 aigooooo Should hv choose the cheapest at 4500won X3 Here the picture of my cjicken galbi..the chicken tasted abit like our sate! Anyway, something unique..They cook for you just like teppanyaki..Should try but choose chicken galbi fried rice which is cheaper ~ 5000 won per pax



Soon editing my digicam photos soon...just came back from Bkt bintang changing bck my US$ to RM..Good price at BB Plaza entrance money changer - 3.142.. Wawasa = 3.135. Also developing cheap photos at BTS ~ RM0.30/pc & watching TRON at the newly opened GSC MAXX IMAX cinema - Darmn not fuly 3D- 50% 2D & 3D!!

anyone still got KRW left to change with me?
haiya zstan like that winter sure no sexy lenglui to kap lor. All wear until so tight cos so cold.

This post has been edited by sfwong1: Dec 16 2010, 11:11 PM

oh yeah..Maybank ATM card failed in Seoul hor...I tried using ATM to withdraw my money on a PLUS signed ATM but failed..dunno why!! So desperate trying to change my US$ to Won on 2nd nite after used up all my won (i changed it wth AEIOU). It was Sunday and most Money changer & banks closed on Sunday..No wonder...Lucky there is one inside Doota dongdaemun.

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Added on December 16, 2010, 11:20 pmYou will be suprise..They still wear sexy stocking wth winter boot there...I saw their TV advertising those thermal stocking..probably those ladies wearing those thermal stocking there. haha..uniglo do sell those stocking.. ..BTW, found out chanel 72 & 48 sometime (~ Midnite) having X-rated dramas!! Yeah sumore Ch 72 are period drams But got naked ladies 7 making love scene..darnnnn

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Added on December 16, 2010, 11:25 pmForgotten to add this small left-over snow/ice probably from last week snowing at Seoul -Gyeongbokgung Palace:

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Added on December 16, 2010, 11:55 pmGPS tracklogs from LCCT to Incheon - GPS is OK on the plane as the latest Air Asia 360 deg margazine but they still prohibit the use during take-off.

6hr 18,in flying time to incheon wth Max speed of 998km/hr near jeju Island (Almost speed of sound dy !) This is the highest speed i ever experience..bcos on avg only 800km/hr.




This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 17 2010, 12:01 AM

@sfwong1, you didn't get zstan's meaning. Wait till you are in Korea and you'll understand what we are talking about. Many pwetty ladies around...

@uncle, my friend says channel 19. Me however too tired to even on the TV. Everyday we go out early and return late.
And yeah, saw the mag talking about phone using GSM and also GPS ok as signal wave is weaker. But what GPS are you using on the plane?

I'm using Holux GPS data logger haha..If using phone sure kena scold wan.& furthermore signal not strong enough.This small gadget can be hide behind the foldeable table:

Wow....!! more and more valuable and up to date info keep flooding in to this thread now...
As the matter of fact, I'm still having Korea hang over.

So Stimix, the exchange rate at the departure level is selling or buying ?

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Dec 17 2010, 01:29 AM