annyeong haseyo...we continue with our day 4 Korea trip...day 4 is Winter Sonata mode day as we went to Nami Island, the location where the famous Winter Sonata series was shoot...we booked the Winter Sonata tour via VIP Travel tour as we booked it thru the hotel where we stay...and again, the 2 Malaysian ladies from our previous day trip joined us for the trip as well as they wanted to join us to go to Nami Island...this time the van tour picked them up first and after that came to pick us up at about 8.30am...so, off we went to head to Nami Island...this time our tour guide was a Korean lady named Sofy...Sofy was okay but wasn't as entertaining as Simon was...the journey took about an hour and a half...
since it was an island, we need to go to the island via a ferry and there's no bridge going there...but it was only a 5 minutes long from the jetty to the Nami Island...all admission fee was taken care by Sofy...from a far, the Nami Island looks quite beautiful...once we were on the Nami Island, the scenery, the environment & the surrounding was just spectacular...it was really beautiful how they set the place up...it's hard to find the words to describe it...i'll let my pics tell the story :P ....
since it was an island, we need to go to the island via a ferry and there's no bridge going there...but it was only a 5 minutes long from the jetty to the Nami Island...all admission fee was taken care by Sofy...from a far, the Nami Island looks quite beautiful...once we were on the Nami Island, the scenery, the environment & the surrounding was just spectacular...it was really beautiful how they set the place up...it's hard to find the words to describe it...i'll let my pics tell the story :P ....
there were a few hot spots where the scenes of Winter Sonata was shoot...those spots were quite always crowded...we had to somehow queue up to snap at the hot spots...Sofy gave us about 1 hour and 45 minutes to walk around and wander around the island while she waited at the place where the ferry dropped us...almost every spot on the island was not left out for me to snap pictures...there were at least 100 shots taken at the Nami Island...the island wasn't that big actually which is why people can round the island on foot...it's actually a small island...but there are restaurants and chalets at the island for those who would like to stay or dine at the Nami Island...
in less than an hour and 45 minutes, we were done touring the island...it's time to leave the island and have lunch...Sofy brought us lunch at a restaurant somewhere around the jetty area...the restaurant sells meat but no pork, so we were okay with that and we had vegetarian dishes...was okay for the 3 of us but not for the other 2 ladies...probably because one of the dishes was cold, not really the cup of tea for Malaysians...then after lunch Sofy brought us to Petite France, a French Village built meant for exhibition & education purpose...not really a French village but some sort of a replica...the tour itinerary was supposed to bring us to the Ginseng outlet, but since we've covered that the day before, we then decided to go to Petite France...
took about 20 minutes to reach there...since it wasn't in our tour itinerary, we needed to fork out our own money for the entrance fee, but it was okay, the admission fee wasn't that expensive...the village was not big and nothing much to WOW about, but the landscape and scenery was quite beautiful & unique...was worth the penny...after about an hour, the tour ends and we asked Sofy to send us to the place near the Namsan Seoul Tower as the 3 of us wanted to continue our own personal tour while the other 2 ladies went back to their hotel as they need to charge the camera battery and to have something to eat...the Namsan Seoul Tower is actually located at the Namsan Mountain, near Myeongdong area, the place where the cosmetics heaven is located...there are 2 ways to go up to the Namsan Seoul Tower...number 1 is via the cable car at the cable station at the foot of the mountain, and number 2 is by foot walking along the road going up to the mountain...and ofcourse, we chose option number 1 since my mother-in-law was together with us...ticket price was 7,500 won for a return journey...
after purchasing the ticket and waited for the cable car to arrive, in about 10 minutes we then arrived at the Namsan Seoul Tower...there were quite many people there that made us wondering coz it was a normal weekday...probably Korean people like to hang out at outside after school & working hours...the Namsan Seoul Tower is similar to our local KL Tower here overseeing the whole city of KL...same goes to the Namsan Seoul Tower, it overlooks the whole city of Seoul which i think was at least 30 times bigger than KL...like our KL Tower, in order to go up, we need to purchase a ticket...we bought a 2-in-1 ticket at there, to go up to Namsan Seoul Tower and to go into the Teddy Bear Museum...sorry as i couldn't recall how much the admission fee was but u could always go to their website to find out...so, after purchasing the ticket, we went to the Teddy Bear Museum first...in there, there were exhibits of teddy bear where the teddy bears moves!...it was really damn cute i tell u...little teddy bears moving around, dancing, etc...really must not miss this if u ever go to the Namsan Seoul Tower...there are 2 museums of the Teddy Bear Museum...the 2 museums are apart, so after u exit the 1st museum, u need to enter the 2nd one as they are not connected together and they have 2 separate entrance and exits...
after that, we then proceed to go up to the observation tower...when we were up there, we can see the whole of Seoul...wow, it was really big and packed!...like i said, i think Seoul is at least 30 times bigger than KL...we went circling the whole tower deck and all we saw was skyscrapers & tall buildings which were all cramp together...no wonder almost every car in Seoul has a GPS...Seoul is really , really big which u can easily get lost in the middle of the building forest...Seoul truly is one of the South East Asia pride...after spending almost half an hour up there, we then decided to go down to head back to the hotel...went down from the observation tower and bought some souvenirs, as usual :P ...before heading back to our hotel, we went again to Myeongdong as my wife had a few more cosmetic products to look for...after about 20 minutes there, we then took the subway from Myeongdong station line 4 to Sadang station, then changed to line 2 heading to Seollung station exit 4, to head back to our hotel...reached our hotel at about 9.20 pm local time...after having some light meal, went to bed to call off for the day...
next day itinerary, Lotte World!...stay tuned...
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