Seoul Trip Part 2 Day 10-14

Continuing from the previous post.

We have come to the end of this long post soon. I am sure many readers is keen to know what's the ending like for my last leg of the trip.

Day 10(October 13): Bukchon Hanok Village +Naeun & Friends

Good morning everybody! Did everyone have a good night sleep? It was a tiring day yesterday and to those readers who is not there, you are tiring of reading long post too, am i right? Don't worry i promise you that this post will be longer! The itinerary today is Bukchon Hanok Village and meeting my friends.

Bukchon Hanok Village is a village of traditional houses situated on top of hills. It is located near the Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung Palace etc. Today many of this traditional houses operate as restaurant,guesthouse, offices and lots more. The unique thing is the architecture of the houses. There's 8 Photo taking spots with 2 trails in Bukchon Village. Most of the photo taking spots offers visitors the best photo angle you can take to see the uniqueness of the village.

To get there: Take train to Metro Line 3 to Anguk Station. Exit 2 and walk 300m till you see Tourist Information Center.

 As for me i only managed to cover 4 out of 8 of the Photo spots because of lack of time and the place is huge! As usual I will let the photo explains the beautiful village of Bukchon Hanok Village.

The next part I parted ways from the group as they continue to shop at Namdaemun while i meet my friend, Naeun and her friends. I wonder if i should tell everything that happened? I want to keep it for my memories.

Well let's go with it. Naeun is a friend i know from SNS a few years back. Every time when i visited Seoul she will be jealous of me because she is a Seoul person but I know Seoul more than her. Everything else shall be private then.

So our day begins and we met at Gangnam station. I was using Kakaotalk Wifi since my EG Simcard have problems. So once i get the Wifi i was told that she would meet me at Exit 11. So I decided to wait on top instead of bottom. Okay waited for about 10 minutes since Wifi signal still strong. She told me she is already here and was wearing red. I look around i only saw one girl wearing red. My first opinion that the girl is pretty and has a thick make up. Her eyebrows is long too. I was about to approach her when i receive a message that she is waiting for me downstairs. I was shocked out of sudden. I make my way down and she grab hold of my hand the moment i reach down. Phew, I was saved from embarrassment, if only i approach that girl, i might embarrass myself. I told Naeun about it and she laugh at me, why so bad!

So headed for lunch at the place where I always wanted to bring her. We talk quite a bit and get to know each other better. It's like in 2 or 3 years we have talk offline and this is the first time we are talking face to face. I am happy that she would meet me because previously back in 2010 my sister Jieon didn't want to meet me! Thanks Naeun for welcoming me to South Korea with open hearts. We headed to Apgujeongrodeo next to Coffee Cojjee. Coffee Cojjee is the place where Naeun always go even alone to drink coffee there while having glances of looking at idols. Some information about about Apgujeongrodeo,it's situated near Hanggang Park and it's home to luxurious brand boutique. Often you can see idols, actor, actress hanging out here. It is home to a few well known entertainment company like SM Town,JYP etc. I didn't go to this place but I know it's there.

So we headed for Coffee Cojjee and at the front there's two Black Idols van. Naeun told me it was 4Minute and something starts from B. I can't remember who but i saw the guy idols. They were tall and skinny. Oh my god. So we found a place and sat down. Ordered Green Tea Latte and she ordered Caramel Ice Blended. It was so nice and i enjoy it so much. At that moment of time, I was the only guy in the cafe. Rose can see through my shyness and she told me don't worry, she's there for me. Then as we make our way out, Naeun help me take a few photos of albums signed by Kpop idols.

Next we went to Ttukseom Resort and as usual it is just beside Hangang river. It's our first time there so we visited most of the place and was amazed by the structures and place. We went into the Museum there and learn a little about Hangang Park, Of course we doesn't miss taking photos of the beautiful scenery. It was really nice there to spend the Sunday together. Initially she wanted to ride the bicycle but then it was too crowded that we decided to take the Couple duck boat. I was afraid of the water but nonetheless i don't want to disappoint her so I go along with it. We spend 35 minutes on the boat and we watch sunset together.

Then she ask me if i want to meet her friends and I agreed. Even i was shy, well it's good to expand my contacts there. We headed for Janghanpyeong and as usual our first time again. We met another three of her friends there, Haemin,Gayoung and Misoo. At Janghanpyeong that night there's a festival and the side of the roads were filled with night markets, there's two performance and guess who is the DJ? Park Myungsoo the guy from Happy Together! The whole place was like a disco and it was my first time having that feeling and I kind of liking it. We headed for dinner and we get to know each other better from there. So towards the end, Naeun need to make a leave first as her house is 2 hours away from Seoul. I stayed with Haemin and Gayoung. I promise to meet Naeun the next day to continue our conversation. Haemin, Gayoung and I settle for Coffee at Ediya coffee. There we talk a lot and I enjoyed talking to them. We talk in basic English and Korean, it was fun though. We talk a lot of things and as usual I can't disclose anything that we talk here. So after that we parted ways and Gayoung accompanied me to Wangsinmi where she go home from there and for me back to BoA Guesthouse. It was really an enjoyable night and we hope to meet again during my next visit to Seoul, maybe next year. 

