November 30, 2016

Seoul 2016 - Nami Island


We went to Nami Island on our day 3 in Seoul and i think we travelled the most that day! Nami Island is about 63km from Seoul and it's famous for its scenery with the beautiful tree lined roads~  To get to Nami Island, we took the subway to Cheongnyangni Station (you can transfer at Yongsan station too) then transfer to ITX train to Gapyeong Station. The journey for ITX is around 45 mins and it's a faster route to get to Gapyeong station. Remember to purchase the ITX ticket in advance so that you won't end up like us..standing throughout the whole journey..lol! After we reached Gapyeong station, we took the shuttle bus to Nami Island where you will pass by a few stops such as Petite France, The Garden of Morning Calm and so on. Alternatively, you can choose to zipline to Nami Island as well (whuttt)..haha obviously this option is out because the weather is so cold!!

We went straight to the Nami Island wharf to take the ferry. The crowd to get to Nami Island is no joke! The queue was insanely long but luckily it moved quite fast. I guess we went at the peak season and timing, everywhere is flooded with tourists and locals..it was so damn hard to take a picture without anyone photobombing you..haha! We took A LOT of time to take pictures there because we have to make our trip worthwhile lol!! To be honest, Nami Island is not as pretty as what I expected but it's definitely worth to go if you are visiting Seoul.


Nami Island
1, Namisum-gil, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
Direction: take subway to Yongsan or Cheongnyangni Station > ITX to Gapyeong > Shuttle bus/zipline to Nami Island.
November 21, 2016

Seoul 2016 - Ihwa Mural Village


Ihwa-Dong Mural Village is featured in numerous korean drama and variety shows such as The Rooftop Prince, We got married and so on. This place is actually a residential area which has turned into a tourist spot after the local public art committee carried out a project called Naksan Project to improve its local environment. Approximately 60 artists participated in this project and contribute their artwork on the wall. We only managed to find a few paintings around because the residents has requested to remove some of the paintings due to the flood of tourists which caused noises and disturbance to the residents. The significant staircases with sunflower and fish paintings are nowhere to be seen, I read the news online and found out that it's actually covered by few residents there because they can't stand the annoyance anymore..opps! According to the map, i think there's only 9 paintings left now. Oh ya, we chanced upon this cafe called Milk Gongbang which is famous of their milk soft serve! The ice cream is so cute and it taste awesome too! Im not a fan of milk ice cream so this is really good if i can finish it hahah! 


Ihwa Mural Village
Ihwa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Direction: Hyehwa Station (Subway Line 4), Exit 2.

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