Travel Log : Korea (i)

Romantic Street at Korea & Jeju Island

Season : Summer

Chop ! first thing first. Qla pergi Korea bukan sebab K-pop. Tak pernah pon minat K-pop walaupun telah dihasut and digoda dengan dasyat oleh 2 orang roommates peminat setia K-pop sepanjang 2 tahun di KMS. Sekian.

DAY 1 : KL-INCHEON

Hotel : Best Western Premier Songdo Park Hotel (4*)

Touched down roughly around 9pm local time. Head straight to hotel .Incheon is actually a new modern city. Tahap moden dia sampaikan nk guna toilet bowl pon kene tekan banyak-banyak button, nasib manual disediakan tepi jamban.

Trying to help you to picture Incheon in your head : I should say u can imagine Incheon like Putrajaya or Singapore.

DAY 2 : INCHEON-GIMPO-JEJU ISLAND

Hotel : Jeju Robero Hotel (3*)

Check out early in the morning after breakfast. Heading to Gimpo airport to catch a domestic flight to Jeju Island. YES this was the highlight of this trip ! Flew by Korean Airline and the journey took roughly 1 hour. Macam from KLIA to Terengganu mungkin? Too bad it was raining sepanjang 2 hari dekat Jeju. So raincoat adalah antara barang WAJIB time tu.But tak payah risau sebab raincoat boleh beli kat most of their sourviners shop.

Touched down then straight to lunch. Pretty nice place sebab facing laut, but still tak boleh nak telan Korean foods lagi.So terpaksa makan nasi kosong and air kosong je. Then tumpang solat dekat restaurant. And owner kedai selalunya memang bagi Muslim yg nk tumpang solat lat kedai deorang.

Then to Mystetious Road. Memang mystery tapi Qla tak reti nk explain macam mana. Lebih kurang macam nilah. Ada satu part dekat jalan nie, bus akan matikan enjin, tapi bus akan tetap jalan although jalan tu macam a bit hill sikit and makin laju towards the end. Nanti korang Google for details okay?

Next , Yongduam Head Rock. What’s special? Just batu yang bentuk macam kepala naga. Then berkesempatan jugak tengok local women tangkap something macam gamat(kot), sotong (yg macam Paul tu) and benda-benda laut yang lain. Too bad hari tu hujan dekat Jeju and sangat windy, so tak dapat tengok local women yg agak dah tua terjun cliff nak tangkap benda-benda nie. Hebatkan perempuan

Then Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum.

Then pergi Jungang Underground Store. Senang kata dia macam BB tapi underground and sangattttttttttttttt panjang.

Then dinner .

and check- in hotel. We don’t have any night activity since most of the place close quite early compared to Malaysia. And they don’t really have night life (but in Itaewon, Seoul and other big city YES). So memang kat sana pukul 8pm (Msia time) dah tido. 3am waktu Msia dah masuk Subuh, then like 4+ or 5am tu dah terang.

Lepas check-in ktorg keluar balik nak cari mini market or 7 E (yes the have plenty there!) sebab malam selalu kebulur lapar. Susah nak tanya direction sebab majority Korean tak reti English. Tapi nasiblah jumpa dgn org yg educated sikit yg reti speaking. Then sampai 7E pon masalah jugak. Ktorg try suruh casher tu translate kan ingredients kat belakang kotak Oreo and tanya made from mana. Tapi sepatah pon deorang tak paham. Habis semua sign language guna, still fail ! Then tiba-tiba terdengar suara. Slang macam Indonesian. Alhamdulillah lah jumpa kaum serumpun. So deorang tolonglah translate kan suma. Oh btw jgn risau sebab Pringles sana from Msia, siap ada logo halal Msia.

DAY 3 : JEJU ISLAND

Hari yang paling di nanti-nantikan of all. Teddy Bear Museum ! Believe me they have the MOST EXPENSIVE TEDDY BEAR IN THE WORLD ! know why? Because it is covered from top to toe, including bag by LV . And it was made in Milan. Teddy bear pon bertuah dpt LV.

