Korea Trip Day 3

We started our 3rd day even earlier as we had to catch a morning flight back to Seoul Gimpo Airport, taking T'way Airlines. Breakfast was not as luxurious as yesterday's. We were taken to 富豪, which we had dinner on our first night, to have abalone porridge. The abalone pieces were in small bits, so I did not take any photo of. We were also served with complimentary dim sums of steamed dumplings and soft pau.

Steamed dumplings and pau. The dumplings tasted bland, but the pau texture was good. It was very soft.

There we went again~~ Flying~~

Caught a shot with Korean Air Hostess who I find quite good-looking. :D

Once we got to Seoul, we were brought for lunch first, having 春川炒雞排.

春川炒雞排. Stir-frying process. A mix of mainly chicken pieces, rice cake and cabbage.

The way we were taught to eat. Wrapped in lettuce including the side dishes provided and their sauce. Yummy!

Done with eating it with fresh lettuce, another method to enjoy the dish was to add in rice and some seaweed slices and tadaa~ Here came the fried rice! Very nice too!

1st Destination: Nami Island 南怡島Completed our lunch, we were ready to take off to the famous Nami Island 南怡島 where shots of the famous drama, "Winter Sonata 冬季恋歌" was taken. To get to Nami Island, we had to get on board a ~15mins ferry ride.

Upon reaching, there were many nicely designed signboards and shops. 

3rd Group Photo - 南怡島

Upon reaching, our tourist guide did not give us any time to take any pics along our way until we reached the main spot.

So, here we were! At the famous Winter Sonata's filming spot!

Taking turns in group for photo-shooting here, we were given time to snapshot places around the island.

I'm so tiny!

Haha!

;)

Now you know where I took my Title Background from. :P

Lovely yellow leaves. Autumn feel! But it's kinda stinky cos of the fallen ginkgo. 

Introduced by our guide to try this hot steaming red bean white pau (1000 KRW). Slurps~

We were the first group to get back to the desired waiting spot.

Cute ferry

At the entrance

My tourist guide bought me this coffee! So good! I mean the coffee. =P

2nd Destination: 春川明洞

After Nami Island, we headed to 春川明洞, in which the first stall we encountered was the famous Fat Mama Fruits House 胖阿姨水果店. She was there to greet us. However, her painful leg prevented her from entertaining us, so her daughter did all the servings. Served us with delicious fresh fruits like strawberries and pears. The dried persimmon was very good too. We bought the dried persimmons packets as souvenirs and one big packet of strawberries (20,000 KRW).

胖阿姨水果店

Carried on with some shopping at the street with the help of some bargaining from our tourist guide and we bought a ear cover for just 3,000 KRW, which would cost around RM10. In Kuching, the cheapest we could get I think would be RM30 and the quality would not be that good. Visiting a nearby bakery store next to 胖阿姨水果店, we were buying some pastries which we found them tempting.

Got this (1,500 to 2,000 KRW) as we were told that this was their hottest-selling item. Very soft baked bun with red bean and chewy custard inside. Yum yum!

3rd Destination: 大浦巷海鲜市场 

It was cold and dark despite it's only 6pm, so we just took a short time to walk around. The stalls were distributed into 2 buildings, selling wet and fresh seafood, and cooked food.

What's this??

Bargaining~~

Cooked seafood

Dealing with the merchants

Having fried rice wrapped in fresh squid (5,000 KRW). No regrets!! So good!!

Off next we were taken for dinner.

Our dining place, but we were not seated here. Instead we were having dinner on the other corner with chairs.

Our Dinner! Steamboat consisting of seafood.

Done with a big tummy, we headed straight to our hotel at Sorak - Daemyung Sorak Resort.

We were given rooms with korean sleep on the floor. Looks like a house to me as there is a dining place with stoves etc.

What I did first when we got back to the hotel. ENJOYING STRAWBERRIES!

