Winter Trip with Family - Nami Island, Gangwon & Honam Jib Dongdaemun, Seoul

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Previous post (here).

Tettt! Memang semangat lain macam kan kalau sudah start entry balik kampong. It's like I was injected with some fast-and-furious hormone. 

Kena bergerak pantas sebab si Jea sudah hint entry untuk accommodation aku for this trip. Normally aku update pasal tempat tinggal ni lepas habis entries for the trip. Ni kalau suddenly penyakit M datang, haruslah aku kena dulukan pasal accommodation tu.

20 Jan 2015
Nami Wharf, Gangwon

Harini misi untuk jejak sisa tapaki Winter Sonata. Tiap kali balik kampong, belum pernah miss datang sini. Next time insha Allah kalau ada rezeki balik lagi, aku kena skip lah Namiseom ni. Fokus tempat lain pula. Cover area kampung².

Kali ni aku tetap pilih subway untuk pi Nami. Tengok gaya susah-mau-bangun-pagi cousin aku, memang shuttle bus adalah a big NO-NO. Jap lagi ada yang putih mata bila sampai Tapgol Park tapi bas nan hado. ITX pun ndak boleh sebab train pi Gapyeong bukan ada every hour. Tu kena refer schedule train. And jadual tu cuma available at certain stations only. So subway adalah option paling best, selamat & murah! 

More info about ITX (Intercity Train Express), sila rujuk sini. 

Dari Gapyeong Station, kami naik teksi jak pi Nami Wharf. Membazir kalau naik tour bus sebab aku 100% yakin diorang akan spend banyak masa di Nami. And idea untuk pi tengok Winter Light Festival di Garden Morning Calm akan ditolak dengan jayanya. 

Sebab. First, temperature di GMC memang sejuk gila! Second, light festival doesn't sound really intriguing to Aunty & Angah. Sebab sudah tengok pun lampu liplap di Everland. 

Kerana tahu cadangan akan ditolak mentah², maka aku decide naik jaklah teksi. Baru 8,000 KRW untuk 2 buah teksi. Kalau naik tour bus, fare is 5,000 KRW per person. Untung IF only after Nami kami pi Petite France & GMC. Kalau semata pi Nami jak, memang teksi lah yang paling berbaloi. 

# While aku beli ticket, diorang hijacked camera aku. Ntah apa jak gambar diorang ambil. Yang pasti, non of them ada muka aku. Adakah tidak terlintas untuk diorang snap gambar aku tengah beli tiket? Sobs.

# Dalam feri. 

# View dari atas deck ferry.

Boleh tahan ramai juga orang time ni. Bersesak dalam feri so aku bawa Ezza & Adek pi luar. Pastu naik pi deck atas. Then sampai di deck, aku nampak orang bertudung. Jadi aku senyum lah. Suddenly..

"Bibie kan."

Ok, aku terus blank. Dalam otak laju² aku panggil balik memori lepas. Kot lah kan kawan lama tapi aku ndak ingat. Ndak kah haru kejadian gitu.

"Awak tak kenal. Saya refer blog awak pi Korea ni."

Saat tu juga aku rasa mau terjun sungai! Malu sama cousins aku dua ekoq tu. Malu sama that lady juga. Tapi aku sempatlah shake hand & tanya nama dia. Hi Izzi! Thanks for recognizing me. And thanks for reading blog picisan ni. Izzi also introduced me to her travel partner. 

# Ahli rombongan akhirnya jejak Namiseom.
This destination is mainly for Angah. Die hard fan of Winter Sonata! Sanggup tu beli set CD original! Last time, set CD bukan murah. Whats more when it's an international drama.

# Ukiran ais sepanjang jalan pi Nami Library.

Sampai jak Nami, Aunty & Adek request untuk lunch dulu before ronda². Gila kentang perut diorang ni. Aku rasa macam heavy juga breakfast kami pagi tu. Journey to Nami pun bukan lama. Less than 2 hours. Siap dapat duduk lagi sepanjang perjalanan. Suddenly, lapar? 

