2013, It's a wrap!

It's the end of 2013 ... Walaupun tak banyak tempat aku pegi tahun nih, tapi masih bersyukur sebab ade rezeki lebih untuk cuti2 tengok negara orang ... moga2 tahun depan rezeki makin bertambah and langkah aku semakin panjang ... amin :)

As for 2014, i'm already counting days for my next trips :)

Winter Wonders

Just nak share info pasal shuttle bus to various winter festivals in Gangwon-do, South Korea. Shuttle bus ni mmg utk foreigners saje and the bus fare is 10,000 won for return trip. For reservation, you can go to http://gogangwon.com/ . Duration for each festival varies so do check the schedule first before make the booking.

Enjoy your winter trip!

Winter Trip 2013 - Seoul Final Day

Final Day - 4th Dec 2013

Berakhir sudah trip 7 hari ke Seoul ... overall ok la trip ni walaupun ade beberapa tempat yg aku tak sempat nak pegi... nak wat cemane kan kaki pun dah tak larat ... insyallah ade rezeki sampai la kami lagi ke sini ... pagi tu kitorang checkout guesthouse kul 6.30 pagi ... sempat jugak tinggalkan beberapa peket meggi dengan beberapa tin tuna kat pantry Namsan 2 tu... harap2 ade la yg sudi makan yer ... sejuk boleh tahan jugak dipagi hari tu.. jalan pun agak lengang

Around 6.50 bus sampai ... ade la lagik 4-5 org yg naik same ngan kitorang kat depan Sejong Hotel tu ... bile dah start masuk highway menghala ke Incheon, baru perasan sangat2 foggy haritu .. kete semua pakai lampu ... pastu masing2 turn on hazard lights mase driving in foggy area ... eemm... law diorang bleh driving with hazard lights on ??? ntah laa ... anyway, due to the foggy condition, bas pun bergerak agak slow ... kitorang sampai airport around 8am ...

Lepas check-in, terus proceed ke departure hall ... pusing seround dua dulu kat duty free shops... kawan aku tu siap beli beg Longchamp... murah katenye... aku kali ni hanya mampu tengok sebab bajet tak brape nak ade ... flight boarding delay 15 minutes sebab bad weather ... pastu dah boarding, nak take-off pun lambat.. delay lagik 30 minit kot ... haritu mmg agak bad weather ... asyik turbulence je ... tak suka tak suka ... sampai KLIA kul 4.55pm ... ingatkan kat Incheon je foggy, sampai2 KLIA pun same jugak... tak sure la foggy ke, haze ker... yg pasti kelam jer

Smoked salmon with salad ... aku suka yg ni.. sedapp...nyum nyum

Sampai2 KLIA pun foggy jugak

Beg semua dah expand to the max

Expenses

Aku mmg tak jot down detail expenses kali ni... kirenye bawak duit and pandai2 la spend within that limit ... tapi due to beberapa tempat yg kitorang tak sempat nak pegi, makenye masih lagik ade duit yg berbaki ... bleh simpan utk trip2 akan datang... hahaha ... rough expenses for 2 as follows... rate 1,000 won = RM3.05 ... tima kasih kat kakak aku sebab tolong tukarkan korean won pakai staff rate Maybank ... normal rate mmg takkan dapat semurah itu skang

MAS ticket = RM502 ( mine )  + RM1290 ( my sis ) = RM1792
Accomodation for 2 x 7 nites = 374,000 won ~ RM1141
Makan2, transports, entrance fees, shopping for 2 = 770,000 ~ RM2349

Total = RM5282


Ni antara barang2 yg aku sempat rembat kat sane ... banyak dah bagi kat org so tak sempat nak amik gambar... souvenirs bought by my sis aku tak sempat amik gambar sebab die dah balik Labuan dengan satu beg penuh with souvenirs huhu

Fridge magnet and notebook from Petite France

Seoraksan map printed on handkerchief ... plan nak letak dalam frame

Brooch beli kat Namdaemun

Face mask murah kat Faceshop ... 500 won je satu

Free gift dapat mase pegi Gangnam Tourist Information Center

Album baru FT Island

Dapat free poster

Free poster from one of the gift shops in Nami Island

Winter Trip 2013 - Seoul Day 7

Day 7 - 3rd Dec 2013

Harini adelah hari utk merendek2 buang mase di Gangnam area ... motipnye tak lain tak bukan adelah sebab melayan kegilean kdrama and kpop... memandangkan kawan aku mcm dah ala2 separa demam , aku cakap kat die kalau tak larat, takyah la ikut kitorang ... better berehat jer... sebabnye mlm tadik pun die tido sikit punye awal... lom ape2 dah lentok..so kesian la kat die kalau still nak ikut kitorang yg tak reti2 penat ni... so die kate die ok lepak2 kat guesthouse jer... at the end of the day die kluar jugak pusing2 Namdaemun and Myeongdong .. ok la at least takde la terperap dalam bilik jer kan...

Jadiknye harini just me and my sis ... our first stop adelah Gangnam Tourist Information Center kat Apgujeong Station exit 6 ... kluar2 je kat exit 6 tu akan terus nampak bangunan ni kat belah kanan

Kenape kami kesini? Inilah sebabnye .. ngeh ngeh ngeh...

Disebabkan aku miss the fansigning event on the 1st, so dtg tengok exhibition pun jadik laa ...

Sebenarnye second floor kat Gangnam Tourist Information Center ni diorang dah dedicate utk Korean Wave section ... so ade la menda2 yg related dengan hallyu being displayed there ... yg jaga kaunter tu inform every now and then akan ade exhibition by certain2 retis ...

