August 18, 2011

Honeymoon Trip to Korea: Day 6

Posted in Travel tagged COEX Aquarium, Dongdaemun, Hotel Ibis Gangnam at 1:14 pm by reffine

Two days of  our free & easy trip in Seoul had passed.. Unfortunately, we couldn’t follow our initial planning.. Had been omitted the places where we planned to view the cherry blossoms trees as Spring season had not reached Seoul at that time..

The 3rd day in Seoul, after took bath, we went out to take our breakfast cum lunch first at nearby restaurant then went back to check-out from Seoul guesthouse on the afternoon..

It was a bit drizzling that day, after asking the direction to Ibis Seoul – Gangnam from the owner’s daughter and feeling confident to find the place.. we prepared to make a move but before that we took some pics around the guesthouse and with the famous dog from there, Sari.. We knew we will surely miss that place and hope to re-visit again in future :’)

As suggested, we took subway instead of cab to avoid traffic at that hour. Taking metro subway in Seoul with out luggages was quite a challenge for us.. We hardly found escalators inside so we need to carried around our luggages each time we changed from one line to another.. We also need to carried the luggages at the MRT entrance and exit as our luggages was too big to fit in haha >.<

The Ibis Seoul Ambassador located quite a distance from the Subway station hence we still need to walk around 15 minutes.. The surrounding around the hotel mostly are office buildings.. Its similar like a CBD area in Singapore.. Very different with the surrounding around Seoul guesthouse which located quite in Central Seoul..

After found the hotel, we checked in and rest for a while.. The room was not bad, its more than we expected from a 3 star hotel.. Ibis hotel does have a good standard

Actually I chose this hotel based on the review from TripAdvisor forum.. it has a good review, short walking distance to the Subway station and the Airport bus terminal and another plus point for the place is surrounded by nearby cafes and restaurants so easily can find something to eat..

After resting for a while, we went to visit COEX Aquarium to see the underwater marine life conservation there..  The COEX Aquarium is located inside the COEX Mall. The aquarium was quite big and such an interesting place to visit, a lot of various river/sea creatures inside.. they also designed it very well.. It’s a worth place to visit with your spouse, friends or family as when you enter the place, you suddenly feel like you’re in another world hehe..  Oh ya it’s also located within a walking distance from our hotel, just a short 15-20 mins walk

Didn’t notice the time passing till it was the dinner time.. we walked around the COEX Mall and found a Jacky Chan’s restaurant.. we decided to try and have Chinese food for our dinner

After dinner, we took the Subway Metro to Dongdaemun station to visit the famous Dongdaemun night market shopping center until we felt tired of walking and shopping of course hehe.. then we decided to go back to our hotel..

We tried the Fried Chicken stall just beside our hotel.. Not too bad in a cold and frizzing weather, we ate the hot and fried Chicken for supper hehe.. even though a bit oily..

That’s all the adventure for Day 6, time to rest and head back to our hotel room hehe

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