Hey ppl~ i'm back from korea!! well wanna blog full details abt the trip but then i'm quite tired n lazy. hhaaa.. This tour grp for 31 person in total. Our sg's guide follow us all the way there n back. i tell u all ah he looked alot like sg's idol slyvester leh... initially dun look like but after he wore the orange cap that hides his hair n ears, he really look like sly. Sh ah luckily u nt there. hahaaa... I think( i think) that he's those type u will like de. hahaa..
K let me do a summary of stuffs that i've noted.. First day, during boarding, my mum got stopped at the baggage check cuz found a scissors in her hand lagguage. my uncle also kena stopped and he best cuz found a swiss knife plus lots of equipments in his bag. so tooopid lor bring those in the hand lagguage. Korean Airline their planes quite spacious. cuz there are still spaces for my legs to stretch and the ceiling are quite high so wont feel so cramp in there. The journey, taking off and landing are quite steady. nt as jerky as china airways. guess their planes got more quality control. hahaaa!
When we reach Incheon Airport, the international airport in Korea, we headed for the domestic airport hoping to catch a domestic flight to JeJu. We waited for nearly 2+hrs still no plane and from the tour guide says the planes cant take off due to heavy winds n rain over at jeju there so cannot have any flights. waited so long n he took another 2+ hrs to make an alternative arrangement by bring us to other places first and postponed the jeju trip to the next day. So we set off for Blue House and see the beautiful snowing scenery in the olden days hseing environment. We played snow fight and the snow there. touched snow for the first time and the feeling is really great and fun.
Had Stone Rice for lunch and then went Nam Sangoi Hanok Village on the filming site of Korean drama "Dae Jang Geum". Dinner was Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup, boiled for 5 hrs de! Its wif glutinous rice in the chicken and noodles added in. nt bad la for the adults they loved the Ginseng wine that was added into the soup. for me its hai hao cuz the wine tasted quite strong n thick and also nt feeling very okay so dun fancy the wine so much.
Speaking of food. Every meal is the same. Steamboat/bbq, seaweed soup, one bowl of rice, sometimes got noodles, kimchi, and other dried dishes. Meat was pork pork pork... At the beginning was ok. after 2 days was like eww.. need a change man. then when towards the end of bf, we had buffet style where there are french fries, bread, scrambled eggs! Woah they tasted so heavenly! especially the french fries... hahaa! We had to eat 2 meals on our own and we can see that meals in korea are very ex! Outside eat hor, one bowl of udon noodles nearly S$10! Then western food more than S$10. Fast food like hamburgers in mac or kfc need S$10 also! I saw their kfc one individual set need S$20!!! Phew!!!
We went Lotte World too. its an indoor and outdoor theme park! its the place where they film "staircase to heaven" at the merry go round there. well cuz i didnt see these korean film i didnt go "wa wa" at the places. juz went to enjoy the rides n scenary. hahaa.. We have 3 free rides and the first 2 was used wif the whole tour grp left one tt we queued very long for the roller coaster ride. it was fun much trilling then sg ones. Fast and furious! went into dark tunnels too. Juz tt when its our turn at the ride they stopped for abt 20 mins to fixed up one cart leh. very dunno wat do say. hahaa.. Fun but Nt enuff time to enjoy all the rides. played 3 games but 1 is of our choice only. if only sg got this type of theme park man~!!! hahaa..
Its so cold there i tell u all.. when there's no wind its cold. when there's wind blowing at u, its terribly cold. like the coldness attempting to chill u inside out starting at the raw area=ur face! my cheeks are so numb n painful and my nose feels like breaking cracking and difficult to breath properly. need to use a scarf to cover the face de... fingers and toes also numbed and stinging liddat. Wat an experience lor. wrapped up in so much clothings still cold and freezing. got once i got 4 layers leh. in sg one thin layer also will melt. hahaa.. wat a difference!
Their hotels are great. Mostly we stayed at 5* or 6* hotels. heh. got comp to use. so able to put up the previous post n talk to dear and whoes ever online. too bad didnt get to chat wif mx n sh cuz they are so busy. sad sia. tag also no reply. heh. got one hotel where we stayed for the hotspring one is sleep on floor de. that one i dun like cuz that morning went skiing and i keep falling. and when u fall u fall on the butt. so after falling for 10++ times my butt ached like no body's biz. so sleeping on that mattress laid floor feels so hard on my butt n i got difficulty getting up. plus my body and esp my hand was aching too as when u fall from skiing, its very hard to get up unless someone pulls u up. so have to take off the ski and u need alot alot of strength to press it off. i feel like done alot of arm training man.
Well i think i wont bother to put up where we went cuz put le u all also dunno. I'll let the pics do the talking. go to my link n see the slideshows!
Well one main prob i find is the language barrier. Most of them dun understand english and cant speak very good except those who r trained n mostly worked in the hotels or in main tourist attraction. their airport service ppl also sama sama only. Oh yah their roads are always congested de. From 7am till midnight is always jam. The cars also dun usually follow the traffic lights and pedestrain need lots of luck to cross from the main crossings. Their Hyundai cars are very cheap cuz its their domestic production mah. Can practically see all models of Hyundai there. 200k can get a 2liter car lo.
Well back in sg to the familar weather here. I sort of missed the Cold weather. Its so cold n dry, my face wont get any pimples even though i didnt clean my face or there's dirt or oil. When i come back, could feel the facial oil started coming back again. hope wont have any outbreak of pimples. heheee.. I today then realised that one of my fren also went to korea abt the same time as me!!! But his is 6days liddat n is wif frens. He experienced the snow storm and gotten lost in the railway tracks!! hahaa... I only experience the after-snow and also the pilot strikes! So funny lor when we r departing, we hear the announcment saying some flights cancelled due to the pilot strike! Wat queer announcment that will happen in korea only. Sg wont have such nonsense de. Oh also their toilet hor i sat on one that got the changing of plastic covers to promote hygence! Also got one toilet where got buttons to operate for water to spray ur butt or u can blow dry also! Fantastic! hahaa~~
kayz la i shall stop here~~ heh~~
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