Cand goes to Korea 2015: Day 3. Rainy Day in Jeju

On our full day in Jeju, it was just our luck that it was raining. So we decided to tour museums that day (and we were SO glad we went to Seongsan Iluchubong on the first day). 

We visited O'Sulluc first, and the Innisfree Jeju outlet. We were just running into shelters, so no nice pictures of the buildings. I did not even take pictures of the food! It was all on snapchat though... 

Green Tea EVERYTHING. I don't like green tea, but the cake was pretty good and Isabel loved her latte. 

Next is the Innisfree house. There was a counter where you could make your own soap I think. We didn't bother with it, but it looked pretty cool. Innisfree is from Jeju, so they have a nice shop there, and even a coffeeshop in it. 

Went to Alive 3D museum next! It was interesting, but I would not want to revisit... There were way TOO many people (mostly rowdy students), and the exhibits were just okay. They did look quite real though!!! Really interesting. We didn't really spend a lot of time there. 

EEK. I found big foot!!!

So, after visiting Alive, we sat in the car for the longest time, deciding where to go... We really wanted to visit the Cheonjeyeon Waterfalls, but were hesitating because of the gloomy weather. We were hoping that by then the rain would stop, but obviously it did not. 

After much hesitation, we decided to head there anyway... We thought if we didn't, we would just be wasting a trip, and we might go in the rainy weather. LOL! 

It was quite misty, and still it looked pretty! The falls were really hidden behind the mist, and you can't really see it in the pictures... :( 

Here is Isabel showing you how how we walked about without our umbrellas because we did not bring them... Also, we refused to pay 3 SGD for a freaking poncho... Anyhow, look at the trees at the background!

We walked around the area for a bit before deciding we should move on since it was wet. Sat in the car for a bit before deciding to move on to our next destination.

Daheeyeon Cave Cafe. This was definitely not one of the places we planned on visiting, but thanks to the wet weather, we decided to drop by! The entrance fee was about 7SGD/person, but they give you a coupon to buy a drink. So it was essentially free to visit the cave cafe. You could just chill there, which was what we did. 

There was no one in the cafe, so we just sat there for a while, HOPING that the rain would go away (which it didn't) and took some pictures. Coffee here was pretty good! I think it was because we were cold, that a nice hot drink was our haven for a bit. 

The posing begins.

Hi mommy, I see you!!

It was really cold out, and Isabel ran inside for cover while I stayed outside with my mommy for a while. NEVER miss a photo opportunity!!! The best opportunities are those where nobody is around!

Don't the pictures look so gloomy??? They do have quite an eerie vibe don't they?? Damn, and here I am, uploading these pictures at 12am.

Anyway, we had to get to the car, so Isabel had to come out of the building... And we saw the nicest tea leaves field (? What do you call them??)! It was VAST, and there was nobody there... What did I say about never missing photo opportunities?? 

Isabel in the middle of the fields.

Isabel looking at the tea leaves.

Isabel pretending to look at the tea leaves intensely. LOL.

Mommy and I! 

"Feeling" the Jeju chillax vibe. 

SELFIE.

We left for Jeju City and visited the Yongduam rock next. I think I drove ALL over Jeju that day. It wasn't that bad since we had a car! 

Yongduam Rock is a rock that looks like a dragon's head. It was smaller than expected, but still kinda cool to see! The rain had stopped by the time we arrived, that's always nice! 

My mommy and I posing with the stone grandpas. 

We then went for dinner at the black pork street! 

YUP. FOOD. VERY Yummy and we were so lucky to have found a spot right outside the restaurant! Lots of side dishes, I ate A LOT!!! Couldn't taste the difference between black pork and normal pork though. But the pork at this restaurant was definitely thicker and juicer. Very yummy!!! I loveeee!

Yeah, we got ice cream!!! (ew my ugly chipped nails)

Here are a few pictures of the guesthouse we stayed in! It's called Mir Guesthouse. The owner, Peter, was VERY friendly and helpful. So thankful to have met him! He helped us a great lot with calling the car centre place as we wanted to return our car a day early. He also helped us with directions by talking to the taxi driver. SO hospitable, we definitely had a LOVELY stay in Mir Guesthouse!

Here's our room (M2)! I did not take a picture of it inside because it was very small, and messy!

We get sandwiches for breakfast! P.s. you make them yourself! 

You can go to the rooftop, here's the (misty) view! 

We then hopped on a taxi and went to Jeju Airport for our flight back to Seoul!!!

