Day 2 - 29/4/2011
As per ape yg kitorang dah plan, arinih nak pegi Everland... rase mcm over ambitious plak coz first time nak redah Seoul ni, dan2 la nak pegi Everland... which is not reachable by subway.. kene naik bas yer.. and boleh tahan gak jauh nye... Route nak pegi Everland ni adelah mcm nih :
Myeongdong--> Chungmuro (Transfer)--> Seoul National Univ of Education(Transfer)--> Gangnam(2) (Exit #6)
Time : 35 minutes
Fare : 1,000 Won
From Gangnam, take bus 5002 to Everland : 1,800 won
First bus : 5.50am, Last Bus : 10.20pm
Interval 11 minutes , Duration: 45mins
So pagi tu dengan semangat waja, walaupun penat smlmnye tak ilang lagik, kitorang gagah melangkah ke subway... oh btw, suhu masih lagik below 15C...aku still pakai 3 piece... wat dee??!!! Kate dah spring.... awat aku kene berbungkus lagik nih... kitorang dah breakfast ala kadar kat guesthouse.. diorang ade provide roti, jams, peanut butter segala.. tapi aku still prefer mkn dengan tuna cili yg dibawak khas dari mesia....my all time favorite nih...oh lupe nak mention, kitorang stay dekat Namsan 2 Guesthouse ... jarak ke subway station adelah kurang dari 5 minit.. nak menapak pegi Myeongdong a.k.a tempat shopping heaven adelah lebey kurang 5 minit.. sangat dekat...location wise, this gh couldn't be anymore closer ... salah satu sebab kenape kitorang pilih guesthouse ni.. not to mention good review jugak...
Sebelum masuk subway station, kitorang singgah dulu 7-11 kat depan entrance station tu... beli T-money ( transportation card ) .. kad ni ala2 touch n go .. satu card rega 3,000 won... pastu kitorang topup terus 20,000 won ... the good thing about this card is kite akan dapat discount 100 won per trip... kalau dah 10 kali trip, brape banyak dah bleh save kan.. nak2 pulak kitorang mmg akan guna subway extensively... yer la most tourist attractions kat Seoul tu semuanye reachable by subway.. so mmg sangat2 berguna la T-Money card nih...
Ok, dah beli T-money, baru kite boleh jalan... utk first timer, subway kat Seoul ni bleh memeningkan org jugak sebenarnye... nak2 plak diorang ade about 15 subway lines...each goes by numnber and color coded... hadoiii...tengok peta subway diorang mmg berselirat ... each subway station ( mostly underground) dalamnye adelah 3-4 tingkat ke bawah tanah... dah tu, sebab banyak lines kan, so ade la station2 yg jadik pertembungan few lines .. diorang panggil ni transfer stations... so nak berjalan from one line to another line dlm station yg same, sometimes jauh nak mamposss...kitorang arituh sempat la sesat barat semua... sebab elok2 je follow signboard, alih2 signboard ilang, and kitorang end up kat different line all together... $^%%&^$ ... sib baik ade la jugak rakyat marhaen Seoul tu yg tolong sebab diorang nampak kitorang terkulat2 dok tengok peta subway tapi ala2 mcm lost gitu... hahahaha....Jadiknye, instead of 35 minutes to reach Gangnam , it took us more than that.. aku rase sejam kot.. hahahah
Akhirnye sampai jugak kitorang kat Gangnam station, tempat kitorang kene amik bus... dah sampai Gangnam tu, kene amik exit #6, jalan straight je sampai jumpe Krispy Kreme kat belah kiri.. kat depan tu la tunggu bus... sib baik jumpe... mmg ade signboard with bus no besar2 kat situ.. kitorang pun beratur la.. mmg dah ramai yg beratur pun... dlm 20 minutes gitu, dtg la bus... ni bukan la bus express pun.. jenis bus yg isi selagi muat..sib baik kitorang dapat duduk... tambang bleh pakai T-money... 1,800 won tak silap aku...
View dari dalam bus ...
Dah nak sampai ...
Waaaaaaaa... cherry blossom kire kanan jalan.. aku sangat teruja!!! Rase mcm first time tengok jer.... padahal dulu2 dah penah tengok dah....
Okie, kite sudah sampai .. NOT ... bus ni drop sape2 yg nak pi Everland kat sini.. pastu from here, kene naik shuttle bus plak.. which none of us aware about this....
