Autumn Trip Day 5 - Ihwa-dong Mural Village & Goodbye South Korea!

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Seoul Eulalia Festival, Haneul Park (here).

Tamat misi untuk ronda Haneul Park, aku jalan kaki balik pi World Cup Stadium. And from there, I took the train to Hyehwa Station pula. Since trip² lepas aku asyik lah ndak sempat jejak tempat ni, hence untuk trip kali ni aku paksa untuk disempatkan. Ayat!

Niat di hati untuk panjat Naksan Park tu. Kunun mau view the entire Seoul dari tembok nun di atas sana. Namun harapan tinggal kenangan, masa suddenly jadi sangat jealous sama aku. Ntah apa aku buat di area Ihwa ni sampai ndak sempat naik atas. Maybe lah khusyuk menghayati mural, kan. P to the Yo ada.

26 October 2014

Ihwa-dong

#1 Marronnier Park.
Turn left & walk into this park upon exiting from Hyehwa Station Line 4 Exit 2.

#2 Alert with the signboards
670m to Ihwa-dong Mural Village. See??! Tabah kan aku berwalkertapak. Nearly a kilometre tu!

#3 Annyeong hilly terrain
Aku lah paling tabah kalau di kampong. 0.67km itu bukan jalan lurus ya kawan² sekalian. Cuba try test suruh aku berjalan di KK, jarak baru 500m muncung Donald Duck aku tayang.

#4 First mural
This greet me after climbing the steep road.

#5 Cool cafe
Niat mau singgah ngeteh, tapi tengok menu macam ndak kena di hati. Gitu kan.

#6 Layan feeling gazing at an empty wall

#7 Sehati berdansa

#8 Tahan kencing? 
Ok aku failed interpret arca.

#9 Every men best friend

#10 Too cute a creativity

#11 One of the photo-op in Rooftop Prince drama

#12 Man U color up there

#13 Ultraman went diving

#14 Public display of affection!

#15 I can believe I can fly

#16 Pic corner at Mong's Cafe

#17 Keep ur volume down
Aas this is also a residential area.

#18 Cute Penguin Cafe 

#19 Greeting from Mr Robot

#20 Alleycats

#21 Beware of this fierce bulldog

#22 Us penguins just wanna have fun

#23 The famous Flower Staircase
Featured in Rooftop Prince. It was super impossible to take a picture here without being photobomb-ed. Naik atas sikit, akan masuk area filming location untuk rumah Se Na & her friends in My Lovely Girl. Aku ndak naik sebab balik Malaysia baru aku perasan scene tu. 

#24 Deep

#25 Ratatouille & his friends
Playing near an abandoned house.

#26 Autumn, why u are so beautiful?
Awan hitam bergerak lesu. Was a clear sign to me to quickly end my tour here. Due to time constraint, I didn't make it to Dongdaemun Station instead. Plan asal mau berwalkertapaki merentas this village all the way to Dongdaemun. Maybe next time datang, akan sempatkan diri to climb up to Naksan Park. Insha Allah.

#27 Also featured in Rooftop Prince
Aku 'tahan' this one Chinese couple mainly untuk request ambilkan gambar. Mampu? As to return jasa baik, haruslah aku pun tolong diorang juga. Gumbira sang Cewek lantas dia campak selca-stick atas jalan when I said, one more. Pastu aku jadi extra baik hati, suruh diorang pose banyak kali. Ehem! 

#28 The connection I have with butterflies...
unexplainable. 

#29 70degree steep!
I kid u NOT when I said it's a hilly terrain! 

#30 Among the small 'theatre' I saw on the way down.
I can't resist to snap a picture of this one, the colour sangat mencairkan mata. Hyehwa ni kawasan uni, ada school of arts juga. Pasal tu banyak jak benda macam ni. Students cannot afford tengok wayang di panggung besar...tapi di Malaysia, students adalah lebih dari mampu. Siap beli Gold Class seat. *jeling ke kiri* Sobs.

