We then took an airport shuttle bus 602 at nearby our hotel direct to airport, it's a very convenient service for us...it costs only 8000 won per pax.
We enjoyed our trip to Korea...we would definitely come back again...
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Day 9 Full gospel church service and back to Singapore
We spent the morning at the local full gospel church attending their Sunday service.
We then took an airport shuttle bus 602 at nearby our hotel direct to airport, it's a very convenient service for us...it costs only 8000 won per pax.
We enjoyed our trip to Korea...we would definitely come back again...
We then took an airport shuttle bus 602 at nearby our hotel direct to airport, it's a very convenient service for us...it costs only 8000 won per pax.
We enjoyed our trip to Korea...we would definitely come back again...
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Day 8 Cheongynani and Yoido Full Gospel Church
On day 8...
We took on a journey to visit the largest church in Korea and probably the biggest in the world with more than 1 million members, founded by Rev Dr David Yonggi Cho..
We do not know where the church is initially, and thought that the locals would be able to tell us where it is...the search ended up with us walking almost 2-3 subway stations from Cheongynani station, we only have a photo and name of the church to rely on, the locals guided us to many churches but they are not the church we are looking for...we have a language problem! Most locals do not understand english, we almost gave up on the search but finally we reach a university where somebody could understand ENGLISH!!
Guess what?? The church that we're looking for is very very far away from the initial location that we understand, because there are many local outlets of full gospel church in Seoul, it's at least 45 mins of subway journey....we decided to take on the journey.
It's worth it! The church is fantastic, it's located in the heart of Seoul business district by the river.
It's a tiring but rewarding day...
We took on a journey to visit the largest church in Korea and probably the biggest in the world with more than 1 million members, founded by Rev Dr David Yonggi Cho..
We do not know where the church is initially, and thought that the locals would be able to tell us where it is...the search ended up with us walking almost 2-3 subway stations from Cheongynani station, we only have a photo and name of the church to rely on, the locals guided us to many churches but they are not the church we are looking for...we have a language problem! Most locals do not understand english, we almost gave up on the search but finally we reach a university where somebody could understand ENGLISH!!
Guess what?? The church that we're looking for is very very far away from the initial location that we understand, because there are many local outlets of full gospel church in Seoul, it's at least 45 mins of subway journey....we decided to take on the journey.
It's worth it! The church is fantastic, it's located in the heart of Seoul business district by the river.
It's a tiring but rewarding day...
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Day 7 Sinchon shopping street and Myeondong
Day 7 was a special day...
It was the end of the group tour where our members took a afternoon flight back to Singapore, while we continue our journey "free & easy" in Seoul...I have to do a lot of homework for the 3 days 2 nights 'a la carte" tour...the challenging part is the communication.
We spent the morning with the group members at Sinchon shopping street, it's a beautiful street...very quiet and neat.
We waved goodbye to our members just before lunch and took a taxi to Cheongnyangni where we stay. We surveyed the subway station, the airport shuttle bus time chart and the surrounding just to make sure that we remembered where we stay and how to get to the airport.
We head to Myeondong and spent the whole afternoon touring the popular shopping district, we tried the local foods and walked most of the time. In Seoul, due to scarcity of land, they created shopping space along the subway line underground, where you can shop station to station...
We also bought a big authentic korea watermelon to try...watermelon is expensive in korea, which i do not know why...It was a really fun time buying the watermelon where we negotiated with the stall owner...
It was the end of the group tour where our members took a afternoon flight back to Singapore, while we continue our journey "free & easy" in Seoul...I have to do a lot of homework for the 3 days 2 nights 'a la carte" tour...the challenging part is the communication.
We spent the morning with the group members at Sinchon shopping street, it's a beautiful street...very quiet and neat.We waved goodbye to our members just before lunch and took a taxi to Cheongnyangni where we stay. We surveyed the subway station, the airport shuttle bus time chart and the surrounding just to make sure that we remembered where we stay and how to get to the airport.
We head to Myeondong and spent the whole afternoon touring the popular shopping district, we tried the local foods and walked most of the time. In Seoul, due to scarcity of land, they created shopping space along the subway line underground, where you can shop station to station...
We also bought a big authentic korea watermelon to try...watermelon is expensive in korea, which i do not know why...It was a really fun time buying the watermelon where we negotiated with the stall owner...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Day 6 Changdukgung Palace, Ginseng Monopoly Showroom, Kimchi Making, COEX mall and Lotte World
Day 6...
It's a fun-filled day with many interesting activities, example kimchi making, photo taking in traditional korean costume, visiting ginseng monopoly shop, visiting COEX shopping mall, Changdukgung palace and Lotte world.
We put up at Ritz Carlton Hotel Seoul for the night....it's a luxury stay! We love it!
It's a fun-filled day with many interesting activities, example kimchi making, photo taking in traditional korean costume, visiting ginseng monopoly shop, visiting COEX shopping mall, Changdukgung palace and Lotte world.
We put up at Ritz Carlton Hotel Seoul for the night....it's a luxury stay! We love it!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sangsoo Herb Land, Ginseng Farm, Chuncheon Nami Island and Dongdaemun market on Day 5
Day 5...
