29 Oct 11 - 6 Nov 11

Day 1
Took a 2.30pm flt and reached korea at around 10pm (SGT+1hr)! First stop convenient store and we grab ramen before heading to harbour park hotel to check in near 12am! By the time we settled down, called back home to bao ping an, it was already 1am+! Subsequent days generally morning call 7am, bfast 8am and set off 8.30/9am. Generally most meals covered except for 6 meals in which 5 meals we still ate tog as a grp so we had to pay addn W70000 lo. I couldnt reli rem which are the meals but i rem 2 x W 11000 and 4 x W16000 (bbq items) Only Lotte world dinner meal is not covered! They v clever ahhh~ Tour meals alot of steamboat~ bbq meals aka more ex items we gotta pay ourselves den can eat! Bleh! 

Day 2 (Ice gallery, Yasan Farm, Deoksan spa castle)
Bfast - international buffet!
First stop - ice gallery! Pretty but veryyy cold inside! Luckily we brought our gloves along! We made our own ice cup and drink from our cup lo! Kn got 3rd medal for his masterpiece! haha! Engineer jiu shi zhe yang.. v meticulously shaping his cup whereas i've alr completed mine and taken my foto! haha! He prob could hv won first if he didnt break his cup initially (carlsberg cup) and switched to wine glass! Mine was a v cui wine glass too! haha
Lunch shabu and sushi buffet restaurant from 11.30 -1pm! Yummy! Thou we only have a plate of pork shabu but the steamboat ingred are all v fresh and gd! I love the sushi! I ate one whole plate of sushi lo~ Kn still scoop rice when we hv so much things to eat liao! rice bucket leh he! hahaha!
After lunch, we sat on the bus for 2 hrs before reaching Yasan Farm (Agroland) where we get to feed the horses with grass and cows with milk! We also get to milk the cow which i dun dare! =p Next was ice cream making! They prepared all the ingred for us alr (milk + ice with salt + choc powder)! Basically it's very simple~ a pail of ice with salt is to bring down the temp to below 0  degc. All we need to do is to stir and shake it vigorously till it harden! Yay our grp made it first! 3/4 of the stirring and shaking all done by kn hahaha! I too nua liao no energy lol~ 
Deoksan spa castle - indoor and outdoor pool! Pretty awesome place~ We spent almost 1.5hrs inside~ Before heading to the pool, we splitted up to our individual changing rooms~ Reason being everyone in there basically just strip and walk around freely! haha. Omo abit stunned.. I wore my swimming costume and go straight to the mixed indoor pool! I skipped the female spa pool coz abit too shy to walk around freely liddat. LOL. Their indoor pool is really very huge with over 10+ spa facilities for neck, shoulder, body etc etc~ After tt we headed for the outdoor pool but was freezing cold so quickly jumped into the pool! They provided safety vest for us so we basically just lie flat and the dynamic water pool just push us along~ v nuaaa and shiok! haha. However, weather abit too cold to sit the water slide le! The thought of leaving the water pool and walking up the stairs to sit the water slide = cold!! haha. So we just nua around~ In addition, our korea tour guide promoted some addition spa with massage tt cost only SGD50+ but i didnt go coz too paiseh! I prefer to hv my swimming costume on.. haha.
We had dumpling steamboat for dinner! For both lunch and dinner = steamboat. hmm. Enoki mushroom overloaded lah! Free flow refill of mushroom omg. After dinner we went convenience stall (again =P) and bought ice cream and banana milk! 
Deoksan hotel is pretty awesome! It's like an apartment with kitchen, living room and 2 bedrooms! 1 bedroom with the mattresses and 1 bedroom with bed! 