Aku rase ni part of the shooting props dalam citer The Gentleman's Dignity

Haa nak share jugak one info ... skang ni dah ade Gangnam City Tour Bus .. bus ni style hop-on hop-off and akan pusing2 area Gangnam ... 1-day pass adelah 10,000 won

List of stops for Gangnam City Tour Bus

Next stop adelah nak pegi Apgujeong Rodeo station.. memula tu plan nak naik subway, tapi bile tengok balik map, mcm dekat jer dari Apgujeong ke Apgujeong Rodeo... so kitorang decide nak jalan kaki jer... memula tu dah tanye kat agasshi yg jaga exhibition tadik cemane nak gi situ.. die kate jalan straight ke kiri bile kluar dari tourist center tu... once dah kluar dari bangunan tourist center tu, kitorang start la bukak map nak amik bearing kan... tengah2 dok terkulat2 tengok map tu tetiba dtg 2 org ahjussi berbaju kot ala2 nak gi office tegur kitorang nak pegi mane... huhuhu... kitorang pun cakap la nak pegi Apgujeong Rodeo sesambil tunjuk location kat dalam map... ohh die kate tak jauh, jalan stret jer... dalam 2 blocks gitu jer... baiklah ahjusshis ... btw diorang cakap omputih yer... senang nak communicate ...

Lepas dah dapat direction, kami pun start jalan ... Jalan punye jalan punye jalan...tak sampai2 jugak lagik.. hadeiii 2 blocks menda ni wehh... dekat setengah jam yer menapak ... ampehh...

Van retis spotted hahahah

Bila dah sampai subway station tu baru la aku familiar with the area.. sebab dah pegi bulan September arituh ... dari situ kami menapak lagik ke JYP ... pastu melepak kat Dunkin Donut kat depan JYP tu.. penat gile berjalan... bile tengok balik kat map, kitorang actually berjalan more than 2km ... huwaaa no wonder mcm nak patah kaki

Signature retis

Dari JYP, menapak lagik ke depan SM Entertainment ... takde ape2 motif pun sebenarnye ...

Kat depan bangunan SM ni ade park kecik yg nampak sangat best ... sebabnye daun2 masih lagik kaler kuning2.. kitorang lepak2 kejap kat situ

Dok ronda2 area ni, finally kitorang jumpe restaurant yg dalam citer Lee Sun Shin is The Best ... Black' Smith restaurant ... yg ni amik gambar dari jauh jer sebab dah tak larat nak lintas jalan..

Dari situ, kitorang patah balik semula ke Apgujeong Rodeo station and amik subway ke Seolleung Station ... selepas berjalan kaki selama 20 minit dengan sesat2 semua , kitorang finally sampai kat cafe ni ... sape2 peminat kdrama mesti tau citer yg main kat sini kan...

Kekekke shooting location citer The Heirs... this was a last addition to our itineraries so sempat study gitu2 je location ni tu pasal agak sesat barat ... nevertheless kitorang sampai jugak walaupun sempat sesat satu kali sampai terpaksa patah balik semula ke subway station ... anyway direction to this cafe is as per picture below .. amik subway to Seolleung Station and amik exit 2 .. then follow the direction dalam gambar tu

Mase aku pegi ni, citer The Heirs still on-going but unfortunately hari yg kitorang pegi tu takde plak shooting kat situ... tapi ramai jugak international fans yg dok melepak kat cafe ni.... disebabkan satu citer, cafe ni tetiba je jadik glemer ... kitorang pun join skali lepak2 kat situ.. penat sangat dah menapak bagai nak rak harini

Dah lepak dalam sejam, mase utk balik ... time ni mmg dah penat sangat nak naik subway, so aku decide let's take a cab instead ... okeh nak naik cab pun mencabar jugak sebenarnye.. memula tu berjalan pegi ke main road... pastu tahan taxi... bile cakap nak pegi Myeongdong, ohh die kate kene tunggu on the other side ... baiklah... terpaksa la kami melintas pegi on the other side of the road pulak ... bile dah dapat tahan taxi, cakap nak gi myeongdong station ... seb baik ahjussi driver taxi tu reti cakap omputih.. die tanye balik myeongdong subway station? Terus kitorang kate yes... okehh legaaaaa sangat dapat naik taxi takyah berdiri naik subway bagai dah.. sebabnye time tu dah around 4pm ... dah start rush hour... around 30 minutes jugak naik taxi dari Seollung ke Myeongdong ... tambang taxi adelah 11,500 won... ok la takde la mahal melampau2 kan ... taxi fare starts at 3,000 won .. ni dah naik harga ni.. before this 2,400 won starting fare ..

Gangnam area

Sampai2 kat myeongdong, aku sempat berenti kat kedai buah kat dalam subway station tu utk beli strawberry... dah last day baru teringat nak beli... sedapp sangat strawberry kat sane.. manisss yg best

Kalau ikutkan plan asal, petang tu kitorang nak pegi Yeouido nak naik Hangang River Cruise... tapi sebab aku dah penat sangat , so terpaksa la cancel plan itu... ade alasan utk merepeat lagik nampaknye... hahahah... So malam tu kitorang ronda2 Myeongdong one last time sebab besok pagi dah nak balik ... seminggu kat Seoul is just not enuff.... tak puas jalan2 ...

Dinner kat Chungmu Kimbap ... 6,000 won per person

Balik bilik, masing2 start packing sebab besok pagi2 lagik nak kene amik airport bus ke Incheon ... uhuks that's the end of our 7 day trip to Seoul ...