# Cotton-white vacation!

# What I don't understand...Bunda loves to menyorok behind me everytime I take pic of us. Ish! 

# New eatery at Nami Island besides Drama Cafe which is famous for its dosirak (nasi goncang).

# My first time here. Thanks Farry bagi review haritu!

# Widen ur eyes to read the menu. Selalu kalau gambar penting, akan jadi blur. 

# My lunch.
Kimchi bulgogi bibimbap (10,000 KRW). I super love the miso paste soup! 

# Yang alert camera...and yang khusyuk makan.

# Nami Library.
Tunggu yang lain solat.

# Book Cafe.
To enter the surau, kena lalu cafe ni dulu. Last autumn sempat ngeteh & layan waffle here.

# Feeling Winter Sonata sangat bila tengok ni.
Too bad no seleji. It would have been great if seleji turun masa ni. 

# Unggun api untuk panaskan badan. Tapi aku sesak nafas everytime dekat benda alah ni. Asap wei, asap!

# Getting to know the cast in Winter Sonata. Yang pasti, si Girl memang ndak tau pasal this drama. 

# Mau lah juga selit muka sendiri.
No more daun kuning along this path...pokok sudah togel.

# 3 sisters yang hyper & semangat gila.

# Percubaan posing gaya Kung-Fu mabuk. 

# Yang di depan tu bukan tau yang di belakang tu wujud. Gah!

# Pun mau juga ada gambar duduk atas seleji. Lepas tu sibuk panggil cousin aku. Minta tolong sebab aku ndak boleh bangun sendiri ok! Sedih dengan keberatan kebadanan.

# Angah jugalah menang posing!

# Sesi main baling² seleji. Kunun mau buat snowman...

# Seeing them enjoying their time here...cukup puaskan hati aku. 

# Pose depa tangan.

# Stepping upon the frozen lake.

# Saranghae! Uri gajog.

# Queuing for the ferry.

# Last picture in Gangwon. Before departing for Seoul. 

From Nami Wharf, we took the taxi back to Gapyeong Station. Pastu baru ambil subway pi Seoul. Kejadian bingai jadi dalam subway. Aku sama cousin lagi dua orang berdiri tepi pintu sebab tiada seat. And si Err tertidur...dua kali aku terduduk di lantai! Boleh imagine, berdiri tegak...then tertidur & the next thing I knew I was already sitting (style mencangkung) atas lantai. Siap peluk pole. Apakah perlu scene bongok begitu? I told my cousins kalau jadi kali ketiga, memang aku akan duduk terus atas lantai. Luckily not long after tu, ada orang turun & I got to sit. And sambung layan mata! Phew!

Seoul

Next! Sesi jamu perut di Dongdaemun. Honestly, this was my first time pi makan ikan bakar di situ. Selama ni memang selalu jak baca entries di blog orang betapa ikan bakar di Dongdaemun ni boleh menggamit rindu. 

So trip kali ni, aku includekan sekali menu ni knowing Bunda & my aunties memang suka ikan bakar. Sebab aku memang tau direction pi area ikan bakar ni so aku decide untuk turun di Dongdaemun History & Culture station; keluar jumpa Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Lintas jalan depan Doota. Then jalan kaki sepanjang Pyounghwa Clothing Market. 

Gapyeong Station ---> Sangbong Station ---> Wangsimni Station ---> Dongdaemun History & Culture Station (Exit 1)

Untuk yang plan mau pi sini, bolehlah follow complete direction dari blog si Orga (sini). I gave this direction to a friend of mine who came to Seoul Nov last year. Alhamdulillah senang jak dia jumpa kedai ni.

# Akhirnya berjaya jejak DDP di waktu siang.

# Sebenarnya masa ni weather a bit gloomy. Awan pun tiada. And malam tu kunun forecasted Seoul akan dihujani flurries. Tapi sampai ke Subuh...tiada bayan flurries pun. 

# Lepas jak posing gini...
"Ok, no more pictures. Makan dulu."

# Muka² kelaparan
Di pintu masuk sudah nampak ikan tersusun atas grill. Haruslah lapar tambah melantun².  

Tengok kami yang ramai, Ahjumma terus tunjuk tangga. Satu hal ni yang aku mensampah! Sebab kena buka boots! Jap lagi mau keluar kedai, satu kerja mau sarung balik boots tu. Fuh!

# Honam Jib; closed at 7pm everyday.
My first time here. Sangat sedap. Lepas makan, semua keluar dari kedai dengan senyuman lebar. Yang pasti, perut suka sebab sudah dijamu. Sambal sotong tu memang kebabom!

Cuma aku sakit jiwa part mau sarung boots. Padan lah muka mau sangat berOOTD kan. Silalah bertabah. 

Malam tu ndak keluar pi mana². Aku plan mau pi ngeteh tapi once sudah baring atas katil, rasa malas berkaliganda. Paling jarang aku just stay di bilik kalau travel. Normally aku paling tabah mengejar last train tau. But this trip, baru jam 8pm aku sudah di bilik. 

Hmm, certainly bukan faktor usia. Twit!

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Autumn Trip Day 4 - Nami Island

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Previous: Beautiful Namiseom (here).

