April 8, 2010

Honeymoon Trip to Korea: Day 1 & 2

Posted in Travel tagged cherry blossom, honeymoon, jeju island, trip at 11:28 am by reffine

The following was the itinerary that we went through during our trip, it’s almost the same with the initial planning.. but got some changes due to the circumstances there

27 March: We took Korean Airlines for the flight to Incheon airport, Seoul at 10.45pm.

Along the journey I spent by watching 2 new releases movie on the flight, Hachiko and New Moon.. hehe I didn’t sleep during the flight so as hubby when he almost fallen asleep, the stewardess woke him up for our breakfast meal around 4am haha >,<

28 March: Reached Incheon airport at 5.30am. After queueing up for immigration check point (the queue line was a bit messy >.<), we took our luggages and transfered by Airport Railroad to Gimpo airport, Seoul for the domestic flight to Jeju island.

Still a bit early to check-in our luggage at Gimpo Airport as our flight would be on 9.55am. Hubby and I tried to sleep abit to rest our tired eyes for 1 hour during the waiting time.. after that we checked-in at Eastar Jet counter at 9.30am. Oh btw the domestic flight to Jeju can only be purchased at the airport itself, but for our case, I booked the ticket via Jeju local travel agent, Yehatour, to arrange the flight ticket, accomodation, and the day tour for the next day..

Reached Jeju, we took a cab to Yeha guesthouse around 10 mins drive and checked in to put our luggages. I wanted to see the cherry blossoms festival as during that time the cherry blossoms tree were in a full bloom at Jeju island hehe ^^

We asked the receptionist about the festival location, luckily it is only a nearby walking distance.. After successfully persuaded hubby to go out as he prefer to take a rest instead, we walked around to enjoy the cherry blossom seasons.. The weather there was quite cold especially when the wind blows towards us >,<

Passed a football field along the way, we sit to watch for a while then went to buy some food street snacks hehe.. we love the food street, it’s quite alot in Korea.. dunno why couldn’t find in Singapore hehe..

Actually we’re a bit lost to the destination as we followed the receptionist direction to the place.. tried to ask an “ajushi” (similar to “uncle” in Singapore) who looks like a security guard but he couldn’t speak English haha.. he used his body language to point to some teenagers maybe like telling us to ask younger ppl haha.. so nice of him ^^ But we decided to try our luck by walking around ourselves, as long as we know the way to go back to the guesthouse hehe..

On the way back, we found a small garden full with cherry blossom trees.. eventhough we’re still not sure whether it’s the one mentioned in the initial itinerary.. But nevermind, we assume it is haha.. taken some pictures of us with the cherry blossoms as a background ^^

As we still felt a bit full after the snacks, we decided to just buy some Korean cup noodle at the nearby convenient store on the way back to Yeha guesthouse. Took a rest at the guesthouse and eaten our cup noodle for lunch haha.. after that fallen asleep.. Wanted to join the night tour, but sadly we overslept so couldn’t manage to join the night tour. The receptionist comforted us that we could join the next day as they will have it everyday at evening time..

I heard someone who just joined the night tour complained that there’s no English speaking guide haha.. then the receptionist said because it’s a free tour anyway so couldn’t expect much from it haha.. that’s true :p

We tried to find a place for dinner, walked around to nearby areas and finally decided to try one of the Korean BBQ restaurant there.. First, we tried to look inside hopefully to find menu with some pictures.. luckily we chose the right resto, at least they have an English menu hehe.. That was a very nice dining experience we had during the trip, the food were so delicious ~

Somemore the owner which is a mid-age Korean couple was very nice towards us, eventhough they couldn’t speak English.. they patiently served us like teaching us how to eat haha..

The cuisine was a mixture of grilled meat which then cut into small pieces and wrapped with fresh lettuce leaves, thinly sliced garlic, and other ingridients.. I was so embarrased as initially I ate it one piece by one piece.. Actually it should be put together instead hahaha >,<

After dinner, we took some pics in front of the resto before went back to the guesthouse.. the owner went out to offer us 2 bottle of Yakult as free dessert haha..

~.~

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