We took a guided tour at the Sangsoo Herb Land, it's Asia's largest herbs garden which features thousands different types of herbs in the garden and glass house, it's really a big garden! We were greeted by the expert of Sangsoo Herb Land which believed to be the founder. He delivered a fantastic lecture about his herb education and various kind of benefits arriving from consuming herbs....there's all kind of herbs and flowers which we have never seen before. We took the tour around the glass garden and ended up....bought a lot of herbs!!! Thanks to the sales pitch....
After lunch, we went to Chuncheon-si where we took a boat ride to Nami Island, where the filming site of the popular korean drama serial is...Winter Sonata. It began raining when we reached the ferry terminal...
Nami island was not originally an island, but it's made as a result of the construction of Cheongpyeong Dam, the most famous spot is of course the walk down the tree paths....where you can experience the "effect" of shooting winter sonata::)
We left Nami island for Seoul...which is about 1 hr 15 mins bus journey...i think we didn't go to Dongdaemun market for some reasons but i can't recall, instead we went to Doota shopping mall which is also at Dongdaemun. It's a big and well known fashion mall comprising of 8 floors in total. I guess we are all too tired to shop....we spent about 1.5 hrs there.
The rest are dinner and hotel....rest...
We took a guided tour at the Sangsoo Herb Land, it's Asia's largest herbs garden which features thousands different types of herbs in the garden and glass house, it's really a big garden! We were greeted by the expert of Sangsoo Herb Land which believed to be the founder. He delivered a fantastic lecture about his herb education and various kind of benefits arriving from consuming herbs....there's all kind of herbs and flowers which we have never seen before. We took the tour around the glass garden and ended up....bought a lot of herbs!!! Thanks to the sales pitch....
After lunch, we went to Chuncheon-si where we took a boat ride to Nami Island, where the filming site of the popular korean drama serial is...Winter Sonata. It began raining when we reached the ferry terminal...Nami island was not originally an island, but it's made as a result of the construction of Cheongpyeong Dam, the most famous spot is of course the walk down the tree paths....where you can experience the "effect" of shooting winter sonata::)
We left Nami island for Seoul...which is about 1 hr 15 mins bus journey...i think we didn't go to Dongdaemun market for some reasons but i can't recall, instead we went to Doota shopping mall which is also at Dongdaemun. It's a big and well known fashion mall comprising of 8 floors in total. I guess we are all too tired to shop....we spent about 1.5 hrs there.
The rest are dinner and hotel....rest...
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Maisan Provincial Park, Jeonju, Korean Traditional Wine Museum And Muju Resort...Day 4
On day 4, we depart from hotel inter burgo at Daegu, heading to Korean traditional wine museum at Jeonju...it's almost 2 hrs bus journey from Daegu.
At the museum, we saw many tools and machines used to make alcohol, of course there are many traditional korean wine on exhibit. They also have a alcohol preparation room and fermentation room where they show you the various process of making alcohol...
As you probably know, Jeonju is very famous in traditional korean food, so we get to dine at one of the local famous restaurant...the table is fully occupied with various kind of foods and they are stacked on top.
We went to Maisan Provisional Park after lunch, it's a mountain park filled with a lot of mysterious story in the past and interesting place to visit, it's a good place to walk especially after a heavy lunch.
This park has different names according to the seasons, but the story behind this park is the 2 peaks that was believed to be rock mountain that said to be father peak and child peak about 2 gods that came down from sky and live there for a while, they had a child while living there, the 2 peaks were formed when they were ascending back to sky and got trapped when one village women saw them, there's also a mother peak on the other side but we didn't see that.
The mountain tour lasted for about 2 hours, and we continue our journey to the north, the destination is Muju resort! Before that, we stopped near to Muju resort for Korean bbq dinner.
Muju resort is a top famous resort during the winter season. It's surrounded by the breath-taking view of Mt Deokyu National Park, and it's often been referred to as the "Little Alps" in Korea. We stayed at Hotel Tirol where it cost 380,000 won a night! The special thing about this hotel is the Austrian architecture, and its superb interior. The guest room is very spacious with wooden bed.
At the museum, we saw many tools and machines used to make alcohol, of course there are many traditional korean wine on exhibit. They also have a alcohol preparation room and fermentation room where they show you the various process of making alcohol...
As you probably know, Jeonju is very famous in traditional korean food, so we get to dine at one of the local famous restaurant...the table is fully occupied with various kind of foods and they are stacked on top.
We went to Maisan Provisional Park after lunch, it's a mountain park filled with a lot of mysterious story in the past and interesting place to visit, it's a good place to walk especially after a heavy lunch.
This park has different names according to the seasons, but the story behind this park is the 2 peaks that was believed to be rock mountain that said to be father peak and child peak about 2 gods that came down from sky and live there for a while, they had a child while living there, the 2 peaks were formed when they were ascending back to sky and got trapped when one village women saw them, there's also a mother peak on the other side but we didn't see that.
