안녕하세요 한국 (Annyeong Hasseyo Korea)
I've ever thought to go to Incheon someday in Winter for holiday....
well said i thanked God that opportunity came even earlier than i what i expected! i got my schedule to go to incheon followed by San Francisco on February this year.
My reaction was 'yeah i'll make it', well said my first long haul and US flight as starter would be amazing yet scary since i need to speed up in many aspects.
One word for Winter, "no-snow" but to be honest 5 degree was quite challenging for the one who never experienced in any cold season, i found the way Korean dressed up as fashionable cute and look similiar for the girl, they looked bulky in thick coat.
8 Days journey started, i could feel excitement as good adrenaline right after landing. Yeeay INCHEON finally i've been there after so many times i saw many scene in any drama series in TV, i remember how dramatic was Korean actor every time they needed to farewell & bidding goodbye their loved one as hard time for real, LOL.
The journey to hotel was like getting older in the bus, i mean it was not that far but however the traffic after office hour was not joke at all.
Luckily we stayed in one of the best five stars hotels in Seoul with super duper great view from my room, the hotel lobby was somewhere in 40th floor with super friendly & helpful staff welcomed as. Being random is my middle name, i brought my ballet pointed shoes everywhere & captured random shot every time i feel like posing.
My reaction was 'yeah i'll make it', well said my first long haul and US flight as starter would be amazing yet scary since i need to speed up in many aspects.
One word for Winter, "no-snow" but to be honest 5 degree was quite challenging for the one who never experienced in any cold season, i found the way Korean dressed up as fashionable cute and look similiar for the girl, they looked bulky in thick coat.
8 Days journey started, i could feel excitement as good adrenaline right after landing. Yeeay INCHEON finally i've been there after so many times i saw many scene in any drama series in TV, i remember how dramatic was Korean actor every time they needed to farewell & bidding goodbye their loved one as hard time for real, LOL.
The journey to hotel was like getting older in the bus, i mean it was not that far but however the traffic after office hour was not joke at all.
Luckily we stayed in one of the best five stars hotels in Seoul with super duper great view from my room, the hotel lobby was somewhere in 40th floor with super friendly & helpful staff welcomed as. Being random is my middle name, i brought my ballet pointed shoes everywhere & captured random shot every time i feel like posing.
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| Great view outside |
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| Wishing for forever flexibility |
i felt so lucky because there was another Indonesian crew on my flight, a super humble and pretty senior i have known so far. first sector which is SIN - ICN was quite smooth, i remember how nervous i was to do my first long flight.
We decided not to go anywhere but having dinner nearby since it was winter with 5 degree Celsius followed by drizzled.
One think i remember was actually valentine's day was happening, i saw most of the stores offered boxes of chocolate, flower bouquet, nice card, small and big size teddy bear and many things.
Basically i like spicy food, i expected to have a good meal there cos i know how great korean food is. Both of us ordered for normal bibimbap but surprisingly it was huge portion with bbq as well.
The way the waiter served us was funny, we tried our best to understand menu in korean language cos no english menu at all. He tried to offered us any meal without pork due to food restriction for both of us and we vaguely ordered bibimbap as first trial.
All meal was tasty, i found fresh kimchi from Korea as the best kimchi i have ever tried in my life. Cold weather outside trigger our appetite to finish all meal but unfortunately it was too much for us, then we just left and felt happy for our dinner.
************************LEFT FOR SAN FRANCISCO******************
I just can't wait to go back to Incheon after coming back from san francisco. My friend and i were planning to go to N-Seoul tower without any information about how to get there, we decided to ask concierge to find the best way to get there in this cold season.
She told us to take a cab since it was more efficient and cheaper, we also asked for the destination & hotel address in korean language to show it to driver.
It took 10 minutes driving to get there, it was actually quite nearby and the fare was actually cheap. We bought ticket to get in, it costs only few dollars and worth to go, but weekend was not a joke, we queued for quite sometimes to get inside cable car.
I could hear so many languages spoken by them, i guessed most of them were tourists from China who went for winter holiday.
I WAS AMAZED!
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| Perfect scenery |
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| hands were freezing |
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| i saw phone chase |
i saw love pad lock everywhere!! well said it wasn't good as the one in Paris as my friend said, but for me to see this kind of things for the very first time was so entertaining.
My friend as a married woman told me that she actually ever hung one of the pad lock containing both her name & husband's name in paris, she teased me to do the same thing here.
i felt like it wasn't important thing to do, but since i was there and had no idea whether i could be there next time, so i bought one and wrote down my name and my boyfriend's name. here's the pad lock ....
My friend as a married woman told me that she actually ever hung one of the pad lock containing both her name & husband's name in paris, she teased me to do the same thing here.
i felt like it wasn't important thing to do, but since i was there and had no idea whether i could be there next time, so i bought one and wrote down my name and my boyfriend's name. here's the pad lock ....
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| My name & his name |
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| 5 dollar pad lock |
N-Seoul tower area was quite pretty in high ground location, there was a restaurant on the top of the tower, tourist can enjoy the beauty of seoul from the top, i was sure it must be awesome, but unfortunately we have to make reservation to chill up there.
After taking so much photo there, we decided to go to Myeongdong to try korean cuisine & snacks. It is one stop shopping district where you can buy anything especially fashion stuff from all brands around the world or local designer it self.
going to korea means to buy cosmetics products, i realized that cosmetics products were CHEAPER compare to meals there, facial masks are actually so much cheaper compare to other country because basically it was made from Korea. No wonder Korean girls' face are flawless and smooth, they easily get lots of cosmetics product anywhere in their country.
going to korea means to buy cosmetics products, i realized that cosmetics products were CHEAPER compare to meals there, facial masks are actually so much cheaper compare to other country because basically it was made from Korea. No wonder Korean girls' face are flawless and smooth, they easily get lots of cosmetics product anywhere in their country.
For your information, cosmetics & skin care products like Innisfree, etude, missha, allure offered their best seller stuff and the price was affordable. I bought a lot of facial masks from innisfree for my friends, family and my self, i still remember that i paid half price of Singapore price, wasn't it amazing?
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| sample |
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| sample II |
HOW'S MYEONGDONG LOOK LIKE?
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| Bulky people in coat |
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| 50% sales for Facial masks |
One thing i like about korea is the food, everything is tasty, every meal looks like feasting with alot of appetizer, vegetables, soup to be mixed in one bite, nomnom. I like the way people talk to each other, their accent & way of speaking sounds cute, i always want to be able to speak in korean language, but to be honest it is not that easy.
Hopefully i can have another chance to visit korea and explore more about their culture in living, how do you think about having holiday in incheon?
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