Everland

Check-out the hotel at the next morning and had brunch around Daehanong. I had a Manduguk (만두국) and my brother had a Bibimbap (비빔밥), one of the famous dish in Korea. At first I ordered Manduguk cause i wanted to eat porridge but it was not a porridge!! I had forgot porridge is "cuk" not "guk" hehehe Btw, "guk" means soup. The Mandugug was ok anyway. There is only dumpling and soup with egg, but one manduguk can make you full enough. The portion quite big.

Then we move to Riviera Hotel at Kangnam area. My parents will stay at this hotel with their tour group so we joined them in here. As the tour group will arrive at night after back from Everland, we left our luggage at the front office. I didn't know if they will give us such service as i didn't book the hotel at there. Thanks to the japanese girl that I met in guest house. She taught me this brilliant idea. I don't need to left my luggage at station :P

But too bad, she also gave me a not-so-good idea. She said the bus stop from the hotel is not so far so we can take taxi instead of subway. But it was sunday, the road quite crowded, so our taxi driver took us by another route through high-way. And know what, the cost was 15,800 won!!! And the worst thing is the driver took us to wrong bus terminal.... then we still have to take subway to the bus stop.

And the result, we arrived in Everland at 3 PM ... raining... bad time bad condition. Met my parents and sister with her family in here. Just took some pictures in here. Didn't enter any attraction. Enter fee was 26,000 won (Free pass ticket is 33,000won)

From Everland, the tour group will going to Dongdaemun so we left first to take public bus and meet them later at Dongdaemun. From Dongdamun, was planning to visit Myeongdong but cause the rain, the tour had canceled the plan and back to hotel directly. I handed my luggage ticket to my father so that he can redeem my luggage first when he arrived at hotel. Of course, I have wrote my father's name on the ticket :) We didn't join the tour group bus as the guide said she will feel bad to another customer.

The bus stopped at Kangnam so that we still have to take subway to Dongdaemun. Still raining... we were thinking to buy a umbrella so we went to convenience store. But we didn't buy it (too expensive) and turned to buy beer instead haha Since we have beer, we stop at a dalk gochi stall and eat. Dalk gochi with beer. hmm good combination :p We had odeng as well. My parents were having samgyetang, the ginseng chicken soup at the restaurant at that time ^^;

We searched hostel for next day at subway station (free internet) and found a hostel at Insadong area. Called and booked directly to the hostel. We also took the picture of the hostel map on the monitor ^^; So fond of this korean station service. Almost all big station have computer inside the staion. You can browse internet, transfer your memory card to computer and simply send to your email. And also you can recharge your mobile's battery. Feel secure for the next day things, we back to Riviera hotel to join our parents. At last, we met our parents only on this day. We supposed to be can meet one more day when they back from Mt. Sorak, but too bad the tour had changed the schedule.....



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