From Hyehwa Station, I went to Myeongdong. Again! Sebab perut adalah sebu, pastu grumpy gila. Tadi before keluar guesthouse, aku janji sama Sang Perut untuk singgah ngeteh. Tapi sebab khusyuk habis layan murals di Ihwa-dong, aku kelupaan masa. Masa keluar dari Ihwa ni pun sudah lepas waktu lunch so haruslah layan perut sebelum penyakit lain datang. Lagipun memang mau beli something from Etude lagi. Macam kan tiada branch di Hyehwa. 

Sebenarnya, mau makan di Yooganae sebelum balik Malaysia. Rindu mau makan nasi goreng seafood campur tteokbokki! Lepas lunch, jalan seround dua area Myeongdong then off I went back to Hongdae. Mau mandi, kemas bag...and check out. Flight jam 7pm but aku memang sudah plan untuk gerak awal. If anything terpelanting on the way, ndak lah risau aku terlepas flight. I took the AREX from Hongdae. Memang hazab hangkut anak gajah jalan kaki from the guesthouse to AREX platform. Luckily masuk train, ada seat. Aku bantai tidur dalam train, masa tu baru rasa penat gila! Sampai airport around 5pm. Check in di Eastarjet counter was easy peasy! Sebab tiada urusan lain di departure hall...lepas return wifi modem, aku terus masuk boarding hall. Memang tindakan bijak as boarding gate aku adalah boleh tahan jauh! Since aku sampai awal, so ndaklah kelam kelibut kejar shuttle train bagai.

Sebelum sampai boarding gate, sempat jamu perut lagi sekali di Lotteria. My FIRST TIME! Selama ni telan liur jak tengok di blog Azra whenever she mentioned the shrimp burger. Ni kali, ndak kira...aku mau try juga. Walau baru lepas lunch ndak hengat di Yooganae. Bertabahlah perut, ur owner feed u more than enough! Shrimp burger adalah super delish! Kenapa baru sekarang aku tau? Ok, lepas ni any trip balik kampong aku akan make sure singgah di Lotteria. Borong banana uyu 2 cartons (each carton consists of 4 bottles). Happy gila masa ni! Akhirnya berjaya bawa banana uyu menjejak Double K city! 

620pm; boarded the plane. Flight departed on time. Easterjet ni budget airlines Korea. So the plane ndaklah besar bagak macam AAX tu. Sekadar macam kapal AA for domestic flight. TAPI! Luggage 15kg & meal adalah FOC. Pastu flight ni direct landing di KKIA. And it only takes 5 hours instead of 6 hours if landing di KLIA. Journey back home adalah smooth, aku memang bantai tidur. Terjaga pun sebab terbau makanan. At first aku ingat kena pre-booked macam style AirAsia. Sekali buka mata, ada dosirak atas meja. Wah ini sudah bagus! They served kimbap, tofu stuffed with glutinous rice, salad & chocolate cake (super yumms I tell u!!). Kimbap aku ndak makan sebab ada sosej. Salad tu aku cuma makan lettuce, crab sticks tolak tepi. Pas makan, sambung tidur. 

Sampai KKIA, 10 minutes pass 11pm. Tunggu sang Adik punyalah lama. Sikit aku jadi Hulk Hogan tengah malam tu. Rupanya mamat tu tunggu aku di domestic arrival. Then dia bijak melantun² berjangkit sama Kakak dia, left his phone at home. Dalam darah mendidih, aku jalan ke depan untuk cari teksi. And I saw his car near the taxi stand. Memang budak bertuah tu parked betul² depan domestic arrival gate. 

"Eh kak, I thought ko turun di domestic hall!"

Perli sangat tu. Taulah aku selalu cakap balik kampong, ndak kan ko hengat Incheon tu di Kuala Kedah.

Sampai rumah, unpacked barang. Mandi. Esok tu kerja tapi demi withdraw mood cuti², marilah me-laundry di tengah malam. Bab ni memang si Err rajin. Sekian.

Fuh, tamat cerita Autumn Trip. 5 days is too short a trip for me to enjoy the foliage. Nonetheless I am thankful for this opportunity Ya Allah. Never had I expected I could realized my dream to experience autumn in this beloved country! Alhamdulillah. 

Next entry, aku share budget. Annyeong!

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