Kiasu la, like that also wanna take pictures! LOL

It was a short and sweet ride back to Seoul! 

Met up with Jin, had jjajangmyun (black bean noodles) and Jangpong (spicy seafood noodles) via delivery and headed out to Garosugil next! More in the next post! ;)

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Cand goes to Korea 2015: Day 2. Jeju Part 1

Upon our arrival at the Jeju airport, we went to collect our rental car from the KT Kumho centre. The process was pretty simple. Go to the KT counter at the airport, and after checking your documents, they will tell you to wait for the shuttle bus which brings you to the car centre. At the car centre, you show your documents once again, and then get the car! 

Because it was sunny out (and the forecast showed that it would rain on our second day in Jeju), we made a last minute decision to visit the UNESCO site - Seongsan Ilchubong Peak right then and there. 

Since I am used to left-hand drive, driving was easy, although the traffic lights were confusing (what is a flashing red light??). Driving downtown Jeju city was the worst, there were a lot of cars, and it was jam packed. I also might have given way to too many cars! LOL 

Anyhow, we arrived at the peak in about an hour! 

P.s. My phone battery died just as we arrived, so the pictures here were grabbed from either Isabel's or my mommy's phones! I'm pretty sure I took some, if not most, of these pictures! 

#ootd 

It was very green - definitely something very different from what we usually see in Singapore! The walk up was about 40 minutes, very manageable. The steps were not steep at all, so it is great for people of all ages! We even saw a preggo lady on our way down!!! Very fit! 

The UNESCO site was definitely worth a visit, but I definitely did wish that it was not that foggy/misty that day. I read online that if it isn't foggy, we could easily see Hallasan in the distance. I think throughout our whole trip in Jeju, we did not manage to see Hallasan because of the fogginess. Damn you fog.

Because selfies are absolutely necessary. 

WIND in our hair, I look SO ROUND. It was really cooling up there! 

Lots of tourists - some of whom were really rowdy.......

On our way down!

So, we kind trespassed just so we can take pictures with the flowers. It was Isabel's bright idea! LOL! I was really embarrassed at first, but after we went in, lots of people did too. The embarrassment died. #thingswedofornicepictures Heh...

After this, we were to eat at a seafood restaurant, and I don't know why I can't find pictures of our dinner!!!!! :( We had abalone porridge, which was okay... We couldn't understand the hype around it. We also had the seafood stew, which was SO good! It had LOADS of seafood - including live abalone (so many of them). It was only about 64,000 KRW (about 70 SGD) for the 3 of us. For that much seafood, it was an absolute steal!!! 

Anyway, we went back to our Guesthouse later and called it a night! More info on our guesthouse in the next post!!! :)

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Cand goes to Korea 2015: Day 1. Arrival at Incheon Airport

Hello interwebz, 

I've finally gotten the time to update this space with my pictures from my Korea trip!!! I think we were damn lucky that we were in Korea before MERS hit and people started getting quarantined. Anyway, here's a short picture log of what happened on the first day of our trip! 

The very first day was a traveling day, which was not pleasant at all. Both legs of our CX flights were delayed by about an hour, for who knows what reason... 

Here's Hong Kong's airport looking magnificent - as always.

I have no pictures of Incheon Airport, we went straight to our hotel in Gimpo. We were beat by then, and we just wanted to sleeeeeeeep. 

We stayed at the Lotte Gimpo Airport (which was literally NEXT to Gimpo Airport) for convenience. It was definitely expensive, but we wanted to be on the extra safe side. Here's what the room looked like. It was SO nice!!! 

LOOK at the view. I mean, I mentioned that Gimpo Airport was right next to us, right?

We had breakfast here! Buffet breakfast with mainly Korean dishes (think soups, Kimchi, congee, Bulgogi - Korean marinated beef), and also Western choices (think toast, cereal, fruits). Don't have a picture, but we ate quite a bit! 

Afterward, we went to the airport to catch our flight to Jeju. There was a shuttle from the hotel which took us to the airport, so that was nice! 

Our flight got delayed (yet again), but it was a very short journey, so we were in Jeju in no time! 

Part of day 2 was in this post, but the next post will contain the rest of day 2 as well as the rest of our Jeju trip! I'm missing Korea already, and I really wished we were there longer... Oh well, I will definitely return in the future!!!

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Inspiration?

All images from Tumblr.

I'm trying to pack my luggage for my Korea trip but I don't know where to start... So I went onto Tumblr to get inspired. I'm equally inspired by solid colours and print on print. The weather is another factor too! I just hope I put some clothes into my luggage soon.

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