03rd November 2011
Changing
Hotel
Today we have to change our hotel. We are moving from Metro Hotel to Ibis
Myeongdong which is less than 5 minutes walk away. Compared to Metro Hotel,
this is smaller and with lesser amenities (or maybe I should say NO amenities).
There is only a standing shower and no bathtub.
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| Welcome to Ibis! |
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| Our room |
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| Our room from another view |
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| Wardrobe |
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| The capsule toilet - interesting!!! |
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| More of capsule toilet |
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| Shower |
Additional Information:
Ibis Hotel provides free
shuttle service to a few places of interest in Seoul. Of
course, to use this service, you must be a guest of Ibis Hotel.
북촌한옥마을Bukchon Hanok Maeul北村韓屋– Bukchon Hanok Village
Surrounded by Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace and Jongmyo Shrine,
Bukchon Hanok Village is home to hundreds of traditional houses called 'hanok'
that date back to the Joseon Dynasty. The name, 'Bukchon,' which literally
translates to 'northern village,' came about as the neighborhoods that the
village covers lie to the north of the two significant Seoul landmarks,
Cheonggyecheon Stream and Jongno.
To tour the Bukchon Hanok Village, pick up
a walking map at the Bukchon Traditional Cultural Center. This will help a lot
in moving around. Be careful, HIGH RISK of getting LOST!!!! ( - _ - ;;;)
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| Getting near..... 300m more to go |
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| 1st stop |
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| The stairs are kinda steep and it looks scary to walk down |
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| Various building |
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| Wow......!!!! |
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| The famous alley of Bukchon Hanok Village |
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| Photo spot signage are at the top and bottom of the alley |
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| Traditional Hanok |
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| I like it, like it, like it!!! |
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| Different Hanok architectures |
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| Different Hanok architectures |
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| Photo spot from the bottom of alley |
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| Different Hanok architectures - Actually there's a dog barking inside!! |
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| Photo spot from the top of the alley |
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| Top view of Hanok |
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| I like the landscape. |
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| Samcheongdong |
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| Street of Samcheongdong - traffic jam |
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| Cute little kitties we saw |
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| Welcome to ????????? |
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| Wow.... the pose!!! |
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Street of Samcheongdong
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광장시장 Gwangjang Sijang (広蔵市場)
Gwangjang Market was the first permanent market to be
established in Korea and dated back to the year 1905. The first thing that
comes to my mind when one hears the name ‘Gwangjang Market’ is food. The market
serves popular comfort food like 빈대떡 bindaetteok
(Korean-style pancake made of ground mung beans, pork or beef, and kimchi), 김밥 Kimbap, 비빔밥 Bibimbap, and 순대 sundae (a kind of sausage made by stuffing meat, tofu and cellophane
noodles in pig’s intestines).
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| Entrance of Gwangjang Market |
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| Let's start the food tour!!! |
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| Seafood??? Hmm........ not for me. |
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| Why "Eee......"??? I tot you like salted fish?? |
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| Mung Bean Pancake - おいしい！ |
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| This is how they ground the mung beans |
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| 1st food tasting - Mung bean pancake (lighter color) and Meat pancake |
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| Their "wet" market - Vegetables stall |
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| Kya......!!!! Kimchi stall. Can sample or not??? |
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| Owner posing for me! 감사합니다 |
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| This is what they serve. Fish intestines! *FAINT* |
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| Korean Wedding candies |
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| More kimchi stall |
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| My mum loves this but what do we call them? |
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| Food stall. They basically serve everything. |
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| Bibimbap food stall. You choose your own ingredients. NEAT!! |
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| Close up on the ingredients |
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| Whole street of food stall. We can't decide on which one! |
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| This is another street - Electrical Street |
Namdaemun Market,
located in the very center of Seoul, is the biggest traditional market in Korea
selling children's clothing, men & women's clothing, daily miscellaneous goods,
kitchenware and local & imported products. Most shops have their own
factories and make the products themselves offering both wholesale and retail
prices which enable visitors to purchase various shopping items at extremely
inexpensive prices.
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| Can you see Shinsegye Dept. Store on the right? |
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| I don't know what is this but I see it everywhere. |
Back to Myeongdong
for dinner
For 1st visit
travelers, REMEMBER, you can walk from Namdaemum to Myeongdong. Follow the
direction towards Shinsegye Department Store. Do not take the subway which we
intended to do. (*Yah…. laugh!! I know this is a stupid idea but we don’t know
mah….!!!)
We had our dinner
at 김치집 Kimchijib (Kimchi House). We tried their
recommendations of pork and beef kimchi hotpot. Hmm…… we don’t recommend you to
eat the beef kimchi hotpot but the pork kimchi hotpot was a hit. We love it.
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| It's on the 2nd floor |
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| Rice in Tin Can |
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| Korean side dishes |
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| Chinese waitress preparing our hotpot. |
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| Beef Kimchi Hotpot |
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| Pork Kimchi Hotpot |
O’Sulloc Tea House
at Myeongdong
This green tea
house is operated by a major company that produces the most popular green tea
in Korea. Here, visitors will find a clean and modest interior, unassuming, yet
aromatic green tea, and a wide variety of green tea cakes that are almost too pretty
to eat. This is a great place to relax during a walking tour and popular
leisure activity for females!
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| O'sulloc Tea House |
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| Isn't it cosy??? I love the ambience. |
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| Green Tea Latte |
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| Tropical Dream |
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| The almond cookies taste SUPERB!!! |
What?!? You are closing in 10 minutes but we have not enough finish our drinks. Please 打包 my drinks for me. I am going to sit here for at least an hour during my next visit. 絶対!!!
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