Korea continued!

11/12/2011- We had porridge for breakfast! 

That is the name of the porridge shop! 

After that we went to THE FACE SHOP which is opposite the porridge shop. This place is really a good place for tour guides to kill 2 birds in a place to earn big fat commission.

I had quite a bit of shopping the day before so this is not much of an attraction for me, but I realized the local tour guide trying to keep an eye on me. I think for fear I may be lost again. For goodness sake, once bitten, twice shy, so I would be aware of my directions from then on.

After that we went to a place that sells ginseng. Korea is famous for their ginseng. From what I recall from the introduction that ginseng from China is heat-y, whereas ginseng from Japan is han ( means cold). So ginseng from Korea is best because is neutral. They actually showed us some molecular structures to differentiate. Correct me if I recall the facts wrongly.

That is my cousin! Isn't she gorgeous? 

 But anyway, the ginseng is too expensive. I can't remember the price, is like hundreds USD, way out of my budget already. I intend to buy for my dad though. He requested for it. So I bought ginseng snacks and sweets as substitutes.

After that, we went for Korean buffet for lunch!

Really had a fulfilling lunch! 

After that we head off to make our ice cup and to take a tour at the ice gallery.  

Time for some actions! 

Ice gallery! 

We went for a short shopping after that. We were pretty tired of shopping although this is like the final shopping we got to spend our Won. Everywhere we go is skin care/ cosmetics shops like seriously. And the weather was freaking cold! 

This biscuit was handmade by the granny. It was freaking sweet but I love heart shape so I just bought it, what to do.

Following that, we headed off to our steamboat dinner!

Then finally the highlight of the day!

 It is really entertaining, full of laughs and actions and my cousin actually was being asked to go up the stage to perform! It was engaging! Yea, very engaging indeed!

After watching an exciting and entertaining show, we headed back to our hotel. We went to walk around a bit though. 

12/12/2011, we had the same porridge for breakfast as well then we headed off to SPA! 

I was too busy playing with the SPA more over, the camera may spoil if we bring it in. Ha ha! Goggles and cap are must. We are given a locker key that can be worn like a watch so that we won't lose our keys easily. And we just need to scan the key to the locker and is opened automatically! And the locker is big! How I wish Singapore swimming pools have that too! Like seriously!

It has different types of SPA with various temperatures ranging from indoors to outdoors. Obviously I prefer to stay indoor because outdoor is like freaking cold!

I have a cultural shock although the tour guide did warn us. The bath rooms in the SPA are open areas meaning to say no doors. Koreans are really open-minded, they dare to show their bodies. So I saw naked bodies walking around the bath rooms. And the doors of the lady bath rooms are transparent so to mean the males may accidentally walked into the females bath rooms like seriously.

Whereas for Singapore, we are pretty reserved I guess. Probably that's one of the many factors I like about travelling to learn about the different cultures in the countries.

After that we went to board an internal flight to Jeju Island!

Our first meal in Jeju Island!

After meal, we had some photo taking by the beautiful and windy sea!

After which we headed to our hotel. The hotel is pretty cui/ below standard as compared to the earlier two. 

See the torn! 

And this is the wardrobe! Like seriously? 

This is the lobby of the hotel. It is filled with bears! 

This is the cafe of the lobby! It is filled with bears too!

I love the design of the cafe, it feels super cos-y!

Next, we went for some walk about near the hotel.

I bought this shirt! 

Korea's strawberries are super sweet and super nice! See my auntie is promoting the strawberries! Ha ha!

This is a super big size crab! 

Korea's shopping centers are good! They have plain water for shoppers! And the water is really clean and refreshing! 

 After which, we headed off to our dinner at Tao Yuan, it is a Chinese restaurant!

It is still an okay restaurant. It is not that fantastic as compared to the real Chinese restaurant but the fact that we had not been eating Chinese food and had craving for it, we finished our food! Ha ha!

We went to walk around after that!

 I tell you, Korea is famous for the oranges but their oranges are like super sour. Anyway, I'm not a fan for orange.

Super cute pig! 

Wow! Korea actually has milo and is Singapore's Healthier Choice! 

My cousin with a super big size popcorn! 

Hello Kitty! 

Funny designs cups! 

You must be wondering why I took this pic. If anyone of you actually watched the paid advertisements on Channel U. This is Happy Call. It is selling like S$100 over on the ads. But here is like 35,000 which is like less than S$50! 

Super cute rubbish bin! 

I'm totally in love with tomato juice in Korea when I first tasted it in the domestic flight on the way  to Jeju! It is like super fresh and taste just like tomato. Totally in love with it! 

Doremon! 

And Qoo! I wonder if Singapore still sells Qoo!

That is like so much for the day and I shall update the next day on my next post because it is like a super long post already!