November rain in Seoul

On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, we departed from Haneda Airport at 4.05 pm and arrived at Gimpo Airport at 8.35 pm. Took the 8.35 pm bus to Sokcho and reached the Intercity Bus Terminal at 11.14 pm.  Then we took a taxi (KRW3,000) to James Blue Hostel and checked in around 11.30 pm.

The next morning, Thursday, November 12, 2015, we had breakfast ~ toasted bread with strawberry jam and tea at the dining room.

We left by 9 am bus (KRW1,200) to Soeraksan National Park.

Admission fee is KRW3,500.

I visited the Shinheungsa Temple Bojeru.

The temple was established in 1770.

The foundation is made up of two layers of big long stones.

We left the park by 1.15 pm bus for a long relaxing lunch... fresh seafood :-) 

The cook and her friends were having this noodles. They offered us to try some but we declined.  We were too full by then. I just gotta take a photo... looks so yummy :)

After lunch, around 4.10 pm, we took the 'Gaetbae' boat (KRW200) to Abai Village.

'Gaetbae' boat can hold up to 35 people.

It operates on manpower ~ people pull on ropes to move the boat across a waterway.

Abai Village is a small village of North Korean refugees located in Cehong-Ho District, Sokcho City, Gangwon Province, South Korea.

The streets of Cheongho-dong are lined with small Korean houses.

This area became famous after the Korean drama, Gaeul Donghwa (Autumn in My Heart) was filmed here.

On Friday, November 13, 2015, we had breakfast ~ also toasted bread with strawberry jam and tea at the dining room.

At 9 am, we checked out and took a taxi (KRW2,800) to Sokcho bus terminal. Then we took the 9.30 am bus (KRW17,300) to the Central City Terminal. We reached there at 11.52 am. It was raining heavily so we decided to take taxi (KRW15,400) to Naedaemun Guesthouse located at 82-33, Hoehyun-dong 1 ga, Chung-gu, Seoul. 

After lunch, we walked to the subway station. We were provided with the subway prepaid card and we only need to top it up which we did (KRW10,000). 

Our first destination was Lotte World Mall.

Of course, the reason we went to that mall was to drop by Hard Rock Cafe.

On Saturday, November 14, 2015, we had breakfast ~ toasted bread with strawberry jam and tea.

After breakfast, we took the subway to Ewha Womans University.

We reached the campus at 10 am and we walked around for about an hour.

Ewha Womans University is a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea founded in 1886 by the American Methodist Episcopal missionary Mary F. Scranton. The name Ewha was bestowed by King Gojong upon the founding of Ewha to commemorate the beginning of women's education in Korea.

At 2.30 pm, we went to Good Morning City Mall at Dongdaemun for a short while . Then we went shopping at Namdaemun market till 4 pm.

After dinner, around 7 pm, we took the cable car (KRW6,000) to Namsan Tower.

The N Seoul Tower, commonly known as the Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower, is a communication and observation tower located on Namsan Mountain in central Seoul, South Korea. 

At 236m, it marks the highest point in Seoul.

Seoul Tower was opened to the public on October 15, 1980 and the observatory offers panoramic views of Seoul and the surrounding areas. Thirty years later, the structure was renamed 'N Seoul Tower'.

Here are some of the love padlocks formations on the mountain.

Then we decided to walk down instead of taking the cable car.

The next morning, we checked out at 8.10 am and took a taxi to the airport. It was a 45 minutes journey. Departed from Incheon Airport at 11.25 am and arrived at KLIA at 4.45 pm. It was another wet adventure.  It was raining everyday we were there.

Till next week, so glad to have a break from work.