Day 11(October 14): Gwanghamun Square & Myeongdong

The next day we continue to Gwanghamun square. Gwanghamun square is located near Gwanghamun palace. There are two statues one is Admiral General Yi Sun-Shin and the other is King Sejong statue. Both of statue is a famous figures in korean history. There are a lot of foreigners visited this area to take photo of the statue. Towards General Yi Sun-Shin statue there is a place where you can put on the Royal Hanbok and take photo with it. It's really beautiful and make from real gold.

How to get there: Gwanghamun station Line 5, Exit 2 and walk 3 minutes

Remember i told you that cheonggyecheon stream begins from Gwanghamun, it's indeed the starting point of the stream. We walk from Gwanghamun till Myeongdong. It's actually less than 1km not that far and is very accessible. If you walk at night, there's a light show in various part of the stream. It's really beautiful and you can walk all the way till Dongdaemun fashion town! Superb isn't it. Arrived in Myeongdong Euljiro-il(1)ga 45 minutes after walking from Gwanghamun. It was really a far walk, then we decided to come back in the evening as some of the place is close. We went for a stroll in Ewha Women's university. It's similar to Hongdae Area where the area mostly catered to fashion for the university students. Indeed most of the things is for girls so guys there's a few shop where you can shop. 

How to get there: Ehwa Women's University station line 2

At night we were supposed to go to Insadong, the place where you can buy korean ancient artifacts and also Ssamziegil the open air shopping mall. It was a good walk around the area but we were too late. So next we went to Hapjeong station where Homeplus is situated. For a walk around Homeplus is like Giant. It's so huge and is situated near our place. We didn't know this place until we found out by chance.

Day 12(October 15): Eid Adha at Itaewon & Suwon.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha to my Muslim readers. Today is 9 Dzulhijah 1433 in Islamic Calendar. We celebrate Eid Adha this year away from our home and lovely ones. It was really a good experience performing Aidil Adha in Seoul. We rushed to the Mosque in Itaewon to get space in the mosque, fortunately we managed to get to the basement. Everyone wanted to go in as it was drizzling, but no choice most of the late comers prayed outside with drizzle and cold wind. It was really cold that morning.

As for me, i went to Suwon on my own to visit Naeun. I need to pass her presents that i bought for her. The train ride took me 2 hours from Itaewon. I got lost once but it was actually the right place. Met her around noon and I exited the wrong door that she didn't manage to find me and i stood still while she come to my rescue. Finally met her and we settle lunch first before we parted ways. I was told to her house its another 45 minutes of bus ride. I really wanted to visit her but guess she is busy that day so we didn't get the opportunity. To your disappointment there's no photo in Suwon as well, I'm very sorry. Next time i visit Suwon i will take lots of photos okay. 

At night we shopped last minute in Seoul and settle our dinner at Hollys Cafe. I took a very nice photo of the cafe. The drink was good too. It was our last night at BoA Guesthouse and it's sad to leave Seoul. Time pass really fast when you are having fun right.

Day 13(October 16): Seoul/ Incheon

 The next day i left our unused leftover food and donate to BoA kitchen. We took the photo with BoA as well, she's a young manager and really kind. She ask me to add her on Facebook and we took photo together before leaving for Incheon. Definitely we'll come back to BoA guesthouse in our next visit to Seoul.

Next we make our way to Incheon Airport Welcome guesthouse. Journey took 2 hours on AREX and bus. It was located 5 minutes from the Airport and very accessible to the Airport but not the city centre. Arrived checked in and we left for Seoul again to get last minute souvenirs and to complete our to buy list. We went to Myeongdong, Namdaemun then we visited Incheon. It was my plan to visit Incheon town, very high technological city with a huge shopping mall Incheon Square 1. If you watch Running man you will know about Incheon Square 1.

How to get there: Take Incheon metro to Dongchun Station,Exit 2. 

Walked around homeplus and make a round in the shopping mall before taking the bus back to our stay at Incheon Welcome Guesthouse.

Day 14(October 17): ICN-SGN

                                   SGN-SIN

I really hate to write about Goodbyes and going back, So I'll show you the photos. Anneyonghigaseyo Seoul
Goodbye my love,my new friends. Thank you for welcoming me to Korea with open hearts and I will come back so we can hang out again. Wait for me! I left my heart in Seoul knowing someone will take my heart and I will come back to her to create more sweet memories together.