I know.. I have been away for a couple of weeks. Just got back from my Korea trip and had been busy with work lately. Anyway, I'm back now and lets start with my wonderful trip in Korea!! ❤ (｡◕‿◕｡) Expecting autumn at end of November, but was told that we would be experiencing snow. ❆❆❆ Our trip started as early as a month before. WHY?? Cos we were busy hunting for winter clothing.. Hehe.. We joined the trip offered by Bel-Air Travel, traveling on a 7D6N tour. We took a flight to KL in the evening and off to Incheon Airport, Seoul, South Korea on a midnight flight at 1am, reaching Korea at 820am Korea time (which is 1 hour faster than Malaysia).
1st Destination: Gyeongbokgung Palace 景福宫
The first spot we visited was the royal palace in Seoul, South Korea, Gyeongbokgung Palace 景福宫.
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| Still able to see beautiful red maple leaves.. Luckily, not every trees have turned barren yet. |
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| Korean drum |
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| We were in time to watch the royal changing of the guard ceremony in front of the gate, but it was quite hard to catch a good spot to watch. Too many people were blocking. |
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| Taking pics with the serious-looking guards after the ceremony. |
After we were done with that, our tourist guide took us on a short tour around the palace and of cos, explaining the history of the place.
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| Our 1st group photo - 景福宫 |
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| 勤政殿 - The place where the King held important event or meeting with important guests |
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| 7 claws Dragon inside the 勤政殿, situated on top of where the King sits. |
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| 庆会楼 - One of the 2 buildings inside the palace which was not destroyed during the Japanese rule. |
After the visiting of the palace, we were taken for lunch at a local restaurant!
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| Got the chance to take pic with lots of maple trees!! :D |
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| Hot Claypot for lunch with refillable sides. |
2nd Destination: 仁寺洞 Insadong
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| Here I am at Insadong! Insadong is a place for shopping and based on my readings, this place is a place for souvenirs. |
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| Interesting stuffs sold there - Wooden Utensils; Brass Items; Cute Socks; Ice-cream filled Corn stick; Peanuts Bar. |
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| We even spotted Baskin Robbins Cakes Display. These 2 were just 2 out of many. |
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| Instrument playing going on. |
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| Steaming hot dim sums! The dim sums were really big. We got to try one of the dumplings offered by our tour leader and it was good! |
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| Tam-jiak me wanted to try Hotteok filled with sweet ground peanut (1000 KRW) which many were queuing for it. It was really nice! |
3rd Destination: KimChi School + Hanbok Wearing
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| An introduction to Korea's famous dish - KimChi. |
We were taught the Korean way of making Kimchi!
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| Me and my Kimchi! |
After our KimChi making session, we went downstairs to put on Hanbok (Korea's traditional clothes) for photo shooting.
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| Tadaa~ Korean family~ Hehe~ |
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| A shot with the Korean ladies who helped us to put on our Hanboks |
After departing from KimChi School, we were ready to ✈ ✈ ✈ fly off to Jeju Island.
4th Destination: Jeju Island
Taking a approximately an hour flight, we finally reached Jeju Island. With our empty stomachs, we were immediately taken for dinner at 富豪.
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| Seafood Abalone Claypot (containing 4 types of abalones with scallops, squids, mussels and prawns). Yum yum~ |
Understanding that we had a tiring day of taking flights, our tour guide checked us in
Tameus Hotel.
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| Clean and comfy room. Time for bed! |
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