It was still early and along the street there are many aunties selling vegetables and other food stuff! When we reached the station.. we were approached by a guy asking us whether we are from Singapore. Seriously.. i tot he wanted to ask for direction and we had that "Singaporean" face so that question. BUT it turn out to be kiuk! Jieyin's buddy. The cute guy! hahaha.. he says he was bathing when we called him at the security post and there are 2 gates so he tot it is the backgate! but he is realli cute la. i mean.. if we didnt miss our stop.. we will be long gone.. so will he 痴痴 wait for us? i think he will!! hee.. He is really nice.. he called the other night and made arrangement with us to go to seoul! he says if 4 ppl were to travel together we will get a discounted rate to sit on the ktx! wad a deal. So the initial price was like 22000 like that and we got our tix at 14500 won! we seoul in like 50mins time! fast! it was going at 300+km/hr!!
at the station
inside KTX. Kiuk looks weird here! with boi
moi looking at the screen! hahaha..
so when we reached the station.. we went to our hostel. Kiuk called the place and got to know from the people that the place was quite near to Seoul station and we could take a cab over. So off we go! :)
as it is still early for check-in. we put our bag at the reception and went to Insadong! that's a cultural place. Took a subway.. :)
hungry.. it's time for lunch!! :) So kiuk bring us walk a small alley but it turns out to be a short cut. there are many eateries and they are so traditional. or perhaps constructed to be like traditonal. WE went to a place to try. i forgot wad is it. Since we dun know korea.. And we must try all their delicacy. we let him choose! and it is really not bad! we treat kiuk for this meal! =)
walking dwn the back alley
the cute auntie who pose for us when we were at her stall!
walking to find the stall
the chosen eatery!
the food!! it was a spread!! gosh!! hahaha..
outside the eatery!
isnt the place very traditional?! its v pretty.. And after our dinner we walk around the place.. they are many shops selling souveniors.. And Jieyin bought alot.. make me wonder whether i should buy not. hahaha.. but lucky i din buy.. we found smth cheaper at nandaemun. :p
yeah.. so we walk around. We were looking for handphone too. as in korea, they only support cdma.. we could not just buy a sim card and put it into our phone. It was not cheap.. so we did'nt get any deals. We were realli grateful that Kiuk was here to bring us around. :) but he had an appointment with a friend and he left us at around 2. We went to YMCA to see whether we can replace boi's HI hosteling card or not.
[u see. we did the card in singapore.. with the card, we are able to get discounts for our hostels and also some attraction.. but boi forgot to bring. so we decide to try ymca as STA is located there.]
with alot of difficulty in the building (due to langauge barriers), we left. but the people were realli friendly and helpful. we search the internet and got to know that it is not at ymca but somewhere else. oh well.. boi decide to ask his family to mail it to him! [he got the card le!]
and after which we decide to go myeongdong! it's a fashion street! There's only shopping. but we saw the bustling of the street which is so different from Daejeon. For the first time.. when we see alot of ppl.. we are happy! hahaha..
the streetfood!! yum yum. but they are really spicy!
walk around and then we saw my FAVOURITE! Krispy creme! was still full didnt get anything. but boi get his strawberry shortcake for tmr's breakfast! and guess wad.. they give free donuts to customers. Wanted to buy dozens.. but seriously! hahhaa.. will not be that nice le lor. YUM YUM!!! Seriously.. the donuts in korea are so wonderful.. much wonderful than the weird donuts we have in singapore. GOSH!! heaven!!
they are selling these kind of clothes everywhere! hahaha. so lacy and sweet.. not my kind! after a very short dinner at a eatery.. (food okie only) we decide to go seoul tower!! We took subway to cungmuro and take bus 2 to the top! gosh! when we reached the place. we were shock. hahaha.. we have to walk up!!! Tired sia!! its like so steep.. but when we reached we were really really happy! hahha.. we are really not fit! there are ladies who wore heels and they seem fine and there's a bunch of cyclists cycling up that slope! gosh! pei fu!!
[newae.. in seoul.. i dun think they have the concept of escalator. I mean they do have.. but there isnt alot. especially at the subway there. I wonder how the elderly travel. but i cam to realise.. they are actually very strong!! Before they are out of breath climbing the stairs.. I already am panting like hell. hahahah]
the art we saw at the park. it's made of wire.
i dunno why there's fountain. but everyone got very excited!
the tower!!
group photo at the ticketing booth!
gosh. it was not very cheap to go up. it cost like 7000won. And we din know that our HI card got discount. but oh well.. we realise it too late! but we have fun.. it was like on a tower on top of a mountain! way cool.
at this position of the observatory.. we were this far away from singapore!!
the lift will show u how far are we away from the ground! cool. and it's fast! and got guy to press button for ya! hahaha..
at one of the shop at the seoul tower. Teddy bear museum. Will go to Jeju one's at the end of the semester. We were just take a sneak peak of the small shop! so cuddly! and the bear is not very expensive too!! hahaha..
we walked down that slope and took bus 2 back. was so tired from all the walking and decide to take cab home. we cant tahan another round of climbing up slope! [our hostel is on top of the slope too. near the tower.. but way below..]
the place was great and comfy. I had a very good night sleep! :P
day2 will be up soon!
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