Pagi tu janji sama JM & her partner at Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station. Then kami naik subway & stopped at Wangsimni. Tapi aku terlebih bijak, bawa diorang turun di Sangwangsimni. Alkisah aku memang selalu menjadi extra bingai di pagi hari. Kenapa lah kan kalau jalan saturang, lurus jak jalan aku. Tanpa salah train or station. Tapi bila bawa orang, aku jadi blur. Kesian bah orang yang tagged along tu. Mengikut tanpa soal banyak, rupanya salah station. 

Train journey to Gapyeong Station took nearly 2 hours. Sila imagine kami langsung ndak dapat duduk throughout the journey. Tapi ndak kisahlah sebab kami bercerita non stop. Ntah topik apa jak yang kami cover.

25 October 2014

Day Trip to Nami Island

#1 Sangbong Station
Tabahlah hati. Punyalah ramai umat masa ni. What to do lah kan, it's Saturday. Memang hari libur for the locals as well. Aktiviti Ahjumma Ahjussi memang hiking di hujung minggu. Sob.

#2 Gapyeong Station
Hmm suddenly soal diri bila nampk view di atas. Sekarang autumn ka winter. Sebab bila bercakap, mulut siap keluar asap. 

Autumn Trip Day 4 - Beautiful Namiseom

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Goodbye Sokcho, Hello Seoul (here)!

Pictures taken at Namiseom a.k.a Nami Island. 

26 October 2014

CutiCuti: South Korea Day 3 - Nami Island by Subway Train

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Second day in Seoul. Kami bangun lambat dari yang aku planned. Ndak apalah, bukan juga mau rushing kan. Cuti² gini ndak siok kalau stick terlampau sama itinerary. Seteghes nanti cousin aku tu. Lain cerita kalau aku jalan solo, sukatijiwaraga atur masa sendiri. 

Explained why I didn't opt for the shuttle bus like I did the first time I went there. I opted for the intercity train (ITX) the second time...and for the third time, I decided to take the subway. It took longer than by bus & ITX. But the ITX train datang ikut schedule (once every hour or 30 minutes) while the subway train comes more frequent. Furthermore, ITX cost a bit more than the subway. 

Oleh kerana this trip is 1+1 wherein aku jadi payung the cousin; maka kenalah opt for the cheapest option. Naik subway ni boleh atur masa sendiri. Pongpang² berjela, baru intro tu. 

After breakfast at the hostel, we walked to the nearest subway station; Sangwangsimni Station. It was already half past 9a when we arrived at the station.

Sangwangsimni (Line 2) bound for Seongsu ---> Wangsimni (Line 2) ---> Wangsimni (Jungang Line) bound for Yongmun ---> Mangu (Jungang Line)

Alighted at Mangu Station. And walk to the direction for Mangu (Gyeongchun Line).

Mangu (Gyeongchun Line) bound for Chuncheon ---> Gapyeong (Gyeongchun Line).

This is the view of Mangu Station (Gyeongchun Line).  Boleh juga turun di Sangbong Station (Jungang Line) but we opted to wait for the train to Gapyeong; here. Masa mula sampai tu, memang cuak tahap gaban. Sebab no one there. And I asked the cousin repeatedly "U think this station sudah start operate ka?". Macam biasa aku dapat feedback do-I-look-like-I-know face. Lucky aku nampak timetable train at the signboard near the platform & after few people suddenly appeared barulah aku ndak panik ayam. 

Tren yang ada 'nama' (Jungang Line, Bundang Line etc) ni operate ndak macam subway biasa. They have their own schedule tapi ndaklah tunggu lama sangat. Sebab sejuk gigil tu aku rasa macam berabad sudah aku di stesen tu.

Seriousness! It was damn cold that day. Sampai sekarang ndak boleh lupa. Sikit lagi aku mau buka kuda² & bersilat di tangga while tunggu tren datang. Bersilat untuk kasi keluar haba badan. Mampu? Cuaca luar biasa sejuk; gigil tahap maksima ok. Maybe area Mangu ni sudah ke atas sikit dari Seoul hence explained the bitter cold. Boleh rasa sampai tulang sum²! Drama sangat.

Train arrived & this was the scene upon embarking. Para Ahjussi & Ahjumma in their hiking attire!! Hoii, biarlah betul? Aku taulah warga kamu suka hiking tapiiiii ni winter ok! Winter means sejuk. Baru di ground pun sudah below zero temperature, apalagi di atas bukit tu. Gigih, sungguh gigih up to the point aku fikir...mampus kalau kahwin Korean gini. Silap haribulan, peak winter tu PIL bawa panjat bukit. Exercise bilang. Geleng kepala laju² ndak sanggup imagine lagi jauh.

Tapi kenapa perlu poyo sampai imagine kahwin Korean ah Bie? Penyakit?!