Day 3 (Mount Sorak National Park, Kwon Kum Seong Fortress, Shinhungsa temple, Yong pyong dragon valley)
Bfast - western scramble egg, bacon and sausage + free flow toast! Abit strange why are we eating western bfast in korea.. thou our tour guide was telling us coz if every meals incl bfast gotta eat rice+kimchi we would be v sick of it so tts why they incl  western bfast in.. hmm.  whereas our driver was eating kimchi soup + rice! Haha. 
Next up Mount Sorak! Omo 4 hrs bus ride..... in btw we stop over somewhr for toilet break and bought a cup of hot choc + snacks (potato hotdog and chix stick)! Gosh it was freezing cold!! There's smoke coming out of our mouth! Guess it's prob around 10degc and below~~! Reminds me of alishan in taiwan! haha! But this was way colder!!! Mount sorak very pretty with all the maple trees w a mixture of red, orange, yellow and brown leaves! Took a cable car up and walk up to the peak and take pics! Before taking cable car down, we had 1 hr of free time to walk around and take more pics! =D We bought citron honey tea and try oso! Not bad q nice~ Feels gd to drink a cup of hot drink in cold weather! =)
Dinner - huang tai yu soup recommended by our korean tour guide! (own expenses - W11000). The process of producing this fish takes 4.5mths w the fish hung upside down with it's mouth wide open to fill up with snow! Quite interesting way of drying the fish and to retain it's sweetness. After 4.5mths, the fish would be rock hard and u gotta smash it with some axe or sth i guess? haha. As for the taste, i find it ok only.. abit salty thou~ Beside the soup, it comes with fresh sardine as well. Over in korea, they only eat fresh sardine and not canned/frozen lo. 
After tt, we checked in yong pyong resort at around 7pm! Day ended pretty early! If only there's snow.. it'll be perfect le! As usual, we went out to buy cupnoodles, hot drinks and tibits! haha!

Day 4 (Teddy bear Museum, Nanta show)
Bfast - hotel International buffet. After bfast, free and easy for ard an hr for us to take photos~
Lunch - bbq chix and pork finally! 
Domestic flt (Jin airline) to Jeju! Whoa their cabin crew all dressed in jeans and polo tee lo! And surprisingly they serve juice (in disposable cup)  thou it's merely a 1 hr flt! 
First stop - Teddy bear museum~ 50 mins of free and easy to take photos! =) Kn keep niaming i ruined his image by making him take photos with so many bears haha! Duno who is tt who was very tempted to buy a bear ah... haha! But too ex liao! SGD50 for a bear so in the end we didnt buy anything~ 
Dinner wasnt very nice.. their han2 ding4 can1 is just like any other normal meal lo~ I was expecting some palace food or sth hahahaha~ Strangely their meat is free flow but egg and fish cannot add!
Next, 1.5hrs of Nanta show at 8pm! Didnt expect it to be so funny haha! I laughed till i teared lol! 
Checked in THE hotel~ bought their jeju milk! Really v milky! wanted to find cafe tt sell cakes but all closed! In the end i had choco pie as cake to celebrate my birthday before 12am! haha! We got free upgrade to a suite coz of my birthday! =p The tour guide actually wanted to go and buy some cake (he claimed) but cant find so he help us free upgrade our room! We concluded he prob lazy lah coz afternn so many places sell cakes! haha. Sadly jeju hotel no air con! Hotel room isnt awesome also.. so the suite ok only! Nvm.. better than nth i guess~ haha. There's casino tooo~ We wanted to go in and take a look but upon seeing there's nobody in there.. we decided no to. hahaa! Mayb koreans arent reli keen in gambling? Hmm. 

