Thursday, April 5, 2012

Spring Waltz in Seoul 2012 – Day 1


05th April 2012

Wahey….! I am leaving for my spring vacation in Seoul with my sister today. Well, it might be a bit crazy to visit Seoul again within 6 months but I just can’t get enough of it.

So ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelt and let’s get ready to take off. Here we go…………. “zoom”

Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3
Our boarding gate
Our flight was a smooth 7 hours journey and we were flying with Singapore Airlines. We also had our very first vegetarian meal onboard. We selected Chinese and Indian vegetarian. After trying both, we decided that we will go for Indian vegetarian in future for our flights with Singapore Airlines because it was so much better than normal in-flight meal.

Chinese Vegetarian Breakfast
Chinese Vegetarian Lunch 
Indian Vegetarian Breakfast 
Indian Vegetarian Lunch
View from the plane 
View with window and wings

*Stretching in progress*

Yeah….. we are finally here at Incheon Airport, Korea. 

Incheon International Airport 
Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport

First, get our limousine bus tickets (Bus 6001) to our destination, Dongdaemun Euljiro Co-op Residences. I think this apartment is so popular that they have the limousine bus-stop right at the doorstep. *Thumbs up*

Bus #6001 
Bus route but cannot see!!!!

Ok, we are checking in.

Our room - 803 
The corridor 
Overall view of our room 
2 single beds 
TV + Writing Table 
Toilet + Bathroom

Now we have to hurry. We need to go get more bus and performance tickets. We then headed to Insadong to purchase our bus ticket for Nami Island and guess what……. they closed at 6.00pm. I thought we read somewhere that they closed at 7.00pm, our bad. We should always trust their official website – Welcome to Naminara Republic  although they might not be always updated.

Since we are unable to get our bus tickets, we decided to go buy our performance tickets for JUMP! and Nanta at Sejong Belt located in Gwanghwamun. To be honest, we had a hard time locating the Sejong Belt Ticket Office. We walked up and down the station exits but were unable to find their office. We ended up asking around but to our surprise, none of the Koreans in the nearby buildings, offices, shops or anywhere we asked knew about the place.

We made a last attempt before giving up the search and ‘WA LA…….’, we found it. Yes, it is located right in between King Sejong and Admiral Yi Sunshin, only difference from the map we had was…… it is underground. *Cries out loud*

Entrance of Sejong Belt
Interior of Sejong Belt

Tickets purchased at Sejong Belt are special promotion package prices. We bought JUMP! and Nanta performance tickets @ KRW30,000 each and the usual price is KRW50,000 each. This is GOOD SAVINGS!!!

You can visit Sejong Belt for more information.

DON’T MISS OUT THE CHANCE TO WATCH YOUR FAVORITE PERFORMANCE!!!!!

After all the walking and searching, it’s time for dinner. As we are near Myeongdong, we decided to eat at Myeongdong Kyoja. It is still as delicious and the kimchi is still freaking SPICY. You can ask for more if you really like it. 

Noodles
Dumplings 
Freaking spicy kimchi 
Cannot wait to start our dinner 
Look at the happy face!!!






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