Yer, sila menapak ke depan utk amik shuttle bus pulak.... and guess what, it's Tulip Festival kat Everland!! The main reason nape kitorang pegi Everland yg jauh ni...
Gambar amik dlm shuttle bus on da way pi Everland... actually tak la jauh.. dlm 5 minit je pun naik shuttle bus tu....
Time ni dah sampai depan entrance Everland ... cherry blossom everywhere ok... best best!!
Kitorang ade coupon amik kat KTO mesia.. instead of bayar 38,000 won utk all day entry, kitorang just bayar 31,000 won jer.... tapi nak beli tiket ni, takleh beli kat normal counter.. kene gi beli kat Group ticket counter which is tersorok kat blakang .. sib baik kitorng aritu ade sorang staff die yg approach kitorang and tunjuk kat mane nak beli tiket tu....
Akhirnye, we are in .... tengok la betapa ramainye manusia kat dlm ni.. and it's working day.. diorang ni tak keje ke hape??
Yesssss..... my first tulip after so many years... last time aku tengok tulip was in 1999 ok.. lame gilerr!!!
Kitorang pusing2 kat dlm tu.. tengok2 segala mcm rides... queing time mmg toksah cakap la...
Cherry blossom lagik....
Dan lagik....
Dan lagik.... hadoii.. i can't get enuff of this .... sangat2 lawa.... rasenye dulu kat US mcm tak penah tengok cherry blossom selawa camnih....
Now, for the best part.... tulip garden..... lawaaaa.... rase nak nangisss ok.....
Tetiba jah buat aku mengenang balik zaman study kat us dulu2.....
Lepas penat pusing2, snap2 gambar semua, kitorang menapak pi main road dlm Everland tu.. skali timing kitorang mmg cun.. sebab ade parade plak .... layannn....
Comel sangat tengok budak2 kindies ni beratur elok je nak tengok parade..
Parade lasted about setengah jam.. then kitorang rase it's time to go back.. penat dah menapak.. pastu perut pun dah agak kosong... kitorang masih was2 nak makan kat situ, so mmg tak makan..aku ade la tapau roti gardenia sebijik... ooh, gambar kat bawah ni, ni adelah ice cream yer.. nampak mcm cekelat gitu kan... skali bile dah masuk mulut, it melt in ur mouth... sedapp....
Lepas tu kan, mase nak menapak pi amik shuttle bus utk balik semula ke tempat bus tadik, baru aku prasan tapak getah kasut Nike pink aku tu dah nak tercabut... ingatkan bleh la tahan sampai Seoul, skali tengah2 jalan tu terus tercabut.. huwaaaaaaaa..... cuak gilos .... sebab kasut dah takde bunge... kalo hujan, maunye buat breakdance aku nanti... sudah..... sah2 kene beli kasut baru mlm tu jugak...
So, aku awal2 lagik dah cakap kat budak2 ni, mlm tu aku nak kene gi myeongdong, carik kasut baru.. seb baik la duit spare mmg banyak jugak la aku bawak.. pastu CC pun dah activate siap2 utk overseas transaction... mmg bergune utk time2 kecemasan camnih la..
Sampai kat Gangnam, dah mlm sebenarnye..and aku kene berdiri sepanjang jalan... sejam jugak la... :( .. dah la bus tu takde annoucement in English... semua in hangul.. terpaksa la bukak telinga luas2, dengar annoucement sebut Gangnam .... sampai jugak kitorang... aku singgah jap beli donut kat Krispy Kreme.. lapar oooo... dah sampai Myeogdong, terus singgah convenience store beli segala ape yg patut...
Ni la our first dinner kat Seoul.. instrant rice dengan kimchi & tuna.... kalau dah lapar tu, semua menda boleh telan.. percayalah... huhuhu
Lepas dinner, kitorang kluar jalan2 pi Myeongdong.... disebabkan kedai Adidas adelah kedai kasut pertama yg aku jumpe, so Adidas lah kasut pilihan aku.. reganye adelah 89,000 won.. mula2 pk nak gune cash jer.. skali pk2 balik, kalau tak cukup cash nanti, mane nak korek kan.. dah la atm aku tak activate utk overseas withdrawal... so last2 aku swipe CC jugak... hahahha.. tu adelah first & last la aku swipe CC kat Seoul... takleh dijadikan habit, nanti abis kering kontang CC aku... so mlm tu dah bleh tido dengan aman knowing that I have new shoes for tomorrow... D