The mountain tour lasted for about 2 hours, and we continue our journey to the north, the destination is Muju resort! Before that, we stopped near to Muju resort for Korean bbq dinner.Muju resort is a top famous resort during the winter season. It's surrounded by the breath-taking view of Mt Deokyu National Park, and it's often been referred to as the "Little Alps" in Korea. We stayed at Hotel Tirol where it cost 380,000 won a night! The special thing about this hotel is the Austrian architecture, and its superb interior. The guest room is very spacious with wooden bed.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Day 3 Daegu...SPA valley..Jung Angro Street Shopping
We waved good bye to Jeju Island in the morning after breakfast.
We then took a domestic flight to Daegu. It is a nice city though, and what we understand from our tour leader that this is the second largest city in South Korea after Seoul.
We went to couple of places, including Jun Angro Shopping street, and it is a vibrant place, full of fun and young teenagers, we walked and walked, and guess what?? We lost our way back to the meeting place, everywhere looks the same when we were trying to walk back. I bum around with Shirlee and she is not so happy though....but we managed to get back to the meeting place after about 15 minutes late....luckily the bus is still there. Thanks God.
Well, we also spent a couple of hours at the SPA valley, and had our dinner there, what a nice dinner!
Well, enough for today.
I'll talk to you soon!
Thomas
We then took a domestic flight to Daegu. It is a nice city though, and what we understand from our tour leader that this is the second largest city in South Korea after Seoul.
We went to couple of places, including Jun Angro Shopping street, and it is a vibrant place, full of fun and young teenagers, we walked and walked, and guess what?? We lost our way back to the meeting place, everywhere looks the same when we were trying to walk back. I bum around with Shirlee and she is not so happy though....but we managed to get back to the meeting place after about 15 minutes late....luckily the bus is still there. Thanks God.
Well, we also spent a couple of hours at the SPA valley, and had our dinner there, what a nice dinner!
Well, enough for today.
I'll talk to you soon!
Thomas
Day 2 Jeju Island..Yongduam Rock..Songsan Sunrise Peak..Jeju Folk Village..ATV
Yeh! It is day 2 at Jeju Island..It is finally up now.
We woke up quite early at 600am, and took a nice breakfast altogether.
As you can see, we have many programmes up for day-2, it is a fun day as we visit many places at Jeju Island especially Songsan Sunrise Peak, i made it to the peak! But the slope is quite steep and my wife was not so keen on challenging the peak, but she was really enjoying the green scenery and breeze from the sea while waiting for me...how nice is that..
Enjoy and Stay Back!
Thomas
We woke up quite early at 600am, and took a nice breakfast altogether.
As you can see, we have many programmes up for day-2, it is a fun day as we visit many places at Jeju Island especially Songsan Sunrise Peak, i made it to the peak! But the slope is quite steep and my wife was not so keen on challenging the peak, but she was really enjoying the green scenery and breeze from the sea while waiting for me...how nice is that..
Enjoy and Stay Back!
Thomas
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Day 1...Seoul - Yongin Everland - Jeju Island
Wow! This is our first day in Korea!
We arrived at the Incheon Airport at about 700am in the morning, we met our local tour guide from Lotte Tour - Mr Leng (so called cool guy in chinese).
We catch a quick bite at the airport's Macdonald....that's pretty cool!
Today we will be visiting Yongin Everland.
It's a fun theme park. I have put together some slides for your viewing pleasure..
Though it's tiring day after flying a night flight from Singapore, we really enjoy the theme park being a fun filled, creative and we find that their staff are all great customer manager!
We arrived at the Incheon Airport at about 700am in the morning, we met our local tour guide from Lotte Tour - Mr Leng (so called cool guy in chinese).
We catch a quick bite at the airport's Macdonald....that's pretty cool!
Today we will be visiting Yongin Everland.
It's a fun theme park. I have put together some slides for your viewing pleasure..
Though it's tiring day after flying a night flight from Singapore, we really enjoy the theme park being a fun filled, creative and we find that their staff are all great customer manager!
Monday, July 9, 2007
Update on our trip to South Korea
Thanks God!
We had a wonderful trip during our 9 days at South Korea. It was a fantastic trip for both of us. I just want to put up some notes here to give some quick preview of our trip and the highlights.
Stay tuned for more updates and of course some photos!
We really enjoyed ourself there, we realise that even it is summer now in South Korea, but the weather is still good, about 20-25 degree celcius at days and can be less than 20 degree celcius at night! so don't have the idea that the weather is hot when it is summer in Korea, but wheather check is still pretty important as sometimes there may be some unexpectation.
The korean food are really good and special!
Highlights are Galbi, Bulgogi (also called Korean BBQ), Samgyeopsal, soups, side dishes, noodles, mixed rice (called Bibimbap), ginseng chicken with rice, and much more...
One of the nice stay at South Korea is Hotel Tirol at Muju Resort, we are impressed by the design of the hotel. Stay tuned for more photos!
One more highlight i want to share with you is the Yoido Full Gospel Church! It is a place filled with blessings to nation of South Korea and to the world...more updates coming soon.
To your travel success!
Thomas & Shirlee
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