Day 5 (Seongsan sunrise peak, Seongup folk village, Choc museum, trick art museum, glass museum)
Bfast - abalone porridge! Abit salty thou~ cant reli taste the abalone coz all in v small pieces! 
Next Seongsan Sunrise peak! Given 40mins to climb up.. omo super tiring but view ok only! Bought jeju chocs downhill~ Spent W30000 =O
Whee horse riding! Quite fun but i was v scared! So when they asked me if i would like to go another round, i told them no! haha! Kn went for another round instead! haha~ We bought a photo at W15000! V tempted to buy individual coz v niceee but too ex le lah! =(
Lunch - bbq black pork! awesomeeeeee! v nice~~~ 
Next, Seongup Folk village where Da Chang Jin was shot there~The ahjuma who was briefing us happen to be the one washing clothes when they were shooting chang jin over there! haha! Her chi reli v gd and v hilarious! haha~ After tt, she promoted honey, wu wei zi tea etc but we didnt buy lo~ 
Choc museum (nth much, not recommended to go! took us 1hr+ on the bus to get there zzz)  -> Trick art museum -> glass museum! V niceee but abit too rush coz only given 50mins + cam batt running out! 
Dinner seafood steamboat (crab, prawn, squid, clam shell x 3 varieties) + fresh abalone! Abalone was still alive before we threw it into the soup and cook it! Eewww it was still moving in the soup lahh! I added kimchi to my soup yummy~ Im not reli a fan of abalone + clam shells so kimchi help to mask abit of tt 'seafood' taste haha!
After dinner, went back to hotel to deposit our bags before heading to topdong street gia gia~ but nth much.. tour guide told us not to buy anythin as items are more exp in jeju than in seoul due to shippin cost from seoul~ Went bakery and bought cheesecake to celebrate belated birthday! haha!

Day 6 (Mysterious road, Yongduam Dragon rock, Everland) 
Bfast - hotel international bfast
Next, we went mysterious road to experience the bus going uphill with the engine turn off! It's the surr giving people the misconception it's uphill but in fact it's actually downhill! After tt, we went to visit the Yongduam Dragon rock and took pics over there~ We also took pic of the 2 statues which signify wealth and career! 
Domestic flt back to Gimpo airport! Hmm same grp of cabin crew serving us to and fro sia! haha! 
Lunch - ginseng chix ~ not v awesome thou~
Next, Everland whr we were given free and easy from 3.30pm - 7.30pm! Queued for almost an hr for safari ride! Whoa we get to see closeup shots with the tiger, lion, elephants, giraffe, bears etc! What makes it diff from night safari is tt u're actually in an enclosed bus, so u really get to drive up v v v close to the animals! Unlike the night safari tram which u can only view the animals from afar! Took Amazon express ride which happen to be  water ride tt kn wanted to take and i didnt reli dare! haha! Heng not v scary like those rollercoasted kind with ups and downs! haha! Quite fun~ We took space tour zootopia 4D show and a kiddish pororo 3D show! =p
Dinner - bbq pork~
Checked in at lotte world hotel~ OMG AWESOME! Worthy 6* hotel!! Tts prob the reason why we dont hv international hotel bfast! =( 
After tt, we went downstairs and walk ard~ Managed to buy skinfood bb cream W12900! Omo reli v cheap sia! After tt we went 7-11 and buy cup noodles and milk for supper~

Day 7 (Kimchi making, Hanbok, Dongdaemun, Lotte world)
Bfast - 4 diff types of porridge (seafood, seaweed, chix and oat). I prefer chix and seaweed de~
First stop, korean traditional centre where we learn how to make kimchi! They actually prepared the sauce and veg for us already! All we need to do is to spread the sauce on the leaves lo! haha. Next, dressed in hanbok and took pics~! 
After tt, we head off to Nature republic which made us spent W300000+! 2/3 of them are mine lah! hahaa! Think we spent almost 2 hrs in there~ Me and kn shared a box of masks (buy 100 get 10 free)! So i hv like 60 masks nw! it's like 1.5 yr supply of mask provided i religiously use it once a week! I still hvnt deplete my tw masks lah! hahaha!
Lunch - v nice bimbimbap & steamboat shabu with free flow of meat! V niceee~ Next was dongdaemun for shopping! But we were given only abt 1 hr + our tour guide brought us to departmental store so we didnt manage to buy anything except a cup of tiramisu latte~ haha. 
After tt, we went back to hotel to deposit our bags/luggage of cosmetic product before heading to lotte world! Reached there at around 5.30pm and left at ard 9.30pm! Quite nice~ but we didnt manage to sit much rides.. as usual the water ride, 4D and 3D shows! haha. =( i too timid to sit rollercoaster le.. Poor kn accompanied me so he didnt manage to sit the exciting rides oso! =(
Contemplated if we shud cab to dongdaemun to shop but abit too nua.. Afraid to make a wasted trip esp during now they are selling mainly winter clothes.. so decided to just pack our bag in hotel! Hopefully next day in myongdong will hv stuff to buy! At tt pt of time i was only left with W70000~ kn was nagging me i didnt change enuff money! =( haha. Sadly i gotta pay via card for the laneign pdts i bought in lotte world lo~ They told me i can get back tax refund in the airport but it was closed by the time i get there!~ booooooo