At Teddy Bear Museum they use teddy bear (duh. Of course lah) to portray important person in world, scene, paintings,drama/movie scene and even places. They have Princess Diana, Prince Charles, The Beatles, Mona Lisa painting and many more. Mesti lepas nie die buat bear Will and Kate. Weee. Best sangat sampai rasa nak tangkap je gambar semua bear kat situ. Geram sebab comel sangatttt. Dan di sebabkan terlalu excited tengok teddy-teddy sekalian, ktorg jadi orang last yg naik bus balik. But dimaafkan since ktorg je budak2 dalam group ni.Others are pakciks2 and aunty2.So deorang pon pahamm.

WORLD MOST EXPENSIVE TEDDY BEAR !

Next, Seongup Folk Village. Nak recommend kalau pergi sini beli Tea and Madu Jeju. Sedapppp. Teh dia rasa mcm apple juice sikit. Oh and btw the lady with vest dalam pic bawah nie actress Korea jugaklah, but tak ingat tajuk apa.

Just to share sikit facts pasal pintu rumah traditional Korea. They are made from bamboo. If tuan rumah letak tiga batang buluh kat depan pintu deorang meaning “they are not at home”. Kalau 2 batang je “they will be back at night / 2 jam lagi”. If 1 batang je meaning “ they will be back in 1 hour”. If takda langsung meaning tuan rumah ada dekat dalam and u boleh masuk. Unic isn’t it?

Next lunch !

Later we went to Seongsan Sunrise Peak. Kat sini SubhanaAllah. Awesome permandangan dia. And Qla antara 7 org drpd group nie yg dapat sampai ke peak die. Penat jgn ckplah , dengan tangga yg agak steep and angin kuat. Tapi nak jugak naik sebab kat Mt Bromo, Surabaya dulu tak dapt sampai puncak die atas sebab kesihatan. Nie kira balas dendam lah jugak nie.

Next to Seopjikoji. Nie lagi satu tempat lawa. Pemandangan tepi pantai, then ade light house atas bukit. Cantiklah. Oh and ni actually tempat shooting Drama All-In.

Then dinner dekat restaurant time mula-mula sampai Jeju and balik hotel.

Facts pasal Jeju

3 benda yg paling banyak dekat Jeju : angin, batu, wanita

3 benda yg tak de dekat Jeju : perompak/pencuri , pagar rumah, peminta sedekah

DAY 4 : JEJU ISLAND-GIMPO-NAMI ISLAND-MT SORAK

Hotel : Sorak Saemyeong Resort (4*)

9.15am local time flew back to Gimpo. Then 2 to 3 hours journey to Nami Island. Rasa semua dh tau yg Nami Island ni famous sebab dia tempat shooting Winter Sonata. Ade incident jadi time dekat Nami Island ni. Ktorg semua nk solat time tu, so Stephanie (tourist guide) kata mmg ada satu hall nie die bagi Musli to solat. Then entah macam mana, mak cik guard nie ada misunderstanding dengan pihak management, so dia tak bagi kiteorang solat kat hall tu. So nak dijadikan cerita, ktorg solat je kat celah2 pokok . Pengalaman baru kot. Solat dekat padang and celah-celah pokok dekat Nami Island.Orang lalu lalang sumua sure lah pelik,tapi we are proud for doing that.

Otw back dari Nami Island ktorg berkenalan dgn a group of tourist dari Taiwan. Adalah cerita diee... ;D

Then from Nami Island we headed to Mt Sorak which took 2 hours. Mmg trip kali ni banyak travel sebab semua tempat jauh-jauh. Sampai pon dah malam so dinner then terus check-in hotel. And to our surprise ktorg dpt suite yg kalau convert to RM cost RM 1000 ++/ night. Oh and kat hotel ni jugak die provide kan tempat tidur traditional. So Qla try lah since yg lain suma insist nk jugak tidur atas katil. Nice experience although pagi tu agak sakit2 badan. But still pengalaman kot.Kan?