Backpacking to Seoul, South Korea February 2014

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Alhamdulillah..akhirnya pada 20th February 2014, diri ini dapat menjejakkan kaki ke bumi sonata. tak sonata la sangat time ni sebab dah late winter. sobs sobs..tak dapat nak experience snow falling to your face.kekeke TAPIII sejuk dia bakk angggg.hahaha around -1C to 2C in the morning. 5-8C in the noon. 1-3 in the evening. gitu la.. This is my very first time travel to four season country and without my family, only with my friend, two of us only. fuhhh memang challenging betol travel dua orang, sebab semuanya kita urus sendiri, dari tempat nak stay, public transport nak guna; mostly kami guna subway sebab efficient, murah and dekat dengan tempat kami stay Ohhh, fyi, we were staying in Seoul for 8 days!! Dekat Namsan Guest House, Myeondong. kekeke lama gila actually tau. Tapi best sangat sebab dapat cover most of the tourist spot location tapi Jeju Island is excluded because out of badget.hahaha. You know kami ni only student jeh, duit travel pon memang cari and kumpul sendiri.

We booked our flight, Air Asia, prior 9 months before the departure date. Actually, there was a deal offered by Air Asia, buy one free one ticket. It was really a good deal, and without any hesitant, we booked our flight tickets.hahaha It only cost around RM 1700++ for two people! The cheapest ticket I had ever discovered for Seoul flight.haha The flight ticket for Seoul is quite expensive lately since South Korea famous for their Kpop wave and always sold out. Maybe that is why they increase the ticket price. pffft Profittt maa.haha Actually, me and my friend, weren't really sure on travel on our own; travel budget money not even enough yet, and only two of us would be going to Seoul. After all, we already bought our tickets and we should work on the itinerary for our travel! 

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We arrived Incheon Airport around 8.30 am. I relieved we finally landed on the Korea ground safe and sound. After went out from the flight, I could feel the chilly weather and really nervous if my body can cope with this kind of weather. Alhamdullillah, the cold weather was tolerable if and only if you wear a proper winter jacket to warm up your body. Hehe I was wearing a knitted tshirt and knitted cardigan to warm up my body. Actually, this kind of clothing is not suitable for winter season. You should get a hold of winter jacket. That's all we need for winter.hee After all, we planned to buy winter jacket in Myeondong and I got it for 39000KRW at Mixxo. This is the cheapest price I ever seen in Myeondong, of course it is discounted price.teehee The normal price for decent winter jacket in Korea would be 69000KRW and above. You will see me in that jacket countless time.haha It seems like I didn't change my cloth. Oh btw,  RM1= 3200KRW , T_______T. haha Masa ni currency sangat mahal compare dengan tahun 2013. 

At Namsan Guest House, we just arrived after 1 hour journey from Incheon Airport. Spot my black luggage there.teehee 

Muka jet lag sangat. Cannot sleep in the flight, simply exhausted.

After we settled and kept our luggages at Namsan Guest House, we were heading to Myeondong for hunting winter jacket and looked for some stuffs. For me, Myeondong is a shopping place heaven! It is like an outdoor shopping mall. You could just find stuff that you want, from cosmetic product, accessories, shoes, stationaries, cloth(Forever 21, H&M, Zara, Mango and many more and a lot more!!). Could you see my eagerness and excitement??haha Seriously I love this place! I stayyed at Namsam Guest House which only 100m away from Myeondong Shooping Dictrict and almost every night we did window shopping and eventually bought some stuffs.haha

The hilly pathway to our Guest House.

Myeondong Underground Subway

Uniqlo. Besar baq hang

The entrance from exit 3 or 4?? haha couldn't remember anymore

See yaa a lot of cosmetic shops here. excited!

Every block in Myeondong is full with shops and cafes.

Inside the H&M. They have 3 or 4 floors but having a small space each.

Doodles. I just love how Korean people run their shop. Too creative.

At Teenie Weenie. Spot me! haha

Smooties shop I guess.haha

Their street food was really tempting. We can only can smell them. T_T

This is egg bread. Actually we can eat this, but were too cautious at time. My friend whom study here told us that we can eat the street food with no beef, chicken inside.  And I regretting it now.

Cottony candy/sweet? Gula kapas

Spot Siwon in Myeondong!!! haha his poster only.

We did some window shopping and surveying some stuff that we want to buy for the first night in Korea. We  were really excited as we couldn't believe that we actually in Korea now and had a thought in mind that finally after a long awaited month, we could make it here in Seoul, South Korea. Alhamdulillah for this experience Ya Allah.

Till then, please wait for another upcoming entry about my travel in Seoul, Korea.
Xoxo.