24/03/2014 (monday)
on our 3rd day, we went to nami island. nami island is famous for the korean drama 'winter sonata.' i watched this drama a long time ago. my sister borrowed the cds from her sister in law. there got about 12 cd altogether, i think.. i only watched the first two cd and skipped to the last one. really couldn't wait to know the ending, haha.. i'm not a fan of long long story.
we started our journey as always, around 7am. to get to island, we had to change several trains. the final station is gapyeong. from there, we took taxi to get to the jetty terminal. you could go by bus but since we were not sure which bus to take, we took a taxi. at the ferry terminal, we bought the entrance ticket to enter nami and cost KRW10,000 each.we arrived nami island around 10am. there are a lot of things you could see and do while here at nami island.
we explored all around the island and as you could guess, we took quite a lot of pictures. during this time, there was a 'nami world's children's book exhibition.' you could see signs with stories for children along the way. the stories came with illustration and it was fun to read them. the story from malaysia was about two flocks of different birds; black and white. they always fought each other but when a common enemy (human) appeared, they let go of their feud and worked together, sound a little bit like 'rio 2,' isn't it?
we had our lunch here. i forgot what it's call, hehe.. i just remember that it was rice, egg and kimchi in a metal box. you had to shake it before you ate it. the metal box was hot and you had to wear gloves. the food was quite simple but it was very delicious. we also ordered a kimchi pancake which ended up being shared with fellow malaysians in the restaurant, since we were quite full..we chatted with them for a while and it turned out, one of them was my boss' neighbours. what a small world.. we continued our walk after lunch and even rented a tandem bike (bike for 2 person) and cycled again around the island. we left the island around 2:30pm in order to get back to seoul for our hanbok wearing experience.
we arrived at seoul around 5pm and managed to made our reservation at seoul global culture and tourism center. this center is located at the heartog myeongdong and it's in a tall building, like an office building. you won't see the sign outside. you could only see the sign for the center once you get inside. we were given 15 minutes to wear the hanbok. and you have to take the photo yourself. they provided tripod for you to use.or you could just simply asked another nice person to take it for you. the hanbok is free for you to wear.
once satisfied with our cute and pretty photos (hehe), we made a move to namdaemun market to finally shopped for souvenir. we didn't actually explore the whole market because we planned on going to dongdaemun market next. we only shopped everything at this one store. since, we bought a lot of things, we got quite a good bargain (we think), and a few free gifts. the price for souvenir here is reasonable. as always, don't forget to bargain. on our way back to the subway station, we stopped a while to watch an ajussi doing caligraphy on the corner of a street. we rushed then to dongdaemun market to buy some korean silk actually. unfortunately all the stores were already closed for the day. they closed at 8pm.
after dongdaemun, we went to gwanghwamun gate in order to see king sejong monument. we didn't realized that king sejong monument was actually of gyeongbokgung. the reason was, yesterday, there was some sort of market in front of it and it was blocking our view. done with the photos and all, we went back to our hostel to get our beauty night sleep. we need to start early again the next day.. well, until the next entry.
ps: all the while we were here, we would perform solat at any place that is quite hidden from the crowd. we don't have to wear 'telekung' since the clothes that we wore was already covered our aurat. we just brought along clean socks..
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