Day 8 (showroomss, myongdong street, sinchon fashion alley)
Bfast - chinese food in some taiwan restaurant! Not v nice.... hmm. 
Last day was pretty boring coz they brought us to ginseng monopoly showroom, amethyst factory, bo kan showroom, sea weed showroom~
Lunch - pork ribs bone soup! It's abit like bak ku teh~ Ok only.. Our table didnt manage to finish our share coz the indonesian couple didnt eat much! I tink i ate like half of it lah! =O haha. 
Shopping in myongdong street and sinchon fashion alley! I managed to buy 2 bags (each W10000) and 2 tops (total W15000) and kn bought a pair of shoes(W38000)! 
Dinner - dumpling steamboat with pork shabu shabu which almost everything is free flow lo! The couple didnt eat much also so machiam me and kn ate the whole steamboat ourselves! Omgah scaryyy~ hahaah.
After dinner, we did some last min shopping downstairs but didnt manage to buy much coz these were actually much more exp than convenience stall -_-" They still claim they are duty free... Felt so cheated lah! Variety much lesser and more exp.. Sadded. I was hoping to buy alot of lotte pdts but end up tt place only can buy choco pie! BOO! Kn bought another 6 more packets of seaweed coz we didnt reli buy enuff in the seaweed showroom! Regret not buyin more over there coz it's cheaper and most likely nicer as well! Ahh we shud hv bought the strawberry choc as well! Their so-called duty free is like W5000 more exp lah!! Gek. Even packet noodles are of the same price as cup noodles?! We were hoping we can find family mart in airport and do some last min shopping but all closed in the airport! Sadded. Ok nvm shall not let it ruin my trip~ Aiyaa we thought the last day was free and easy...

All in all, nice and enjoyable trip w nice company <3! Still rem every morning kn will wake up earlier upon receiving morning call whereas i will continue to nua on my bed and prepare only 30mins before the time we gotta gather =p  Nice weather and super filling meals everyday! Morning and night cold but afternoon v hot! It'll be better if afternn less hot den i wouldnt sweat in my 2 layers! haha! Shopping wise i spent bulk of my money on cosmetics sia ~ ard $300! omo! In addition, we oso paid $126 for a photo album more of out of goodwill coz this guy v helpful and nice~ Our tour guide was telling us he fork out his own money for this trip and the money he collected from us will have to pay back half to his company.. like v poor thing liddat! He oso made a CD for each family... we see he v sincere and hardworking so decided to buy lo. Almost everyone paid! Oops abit regret shud hv taken photo with him and our tour guide! Our tour guide oso q hardworking.. everytime on the bus will keep talking.. she can speak like 1.5hrs NON STOP sia! But nearer to the end, more and more ppl sleeping while she was talking.. so she kinda gave up talking haha! i feel abit bad... 

Alrights, time to end this super duper lengthy blog entry! I've been blogging for 2 hrs lah! Will add photos in soon~ =)