After settling down, we walked our way to the hotel's grocery store. Here I was hunting for snacks. :P

Got myself ice cream again. Almond Pistachio Flavor Ice Cream (~1,000 KRW). Tasted weird. >.<

Done for our 3rd day! Time for bed, sleeping in korean style tonight on the warm heated floor! :D

Thailand Trip Day 2

Not time should be wasted when you are on vacation! We woke up early and wanted to head to the market at 5am as according to ppl, it should be open by then. But hey no~ We were informed that stalls would be only be setting up by 6am. So we went back to get some more rest, get ourselves prepared by 6am and went for the hotel's breakfast buffet first. Simple dishes were served.

My breakfast

Then, we headed straight to the street to do shopping. It just rained, so yea~~ It's so wet. 

Crowds early in the morning

Clothes here are so cheap. People were seen pulling their luggage bags, packing their garments into their bags straightaway. I guessed they are retailers to stack up their stocks.

Food vendors were seen as well:

We were requested by our tourist guide to be ready at 730am to start our journey to Pattaya. We rushed back to our hotel immediately after an hour and you just couldn't imagine how many I had bought with less than 3000 Baht.

Our first stop along our way to Pattaya was Sriracha Tiger Zoo.

Cheese~~

Tiger Performance!

 Next, we had lunch at the zoo before going for the crocodile performance.

Visiting the Souvenir Shop when we had time.

Aww.. Cute tiger baby..

We paid to get ourselves feeding the tiger cub! The cub felt like a puppy but definitely much stronger. Kinda scary when it speed onto my thigh and rushed for the milk. >.<

Crocodile Show. Dangerous actions were performed - teasing the crocs, lying on it, putting their hands and head into the mouth. Scary!!

After the show, we were brought to this Grape Vineyard which is really very beautiful!!

The restaurant

We were so happy. LOL!

Enjoying the ice blended grape juice there. So good!

Greek feel

Nice spot for portrait photo!

Just love this place!! ❤ ♡ ❤ ♡

After enjoying the scenery a short while, we visited this famous monk place which I do not know the name though. There were so so many tourists.

Then, we headed straight to Nongnooch Village. It was a great place, plenty of attractions, but we were there just for the Thai Cultural Show and Elephant Show.

Thai Cultural Show

Say HI! to baby elephant.

Elephants are smart. They can paint, play basketballs, bowling and dancing Oppa Gangnam Style!

Street foods available there. The pork satay (10 Baht) was so good! First time trying out Thailand's pork satay and it was so damn good that we did not miss it our in our daily meals!

Nice and fragrant Thai Coconuts to quench our thirsts! 

After a hectic day rushing here and there, we finally got to our hotel at Pattaya - Royal Century Hotel / Century Park Hotel. Placed our luggage in our rooms and went out for dinner. After some rests, we were out again!

Walking our way to the food stalls.

Can't wait to have Thailand's famous Mango Glutinous Rice! There were other mango stuffs available like Mango Custard, Mango Kaya Paste etc.

So much food there!!

Cheap cheap fruits!!

One of the food stalls we visited. Quite delicious and very cheap! We had 4 plates of Pad Thai, 1 Oyster Omelette and 6 big cups of fresh fruit juices for only around 400 Baht.

Pork Chop Satay again! As usual, priced at 10 Baht each! So tender and juicy!!

Ikan Panggang with Salt. Don't quite like it cos it has the fishy smell.

Mango Kaya Paste that was recommended to be served with the glutinous rice. Kinda too sweet for me. Did not get to take any pics of the Mango Glutinous Rice as those hungry fellows gobbled up the dessert before I wanted to snapshot.

Oh yea~ Thai Durians!! It looked good, but there was no fragrant durian smell coming out from it. Unlike our Malaysian Durians, they have very dtrong and pungent smell. Taste-wise, it was as good as our local Kuching Durians though.

Came across this Grilled Little Suckling Pig along our way back to the hotel. Looks good~~

That's the end of our Day 2!!