One hour journey...kami pun sampai. Few days back maybe lebat snowfall di Gapyeong ni, sisa snow masih ada. But it already turned into ice, so sila berhati² kalau mau pijak salji beku tu. Silap haribulan jatuh, memang confirm cramped punggung. 

Initial plan was to board the Gapyeong Tour Bus but since we deviated from our EDT, we hop on the taxi instead. Tunggu bas yang akan sampai lagi sejam memang not worth it lah kan. Plan hari ni mau cover tiga tempat jadi masa adalah sangat precious for us. The taxi fare is still like last time; 4,300₩.

Parking bay was already full with shuttle & tour buses when we reached Nami Wharf. Luckily the ticket booth wasn't crowded. Maybe most of them have already boarded the ferry or sudah selamat sampai pulau tu. The entrance ticket & return ferry fare cost us 16,000₩. 

Kerlas kan! Nami Island is not only visited by foreigner. The locals crowded the place as well. Tiap kali datang Nami, mestilah ramai Korean juga. Diorang ni memang ndak kerja or terlampau banyak cuti untuk ber-holiday. 

Harus gagahkan diri guna glove hanya sebelah. The other hand adalah untuk ambil gambar guna handphone kan. Touch-screen gloves aku memang bikin panas. Nipis. Macam ngam guna time spring or autumn jak. Ndak da beza aku pakai gloves or ndak. Beku juga aku rasa.

We came days before the new year tapi the management sudah awal² tukar 'wish board'. Wishes yang aku nampak last June memang ndak da sudah.

Pose yang diimpikan bukan begini...tapi terpaksalah settled with this jak. Almaklum jauh sekali mau capai tahap posing-macamana-sekalipun-tetaplah-vogue. 

Ini memang pose berani mati. Excited sangat nampak snow, lucky belum tukar jadi ais...so masi boleh baring & main baling² salji gitu. Demi kenangan, sanggup 'kotorkan' baju seluar with snow. Pastu sibuk suruh aku kasi bersih takut nanti snow cair, semua basah. 

Sudah round half Nami, perut pun mula berkeroncong. Aku sudah awal² kestau si Kazen yang kami akan makan nasi kocak di sini. The Drama Cafe is located to the right sight of this frozen fountain. Berjaya dijejak cafe ni setelah frust ndak bertemu di trip lepas. Sob.

Thanks Azra, Zilla & Aza for the direction. Aku ndak tau sudah bertukar lokasi. First time dulu makan di cafe ni, it was located opposite the Nami Library building. Ndak sampai setahun rupanya sudah berubah. No wonder last June ndak jumpa.

That box sangatlah panas u have to wear the gloves to shake it. 

Bento Shake at Nami Island. Shake it to the right, shake it to the left, shake it up, shake it down...and jajang! 

Nasi Kocak (5,000₩ each) consists of rice+kimchi+egg. That's not omelette alright. Perut tembolok macam kami tambah kimchi pajeon / kimchi pancake (8,000₩). 

Sejuk² memang akan selalu appreciate unggun api. Traditional way to warm the body.

Pigi Nami mestilah harus bergambar sini. Although the view isn't the same like printed on the ticket, kena bergambar cukup syarat. Pokok botak adalah hensem ok.

Yang ni pun mau juga padahal beratus sudah gambar kau at this place Bie oii! Dalam hati doa laju² moga sampai sini during autumn. Berdarah jak mata tengok pokok tu semua tukar warna di blog orang. From yellow to orange to red. Ur time will come I calmed myself. Insha Allah. 

Ok By, sudah kau posing sana. My turn now!

Gitu! Posing di antara pokok² botak suddenly make me look tall. 

My biggest regret during the first trip was not having the gut to walk upon the frozen lake. So I made it a mission this time. I will walk upon any frozen lake I saw in Nami. Alhamdulillah, I made it & another wishlist ticked.

View from the wharf soon after disembarking from the ferry. We left the island 15 minutes past 2p. Next destination would be Petite France. Like last time, we walked to the 7-Eleven store & waited for the tour bus there. 

Creativity. This is one of the decoration they have in front of the Information Office. Recycling paling kreatif. 

On the way to the bus stop, we saw these two darlings near the Zip Wire entrance. Punyalah suka kena belai. At first the yellow one was standing quite far from us...but when he saw my cousin was taking picture of his friend, he immediately walked & posed like that. Perangai si Debab Cheeloh sangat, attention seeker grrr! Seeing them made me miss the children at home. Sob.

Anyway, I'll continue about Petite France in the next entry. And also will share about the latest Gapyeong Tour Bus schedule. A little bit of amendment has been made. 

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