Seoul Day 5 - DMZ, Itaewon and Namdaemun

5th day. We got up super early cos we are supposed to meet the tour guide at the apt lobby at 740am. We are gg for the DMZ(demilitarized zone) tour, super excited cos jinhan told me is a good experience! The walk down the steep entrance to the tunnel is tiring! But the walk up is even more tiring!!!

image of the 3rd tunnel

xy with the cartoon officer

left is South Korea, Right is North Korea, i dun mean to stand on the North side, is tat ah peh loh

from Dorasan observatory, opp is North Korea, 朝鲜

our tour guide, we call her 小美 cos she a bit pretty haha

Dorasan Station the last station from South Korea

xy and reen with the Korean Soldier

the peace bell (but one day b4 we visit DMZ, north side tested nuclear)

freedom bridge! but again...

look at the blue ribbon!

Imjingak Plaza

The DMZ ended at noon time and we were back in Seoul and in Itaewon! This place is near the American army base in South Korea so the streets is more westernised in a way. We decide to stop here cos Hard Rock Cafe Seoul is here also. Before HRC we went to eat lunch, and according to the 天书, there is a nice family porridge shop in Itaewon so we search for it. The chinese name of the shop is call 高丽仙.

buy the way! is like 7-11 type of 便利店

高丽仙 is the 1st shop with small white signboard

inside of 高丽仙, of cos we nvr sit on the floor!

the menu!

trying out my lousy camera fun mode!

鲍鱼粥, actually so so onli, the one near our apt one is best lah!

HRC Seoul

one of my 遗憾 in Seoul is tat i nvr get to buy HRC tee cos all men's design sold out!!!!!

After HRC we went to 南大门 to buy our 紫菜! Finally we see the crowded 南大门. 南大门 sells a lot of ginseng and 紫菜, and of cos a lot of clothes also. But the clothes they sell there are more to those wear at hm de and kids clothes lah. hahaha.

南大门 floor sign

南大门

南大门 street view 1

see! idol stuffs

Crispy Roasted Pork Knuckle! but we nvr try cos one is too much for the 3 of us to share!

dunno why they use this name?

紫菜天国, i bot like s$60+ worth of 紫菜 here!

南大门 street view 2

南大门 street view 3

ginseng!

We went back early at 5pm cos the next day gg to Jeju! Haha on the way back we bought their local 'KFC' call 2 2 chicken. We bot a nine pcs meal but is not filling one! haha cos all the chicken small small pcs. But i think the chicken is nice, a bit sweet sweet de cos of the marination.

In the end we went for second round dinner at their local MAC call lotteria a few hrs later!

two two chicken

see? small hor?

Next up is JEJU Island!

Cheers, 全部的神仙保佑我吧！

Seoul Day 4 - Coex Mall, Seven Luck, Lotte World!

4th day, we decided to go to COEX mall and then the casino and lastly the Lotte World after 5pm. COEX mall is smth like our Suntec, cos beside it there is a convention center. It is the largest underground shopping center in Asia!

co-op residence, our next apartment! sister of western co-op residence and is just another 100m away from western

xy and reen @ COEX

xy and me

ARTBOX, sell all those cute stuffs, tat day i just realised JP also have one! But the price diff is WTF...

We went to had lunch at Kraze Burger. It's a Korean fast food chain serving American Burgers. They do not have long history, abt 10 years onli but they have abt 25 outlets in Korea. The serving of the burgers are not really as big as Carl's Jr but they are nice! however i find them a bit ex cos they dun have set meal one and one burger cost ard SGD10. There were so many choices haha but mostly all beef de!

Kraze Burgers

inside Kraze Burger COEX

xy ordered ham sandwich

reen order some beef burger

my order, with egg de!

we finished everything and start fighting with the swords!

of cos we nv eat mac there! just wanna show the korean signboard nia

kimchi museum but is closed when we were there! think they nd to pao the kimchi :P

saw this sign! haha is a GYM loh... lol

there is a aquarium at COEX mall but we nvr go in cos we think is not worth it, cost ard SGD17 per pax

went to 7 luck casino instead! haha and we played Blackjack! 1st game we 万里 liao! Hee lucky! one bet is 10k won! in the end we won like 80k! swee!

7 luck lobby, onli foreigners allowed in the casino!

After winning some $ we proceed to our next destination, Lotte World! It's 3 stops from Coex, at subway station Jamsil. Exit from subway staion walk abt 5-7 mins can reached liao. There is also a Lotte Hotel ajacent to the theme park! Lottee World is the largest indoor theme park in the world! After 5pm, the entrance fee is cheaper by 9k won and after 7pm is onli @ 14k won. Normal fee is 35k won! As we spent most of out day at COEX we reached Lotte World at ard 7pm so we bot the 14k Won tix!

reen

the lotte mascot!

xy and reen at the south entrance!

we dunno wth is this 2 but just snap!

the indoor skating ring! really big!

xy and reen @ 旋转的木马

xy and me on the 木马

reen and xy, after the 旋转的木马 stops

a must take pic, 天国的阶梯 famous scene - 旋转的木马

then we took a rest at one of the cafe

prison break!

阶下囚 1

阶下囚 2

阶下囚 3

We then took the monorail to the outdoor theme park.

outdoor theme park castle! a bit like disney land hor?

The Gyro Drop and Gyro Swing are the top crowd pleasers where u can free fall from 70 meters, or taste the thrilling sensation of being inside a tornado. I wanted to try the Gyro freefall but was a bit ham to go alone! I admit i weak! Instead i tried another freefall which is shorter in height but it goes up and down 3 times! Also very thrilling!

3 of us then took the Gyro swing which not bad too. The thrilling part of the swing is that ur shoes or bag may drop into the river! cos the machine will swing out to above the river! Then we also went to take the bumber car! Haha have to queue like 20 mins loh and play for 5 mins. We wanted to go to the ghost house but too bad is closed liao.

Then we went back to the indoor theme park to take the hotair ballon! The ballon will go ard the indoor park for us to see from birdeye view! I notice a lot of couples come to Lotte World, i think is a must go place for couples to pat tor! hahaha.... Imagine a guy have like 10 gf b4 then he must have came here 10 times!!!!

me and xy on the indoor hotair ballon

behind me is the Gyro Freefall which is 70m and fall at 100km/h suitable for yy

from the place 崔智勇 always stand to peep at her bro!

天国的阶梯 the famous painting! but this is onli a pic cos the real painting they took away liao

The theme park close at 11 pm and we went back after tat, no more night shopping cos tmr we have to wake very early to go to the DMZ!

Cheers, 全部的神仙保佑我吧！